Song · Nina Simone
“Feeling Good” by Nina Simone
From the album I Put a Spell on You (1965)
“Feeling Good” by Nina Simone appears on 19 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2009 and 2026. It was first released in 1965 on the album I Put a Spell on You. Its best result is #57 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2018). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,943 alternative song of all time.
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Nina Simone pulled "Feeling Good" out of the musical theater and made it hers on I Put a Spell on You, her 1965 album. Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse wrote it for their show The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, where Cy Grant first sang it on a UK tour in 1964, but you'd never guess this was a showtune once Simone gets her hands on it.
She sings it slow and deliberate, her voice dark and full, turning every line into a statement of pure release, and she plays piano on it too, with Rudy Stevenson on guitar. Hal Mooney produced the session and wrote the arrangement, which knows exactly when to hang back and when to swell up behind her.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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Indie & Adult Alternative
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All-time and decade countdowns
Also listed as: Feelin' Good.
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