I Always Feel Like Explained

I Always Feel Like
Cover:I Always Feel Like.jpg
Type:single
Artist:TRU featuring Mia X and Mo B. Dick
Album:Tru 2 da Game
Released:January 21, 1997
Recorded:1996
Genre:Gangsta rap,Crunk
Length:5:10
Label:No Limit / Priority
Producer:Beats By the Pound
Chronology:Mia X
Next Title:Make 'Em Say Uhh!
Next Year:1998

" I Always Feel Like" is the lead single released from TRU's fourth studio album, Tru 2 da Game.

Background

The song incorporated the melody and contained re-sung elements of Rockwell's 1984 hit, "Somebody's Watching Me", with Mo B. Dick singing the hook from the original song. Mo B. Dick also produced the song, along with fellow Beats By the Pound members KLC and Craig B. Master P, Silkk the Shocker and Mia X performed the song. Released less than a month before Tru 2 da Game, "I Always Feel Like" became the group's most successful single, reaching number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also a sizable rap hit, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles.

Single track listing

  1. "I Always Feel Like" (Radio Version) - 4:15
  2. "I Always Feel Like" (Street Version) - 5:40
  3. "Pimp Shit" - 4:25
  4. "Eyes of a Killa" - 4:11
  5. "I Always Feel Like" (Album Version) - 5:10
  6. "I Always Feel Like" (Instrumental) - 5:31

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Billboard Hot 10071
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks27
Billboard Hot Rap Singles11

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - 1997. 27 December 1997 – 3 January 1998. 2011-10-27.