Released July 1979 (1979-07) Recorded 23–24 June 1979 Length 3:13 | Format Vinyl
7"
45 RPM Genre Disco Label Calibre Records | |
"Feels Like I'm in Love" is a song recorded by Scottish singer Kelly Marie. It was a number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in September 1980.
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Written by Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry, the song was originally intended for Elvis Presley but he died before it could be pitched to him. When it was originally released on Pye Records in 1979, the song was a sleeper hit on the Scottish club scene before breaking through nationally in the summer of 1980, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in September. The following year, aided by a number of remixes the song became a club hit in the US, reaching number ten on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Re-released on the Calibre record label, it followed a rare breed of record labels who gained a chart-topping success with their debut release.
Composition
The song is performed in the key of C major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute.
Appearances in other media
The song featured in the 2002 romantic comedy-drama Once Upon a Time in the Midlands. It also appeared in the 2005 comedy-romance film, Imagine Me & You, in the Dance Dance Revolution sequence.