Feel Like Makin' Love (Bad Company song)
| "Feel Like Makin' Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Bad Company | ||||
| from the album Straight Shooter | ||||
| B-side | "Little Miss Fortune" | |||
| Released | June 1975[1] | |||
| Format | 7" 45 RPM | |||
| Recorded | September 1974 at Clearwell Castle, Gloucestershire, England[2] | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, country rock | |||
| Length | 5:12 | |||
| Label | Swan Song | |||
| Writer(s) | Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs | |||
| Producer(s) | Bad Company[2] | |||
| Bad Company singles chronology | ||||
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"Feel Like Makin' Love" is a song by British supergroup Bad Company. The song originally appeared on the LP Straight Shooter in April 1975 and was released as a single in August of the same year.[1] The song was named the 78th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[3]
The song was featured in the 2001 movie Scotland PA with other Bad Company songs.
Covers
- Pauline Henry, former singer of The Chimes, covered the song in 1993, charting at No. 12 in the UK.[4]
- A cover was released by country music artist Philip Claypool in 1995 on his debut album A Circus Leaving Town. It was the highest-charting of that album's four singles, peaking at No. 60 on Hot Country Songs.
- It was covered by Kid Rock on his self-titled 2003 release. His version peaked at No. 33 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.
- The song was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Feel Like Throwin' Up"
Chart positions
Bad Company version
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 5 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 10 |
| UK Singles Chart[6] | 20 |
Pauline Henry version
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart[7] | 12 |
Philip Claypool version
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 60 |
Kid Rock version
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 33 |
References
- 1 2 Strong, Charles (2002) [Originally published in 1994]. The Great Rock Discography (Sixth ed.). United Kingdom: Canongate Books. p. 133. ISBN 1-84195-312-1.
- 1 2 Straight Shooter (Vinyl sleeve). Bad Company. United States: Swan Song Records. 1975. Back cover. SS 8413.
- ↑ "spreadit.org music". Retrieved 5 February 2009.
- ↑ "officialcharts.com". Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ↑ "Bad Company – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Bad Company.
- ↑ British Hit Singles & Albums (17th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. 2004. p. 41. ISBN 0-85112-199-3.
- ↑ British Hit Singles & Albums (17th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. 2004. p. 660. ISBN 0-85112-199-3.
- ↑ "Philip Claypool – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Philip Claypool.
External links
- Live cover by Queen + Paul Rodgers (official video) on YouTube
- Lyrics of live cover by Queen + Paul Rodgers from Live in Ukraine, from Queen official website
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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