Good feeling
| Good feeling | |
|---|---|
| Flo Rida | |
| publication | October 31, 2011 (in Germany on November 11, 2011) |
| length | 4:06 |
| Genre (s) | Hip house , hip hop , electro hop |
| text | Tramar Dillard, Lukasz Gottwald , Henry Walter , Breyan Isaac, Arash Pournouri, Tim Bergling , Etta James , Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods |
| Publisher (s) | Atlantic , Poe Boy |
| album | Wild Ones |
Good Feeling is a song released on August 29, 2011 by the American rapper Flo Rida from his 4th studio album Wild Ones . The chorus is based on a vocal sample of the song Something's Got a Hold on Me by Etta James . Good Feeling reached the top 10 of the charts in 16 countries. The song, written by Lukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter, Breyan Isaac, Arash Pournouri, Tim Bergling , Etta James, Leroy Kirkland and Pearl Woods, also achieved 5 platinum in Australia, 2 platinum in the USA and gold in Austria and Germany .
backgrounds
As the lead single from Rida's album Wild Ones , it became the most successful single from this album to date. Flo Rida himself said:
"It's legendary, we got Etta James featured on there, so it's crazy."
The Swedish DJ Avicii produced the song together with Lukasz Gottwald and Cirkut . Because of the vocal sample Good Feelings and Avicii's level of Etta James in the songs, the late Etta James got many new fans from a new generation who may not even know who is singing the chorus.
Music video
The music video was first released on YouTube on October 21. In the video you can see Flo Rida traveling and singing all over Europe.
reception
The song received mixed reviews. Some rated it positively, ...
“[...] the song is certainly destined to be a dance floor burner. [...] We have a good feeling that Flo Rida has a chart-topping hit on his hands with this club banger. It feels like an anthem for the fist-pumping crowd that idolizes MTV's Guido-ville show 'The Jersey Shore.' ”
... but others are also negative.
"[...] the sampling of DJ Avicii's 'Levels' - which in turn samples Etta James's 'Something's Got a Hold on Me' - makes this club-rap number sound about as authentic as Asda's tinned spaghetti."
Chart positions and awards
| Charts (2012) | Top ranking |
|---|---|
 Germany
|
1 |
 Austria
|
1 |
 Switzerland
|
3 |
 United Kingdom
|
1 |
 United States
|
3 |
Awards for music sales
| country | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
5 × platinum | 350,000 |
 Belgium
|
gold | 15,000 |
 Denmark
|
gold | 15,000 |
|
Germany
|
platinum | 200,000 |
 Italy
|
gold | 15,000 |
 Canada
|
5 × platinum | 400,000 |
 Mexico
|
Platinum + gold | 90,000 |
 New Zealand
|
2 × platinum | 30,000 |
|
Austria
|
platinum | 30,000 |
 Sweden
|
4 × platinum | 160,000 |
|
Switzerland
|
2 × platinum | 60,000 |
|
United Kingdom
|
platinum | 710,000 |
|
United States
|
4 × platinum | 4,000,000 |
| all in all |
|
5,075,000 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ASCAP information about the song
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↑ Awards in Germany , Austria ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Input ), and the USA
Good Feeling - ↑ Good Feeling by Flo Rida. Songfacts, accessed May 10, 2012 .
- ^ Dan Hyman: Flo Rida and Avicii Remember Etta James. Rolling Stone , January 24, 2012, accessed May 10, 2012 .
- ↑ Trent Fitzgerald: FLO RIDA, 'GOOD FEELING' - SONG REVIEW. Popcrush, August 30, 2011, accessed May 10, 2012 .
- ^ Robert Copsey: Flo Rida: 'Good Feeling' - Single review. Digital Spy, November 13, 2011, accessed May 10, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c d e Chart positions in Germany , Austria , Switzerland , the United Kingdom and the USA
- ^ Dan Lane: Official Charts Advent Calendar 2012: Day 1. In: Official Charts Company. December 1, 2012, accessed April 16, 2016 .
