This Is What It Feels Like Explained

This Is What It Feels Like
Cover:This-is-What-It-Feels-Like.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Armin van Buuren featuring Trevor Guthrie
Album:Intense
Released:5 April 2013
Recorded:2012
Studio:Armada Studios, Amsterdam
Genre:
Length:
  • 3:25 (radio edit)
  • 5:20 (original mix)
Producer:
  • Armin van Buuren
  • Benno de Goeij
  • Jenson Vaughan
Chronology:Armin van Buuren
Prev Title:D# Fat
Prev Year:2013
Next Title:Beautiful Life
Next Year:2013

"This Is What It Feels Like" is a song by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren, featuring Canadian singer, songwriter and former soulDecision frontman Trevor Guthrie, released in the Netherlands by Armada Music on 5 April 2013 as the second single from van Buuren's fifth studio album, Intense (2013).

"This Is What It Feels Like" peaked at number three on the Dutch Top 40. Outside the Netherlands, "This Is What It Feels Like" peaked within the top ten of the charts in ten countries, including Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom.

The song was written by Armin van Buuren, Benno de Goeij, Jenson Vaughan, Trevor Guthrie and John Ewbank, and produced by Vaughan and Ewbank. Van Buuren wrote the instrumental with de Goeij and Ewbank in 2012. Trevor Guthrie wrote the lyrics with Jenson Vaughan, and it was inspired by Guthrie's neighbour who was diagnosed with a brain tumor.[1] "This Is What It Feels Like" was nominated for the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.[2] The song was featured in the intro for a 2019 episode of America's Got Talent.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "This is What It Feels Like" was first released on YouTube on 17 March 2013. The video also features a guest appearance by American porn actor Ron Jeremy.

Track listing

  1. "This Is What It Feels Like" – 3:25
  2. "This Is What It Feels Like" (extended mix) – 5:16
  3. "This Is What It Feels Like" (W&W remix) – 6:16
  4. "This Is What It Feels Like" (David Guetta remix) – 5:28
  5. "This Is What It Feels Like" (Antillas and Dankann remix) – 5:44
  6. "This Is What It Feels Like" (Antillas and Dankann radio edit) – 3:34
  7. "This Is What It Feels Like" (Giuseppe Ottaviani remix) – 6:38
  8. "This Is What It Feels Like" (Giuseppe Ottaviani radio edit) – 3:55
  9. "This Is What It Feels Like" (John Ewbank classical remix) – 3:12
  1. "This Is What It Feels Like" – 3:25
  2. "This Is What It Feels Like" (extended mix) – 5:16
  3. "This Is What It Feels Like" (W&W remix) – 6:16
  4. "Waiting for the Night" – 3:03
  1. "This Is What It Feels Like" – 3:25
  2. "This Is What It Feels Like" (David Guetta remix) – 5:28
  1. "This Is What It Feels Like" (Maddix remix) – 3:50
  2. "This Is What It Feels Like" (Maddix extended mix) – 4:50

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australia Dance (ARIA)[5] 2
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)7
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)4
Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[6] 31
Slovenia (SloTop50)[7] 29

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)Position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 85
Australia Dance (ARIA)[9] 18
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 38
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 37
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 27
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] 90
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 17
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[15] 19
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[16] 59
Italy (FIMI)[17] 84
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[19]
John Ewbank remix		127
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 7
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[21] 50
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 87
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)[23] 143
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24] 59
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[25] 23

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Netherlands29 April 2013[26] Digital downloadArmada
United Kingdom3 May 2013[27]
6 May 2013CD single
Germany31 May 2013

Jason Benoit version

This Is What It Feels Like
Type:single
Artist:Jason Benoit
Genre:Country
Label:Sky Hit
Producer:
  • Brandon DeMarco
  • Dave Thompson
Next Title:Crazy Kinda Love
Next Year:2014

"This Is What It Feels Like" was covered by Canadian country music artist Jason Benoit and released through Sky Hit Records, under license to Sony Music Canada, as Benoit's debut single on 10 September 2013.[28] His rendition reached number 46 on the Billboard Canada Country chart.[29] It received positive reviews for Benoit's "strong vocal performance"[30] was also included on the compilation album, Country Heat 2014.[31]

Music video

An official lyric video was uploaded to Benoit's Vevo channel on 4 October 2013.[32]

Chart performance

Notes and References

  1. Armin van Buuren. Anthems - Ultimate Singles Collected. 2014. booklet. Armada Music. ARMA395.
  2. Web site: GRAMMY.com . Grammy Awards . 2013-12-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101204023547/http://www.grammy.com/NOMINEES . 2010-12-04 .
  3. https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-What-Feels-Armin-Buuren/dp/B00CAA280I/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1373126038&sr=1-1&keywords=armin+van+buuren+this+is+what+it+feels+like This Is What It Feels Like (Limited Signed Edition) [CD Single&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: Music<!-- Bot generated title -->]
  4. https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00CXDVV4G/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i03?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This Is What It Feels Like: Amazon.de: Musik
  5. Web site: ARIA Report: Issue 1225. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130918140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20130919-0000/Issue1225.pdf. dead. 2013-09-18. ARIA. 26 July 2015.
  6. Mexico Ingles Airplay. Billboard.
  7. Web site: SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart. SloTop50. Slovenian. 11 August 2013. 6 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180106064019/http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=32. dead.
  8. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Singles 2013. ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. 26 July 2015.
  9. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Dance Singles 2013. ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. 26 July 2015.
  10. Web site: JAHRESHITPARADE SINGLES 2013. German. Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. July 26, 2015.
  11. Web site: JAAROVERZICHTEN 2013: Singles. Dutch. Ultratop (NL). Hung Medien. July 26, 2015.
  12. Web site: JAAROVERZICHTEN 2013: Dance. Dutch. Ultratop (NL). Hung Medien. July 26, 2015.
  13. Web site: RAPPORTS ANNUELS 2013: Singles. French. Ultratop (FR). Hung Medien. July 26, 2015.
  14. Web site: RAPPORTS ANNUELS 2013: Dance. Dutch. Ultratop (FR). Hung Medien. July 26, 2015.
  15. Canadian Hot 100: 2013 Year-End Charts. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 26 July 2015.
  16. Web site: MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 - radios 2013 . Hungarian . MAHASZ . January 22, 2014.
  17. Web site: CLASSIFICHE ANNUALI 2013 TOP OF THE MUSIC BY FIMI GfK . FIMI . Italian . January 9, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107154534/http://www.fimi.it/4111 . January 7, 2014 .
  18. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2013. Dutch Top 40. October 6, 2019.
  19. Web site: Jaarlijsten 2013. nl. Dutch Top 40. May 11, 2022.
  20. Web site: Dutch charts portal. Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien. July 26, 2015. Dutch.
  21. Web site: Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart 2013. TopHit. ru. March 28, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230328141748/https://tophit.com/ru/chart/top/radio/hits/russia/annual/2013-01-01. March 28, 2023.
  22. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 2013. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. October 21, 2019.
  23. Web site: Top Radio Hits Ukraine Annual Chart 2013. TopHit. ru. March 31, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230329163735/https://tophit.com/ru/chart/top/radio/hits/ukraine/annual/2013-01-01. March 29, 2023.
  24. Web site: End of Year Charts: 2013. UKChartsPlus via Official Charts Company. 26 July 2015.
  25. Dance/Electronic Songs: 2013 Year-End Charts. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 26 July 2015.
  26. https://itunes.apple.com/nl/album/this-is-what-it-feels-like/id633977418?l=en iTunes - Music - This Is What It Feels Like (feat. Trevor Guthrie) [Remixes] by Armin van Buuren
  27. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/this-is-what-it-feels-like/id626232230 iTunes - Music - This Is What It Feels Like (feat. Trevor Guthrie) [Remixes] by Armin van Buuren
  28. Web site: This Is What It Feels Like - Single by Jason Benoit. iTunes Store (Canada). iTunes Store. 26 July 2015.
  29. Web site: Chart Search. Billboard Canada Country for Jason Benoit. 26 July 2015.
  30. Web site: Doole. Kerry. Jason Benoit - This Is What It Feels Like - Single Review. New Canadian Music. 26 July 2015. 11 September 2013.
  31. Web site: Country Heat 2014 by Various Artists. iTunes Store (Canada). Apple Inc. 26 July 2015.
  32. Web site: JasonBenoitVEVO. Jason Benoit - This Is What It Feels Like. YouTube. 26 July 2015. 4 October 2013.

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