FEELING GOOD

"'Feeling Good'" (aka ''Feelin' Good'') is a song written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1966 musical ''The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd'' and since covered by several artists, including Nina Simone, Traffic, Sammy Davis Jr, Muse, Michael Bublé and The Pussycat Dolls.

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Selective list of recordings

Selective list of recordings

★ 1965: Gilbert Price in the original Broadway cast

★ 1965: John Coltrane On The John Coltrane Quartet Plays

★ 1965: Nina Simone on the album '' I Put A Spell On You''

★ 1969: Black Cat Bones on the album Barbed Wire Sandwich

★ 1969: Traffic on the album ''Last Exit''

★ 1997: A remix by ''Huff & Herb'' of samples Nina Simone's "Feeling Good"

★ 2000: Eels on the album Oh, What a Beautiful Morning

★ 2001: Muse on the album Origin of Symmetry and with Hyper Music as part of a double A-side.

★ 2002: Remix version by Joe Claussel on the album "Verve Remixed"

★ 2004: Sophie B. Hawkins on the album ''Wilderness''

★ 2005: Michael Bublé on the album ''It's Time''

★ 2005: The Pussycat Dolls on the album ''PCD''

★ 2005: Wax Tailor on the album ''Tales of the forgotten melodies'', sampled on the track ''How I feel''

★ 2005: Alexandra Kerwin

★ 2005: Quantic Soul Orchestra on the album ''Pushin' On''

★ 2006: The goodboys featuring Mihirangi, used in 'Feeling Good' young women's quit smoking TV campaign in Qld, Australia

★ 2007: A.J. Tabaldo and Leslie Hunt both performed the song in season 6 of ''American Idol'' in the second week of the semi-finals; both were eliminated that week.

★ 2007: Chelsea Korka performed the song on during the finale. She came was finalist and came in third.

★ 2007: Brian Melo performed the song during Standards Week on Canadian Idol; he advanced to the next round.

★ 2007: Natalie Gauci performed the song during the Wildcard episode on season 5 of Australian Idol; she advanced to the top 12

★ 2007: Bobby Gray on the album "The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn"
The track "About You" on Mary J. Blige's album ''The Breakthrough'' features an unusual take on the song. The bulk of the recording consists of new lyrics, composed by Mary J. Blige, will.i.am, and Keith Harris. However, the chorus samples several lines from "Feeling Good" as performed by Nina Simone. The original vocals are distorted so that the voice is almost unrecognizable. For this reason, Simone receives a credit as a feature artist, and writers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse receive credit as writers. The track is produced by will.i.am.
Nina Simone's version is also featured in the 1993 film Point of No Return, in which the protagonist uses the code name "Nina" and professes to be a longtime fan of Simone's music. (It is worth noting that at least half the soundtrack for the film featured Nina Simone songs.) The song was also featured in the promotional video of the TV series Six Feet Under (4th season), and is included in the show's volume 2 soundtrack.