Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione album) explained

Feels So Good
Type:	studio
Artist:	Chuck Mangione
Cover:	Chuck Mangione, Feels So Good (1977).png
Released:	December 8, 1977
Genre:	Smooth jazz, easy listening
Length:	45:48
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Chuck Mangione
Prev Title:	Main Squeeze
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	An Evening of Magic, Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Next Year:	1978

Feels So Good is a 1977 jazz album released by Chuck Mangione. It contains his hit single, the title song "Feels So Good", which in an edited form reached No. 4 on the U.S. charts.^[1] The song also reached the top of the Billboard adult contemporary chart.^[2] It was also frequently referenced on the animated television comedy King of the Hill, on which Mangione had a recurring voice role as himself.

The album Feels So Good peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard albums chart in 1978, behind the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.^[2]

The jazz-classical fusion duo Marimolin covered "Feels So Good" (arranged for marimba and violin) on their 1994 album Combo Platter.

Track listing

All selections written by Chuck Mangione.

1. "Feels So Good" – 9:42
2. "Maui-Waui" – 10:13
3. "Theme from Side Street" – 2:05
4. "Hide and Seek (Ready or Not Here I Come)" – 6:25
5. "Last Dance" – 10:54
6. "The XIth Commandment" – 6:36

Charts

Year-end charts

Musicians

• Chuck Mangione: flugelhorn, electric piano
• Chris Vadala: soprano, alto and baritone saxes; piccolo, flute and alto flute
• Grant Geissman

electric, acoustic, 12-string and classical guitars

• Charles Meeks: bass
• James Bradley, Jr.: drums, congas, timbales

Notes and References

1. [Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]
2. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 190.
4. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1978. Billboard. March 22, 2021.