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A radio edit of Feeling Good with clean vocals on the third verse and can be found on the second [[Hyper Music/Feeling Good (single)#Promo|UK Hyper Music/Feeling Good promo CD]] (catalogue number 'MUSE 19'). An alternative instrumental section of the song is looped as background music on the audio set-up menu on the [[H.A.A.R.P. (album)|H.A.A.R.P.]] DVD. | A radio edit of Feeling Good with clean vocals on the third verse and can be found on the second [[Hyper Music/Feeling Good (single)#Promo|UK Hyper Music/Feeling Good promo CD]] (catalogue number 'MUSE 19'). An alternative instrumental section of the song is looped as background music on the audio set-up menu on the [[H.A.A.R.P. (album)|H.A.A.R.P.]] DVD. It was first played live as a guitar version in the [[BBC Studios 1999 (gig)|BBC session in 1999]] (also known as "diferent take session"). | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
Revision as of 22:32, 20 April 2009
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| Name | Feeling Good |
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| Length | 3:19 |
| Alternative titles | - |
| First live performance | 23rd November 1999 |
| Latest live performance | - |
| Recorded | 2001 |
| Writer/composer | Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse |
| Producer | John Leckie |
| Chart position | 24 |
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Description
The most popular Muse cover, and covered because of Matt's mum liking the song so much. The song was used by Nescafé for their advertisement but without the band's permission. The band denied them the use of the song because they didn't believe in having their music used to advertise supermarket products. Nescafé withdrew that version for a different version. Muse were subsequently paid settlement money, which they donated to Oxfam.[1]
Additional information
Feeling Good was written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, though made famous when performed by the legendary jazz artist Nina Simone.
This cover was commonly played live between 2000 and 2003, but wasn't played between Laugardalshöll 2003 and Southside Festival 2006. It was once again played regularly live from 2006 onwards.
This song was played on Spanish TVE:Radio3 as a live recording, in which, after the second verse, Matt Bellamy started swearing in time with the music for two lines; they were told not to swear which angered Muse as they never swore in their music until then, so they swore extensively. The video for this can be found here. Muse have been banned from Radio 3 ever since. During the performance, he sang "Fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking hell! Fucking, fucking little, fucking, fucking fuckers, yeah!".
In live performances, Matt sings the third verse through a megaphone.
The song was featured on Gabriele Muccino's Seven Pounds, starring Will Smith.
Alternative versions
A radio edit of Feeling Good with clean vocals on the third verse and can be found on the second UK Hyper Music/Feeling Good promo CD (catalogue number 'MUSE 19'). An alternative instrumental section of the song is looped as background music on the audio set-up menu on the H.A.A.R.P. DVD. It was first played live as a guitar version in the BBC session in 1999 (also known as "diferent take session").
Lyrics
Birds flying high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Reeds drifting on by you know how I feel It's a new dawn it's a new day it's a new life for me And I'm feeling good Fish in the sea you know how I feel River running free you know how I feel Blossom in the trees you know how I feel It's a new dawn it's a new day it's a new life for me And I'm feeling good Dragonflies out in the sun You know what I mean, don't you know Butterflies are all having fun You know what I mean Sleep in peace When the day is done And this old world is a new world and a bold world for me Stars when you shine you know how I feel Scent of the pine you know how I feel Yeah freedom is mine And you know how I feel It's a new dawn it's a new day it's a new life for me Butterflies, ooh Oh, ooh ... Ooooh... Freer than you... Ooooh... Feeling good.
References
- ↑ Muse: The Making of Origin of Symmetry (2007-11-07). Retrieved from Crikey. Need a domain here, kthnxbye.
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