| I Feel a Song | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| Cover: | I feel a song album.jpg |
| Released: | November 1974 |
| Recorded: | 1974 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 34:44 |
| Label: | Buddah 5612 |
| Producer: | Tony Camillo, Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise, Burt Bacharach, Ralph Moss, Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight, William Guest, Edward Patten |
| Prev Title: | Claudine |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | Knight Time |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
I Feel a Song is the thirteenth studio album recorded by American R&B group Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in November 1974 on the Buddah label. It was their third overall album for Buddah.
The first single release, "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)", reached #1 R&B and #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. The B-side, "Don't Burn Down the Bridge", also charted as a tag-along on the pop chart. A second single, "Love Finds Its Own Way", also charted, peaking at #47 pop and #3 R&B. The final single, a live medley recording of "The Way We Were"/"Try to Remember" was also a successful hit, peaking at #11 pop and #6 R&B. The song also gave the group its highest chart peaks on the adult contemporary and UK Singles charts, #2 and #4, respectively. The album was also their fourth of five R&B albums chart-toppers.
| Chart (1974) | Peak [1] [2] |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 1 |
| UK Albums Chart | 20 |
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US A/C | UK | ||
| 1974 | "I Feel a Song" (A-side) | 21 | 1 | - | - |
| "Don't Burn Down the Bridge" (B-side) | - | - | - | ||
| 1975 | "Love Finds Its Own Way" | 47 | 3 | 40 | - |
| "The Way We Were"/"Try to Remember" (live medley) | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |