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“I Feel The Earth Move” by Carole King
From the album Tapestry (1971)
“I Feel The Earth Move” by Carole King appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2016 and 2026. It was first released in 1971 on the album Tapestry. Its best result is #221 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,004 indie & aaa song of all time and #220 of the '70s.
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Carole King throws open Tapestry, her second studio album, from 1971, with "I Feel the Earth Move", and it's a jolt: the woman at the keys sounds ready to rattle the windows. She wrote it alone and plays keyboard, with Danny Kortchmar on electric guitar, Charles Larkey on bass and Joel O'Brien on drums; Lou Adler produced it for Ode, and Hank Cicalo engineered.
Jon Landau heard King's voice swerve between raunchy, bluesy, harsh and soothing within the one song, and Harvey Kubernik later called it the album's most sexually aggressive track, a bold way to open a record mostly given over to mellow confession. Paired with "It's Too Late" on a double A-sided single, it stood among the biggest pop hits of 1971.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 446 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 853 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 608 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 221 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2023 | 380 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2023 | 688 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 290 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2026 | 465 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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