“Feel Good Hit of the Summer” by Queens of the Stone Age

"Feel Good Hit of the Summer" kicks the door in on Rated R, the second Queens of the Stone Age album, from 2000, and later went out as its second single. Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri wrote it, and for all the sunny title its focus is drugs, which is what drew the attention when the album landed. Critics mostly liked it anyway, and several singled it out as a highlight.

Homme sings lead, plays guitar and produced it with Chris Goss, who adds grand piano and percussion. Oliveri's bass and Gene Trautmann's drums drive it, Dave Catching chips in electric piano and lap steel, and the backing vocalists include Judas Priest's Rob Halford, then fronting his own solo band. Trina Shoemaker recorded it, and in the UK it also came with the album on a separate CD called Rated U.

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