I FEEL FOR YOU
CHAKA KHAN
SONGWRITER: PRINCE
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: I FEEL FOR YOU
LABEL: WARNER BROS RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1984
I Feel
for You is the Platinum certified fifth solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan,
released on the Warner
Bros. Records label in 1984.
After
having balanced her two simultaneous careers as a member of the band Rufus and a solo performer during the years 1978 to 1983, which culminated
with the release of the final Rufus
& Chaka Khan album Stompin' at the Savoy – Live after
which the band dissolved, Khan recorded the album that was to make her a pop
star with mainstream chart success; 1984's I Feel for You.
The title
track, "I Feel for You"
was a cover of a 1979 Prince track, featuring Grandmaster
Melle Mel on the classic
"Ch-ch-ch-chaka-chaka-chaka Khan" rap intro and Stevie Wonder on chromatic
harmonica (and also a sample from one of his
first hits, "Fingertips")
and saw Khan embracing high-tech funk, rap and hip hop and stands as one of her
best known songs and her biggest commercial hit, reaching number 3 on the US
Pop chart (and becoming the Billboard number 5 best-selling song of the year in.
1985), and topped the US R&B, Dance, and UK singles charts. The song earned
her a second Grammy Award in 1985 for Best R&B Vocal Performance,
Female.
Baby, baby, when I look at you
I get a warm feeling inside
There's something about the things you do
That keeps me satisfied
I wouldn't lie to you, baby
It's mainly a physical thing
This feeling that I got for you, baby
It makes me wanna sing
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you
Baby, baby, when I lay wit' you
There's no place I'd rather be
I can't believe, can't believe it's true
The things that you do to me
I wouldn't lie to you, baby
I'm physically attracted to you
This feeling that I got for you, baby (Ooh baby)
There's nothing that I wouldn't do (For you girl)
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you
Play
I think it's love
I feel for you
I think it's love
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think it's love
Play
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you