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“If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)” by Leon Bridges
From the album Good Thing (2018)
“If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)” by Leon Bridges appears on 9 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2018 and 2026. It was first released in 2018 on the album Good Thing. Its best result is #13 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #61 indie & aaa song of 2018, #1,244 indie & aaa song of all time and #455 of the '10s.
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"If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)" sits on Good Thing, the second Leon Bridges album, which Columbia released on May 4, 2018, and it's the sound of Bridges loosening his tie and heading for the dance floor. It took a crowd to write: Bridges, Joshua Block, Teddy Geiger, Austin Jenkins, Nate Mercereau, Dana Meyers, Ricky Reed and William Shelby all share the credit.
Mercereau and Reed produced it, and Mercereau does a lot of the heavy lifting, playing guitar, keyboards and bass, while Reed adds keyboards and percussion. Block handles more percussion, and Reed, Block, Jenkins and Brittni Jessie stack up the backing vocals behind Bridges' smooth lead. Manny Marroquin and Chris Galland mixed it, and the whole thing glides on a slinky, late-night groove.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 64 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
| 2018 | 32 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2018 | 200 |
| 2018 | 13 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
| 2019 | 27 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 328 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 328 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2022 | 1001 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2025 | 620 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 275 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
Also listed as: If It Feels Good (Then it Must Be); If It Feels Good, Then It Must Be.
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