I_Feel_So_Bad_(Chuck_Willis_song)

I Feel So Bad (Chuck Willis song)

I Feel So Bad (Chuck Willis song)

1961 single by Elvis Presley

For the Kungs song, see I Feel So Bad (Kungs song).

"I Feel So Bad" is a blues song written and originally recorded by Chuck Willis, and released in 1954 (OKeh 7029). It rose to No. 8 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues Chart in early 1954, and appears on the album Chuck Willis Wails the Blues. Elvis Presley recorded the song on March 12, 1961, in RCA Studio B, in Nashville, Tennessee, and released it as a single on RCA Victor that year.[1]

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Background

Elvis Presley's version reached No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1961[2] and No. 15 on Billboard's Top 20 R&B Singles chart the same year.[3] The song, which was released on a double A-side single in the UK (c/w "Wild in the Country"), reached No.4 on the UK singles chart, also in 1961. As of August 2017, the single "Wild in the Country" / "I Feel So Bad" is Presley's 38th best selling single in the UK.[4]

Other recordings

Blues singer Little Milton recorded a soul blues version, titled simply "Feel So Bad", in 1967. It rose to No. 7 R&B and No. 91 pop. The band Cactus recorded it on their 1971 Atco release, One Way... or Another. This song has since been covered by Foghat on their second album titled Foghat (Rock and Roll), Delbert McClinton (Plain from the Heart, 1981), Rory Gallagher (BBC Sessions 1972), and Big Dave & The Ultrasonics (Love & Money, 1993).

References

  1. [1]
    Elvis Presley: Original Versions of the songs he Sang Archived 2010-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Billboard Chart Statistics - Top 20 pop Singles Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Billboard's Top 20 R&B Singles Archived 2010-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    "Elvis Presley's Top 50 bestselling songs". Official Charts Company. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2021-02-11.


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