(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
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| "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | ||
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| Single by Aretha Franklin | ||
| from the album Lady Soul | ||
| Released | 1967 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Genre | Soul | |
| Length | 2:45 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Writer(s) | Carole King & Gerry Goffin | |
| Producer(s) | Carole King & Gerry Goffin | |
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| Aretha Franklin singles chronology | ||
| "Baby I Love You" (1967) |
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (1967) |
"Chain of Fools" (1967) |
| "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" | ||
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| Single by Céline Dion | ||
| from the album Falling into You | ||
| Released | Oct 1995 (US / CA / AU) | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | Chartmaker; Record Plant; The Chapel | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:40 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Writer(s) | Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler | |
| Producer(s) | David Foster | |
| Céline Dion singles chronology | ||
| "To Love You More" (1995) |
"(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" (1995) |
"Destin" (1995) |
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| 1998 Divas cover | ||
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" is a 1967 single released by American soul singer Aretha Franklin on the Atlantic label. The song, co-written by the celebrated songwriting-producing team of Carole King and Gerry Goffin, was a big hit for Franklin (reaching nuber #8 on the Billboard Hot 100) and became a standard song for her. It was covered by Carole King herself on her landmark 1971 album Tapestry, and by Mary J. Blige, whose 1995 version, from the soundtrack of New York Undercover, also charted. Rod Stewart did a version, entitled "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man" for his album Smiler. Céline Dion also recorded this in 1995 for the Tapestry Revisited album. Franklin gave a live performance of the song alongside Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain and King on the first VH1 Divas special in 1998.
[edit] Céline Dion version
"(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" was released as a promotional single in October 1995 (United States, Canada, and Australia). It was featured on a tribute album to Carole King, called Tapestry Revisited (October 24, 1995). Later, Céline included this track on most versions of her Falling into You album (March 1996). The track was produced by David Foster. There was no video for the song made.
On April 14, 1998, Céline Dion, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, Gloria Estefan, and Carole King gave a concert at the Beacon Theater in New York. The five vocalists were recruited by the cable music network VH1 to raise money for Save the Music, their education charity. Hyped extensively in the press, the event was a ratings' winner for VH1 — so successful, in fact, that the network arranged to have the concert released on disc and tape on October 6, 1998. At that time "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" (sang by all divas) was released as a radio single in United States and Japan.
[edit] Chart success
Dion's solo version from 1995 enjoyed a moderate success on Adult Contemporary charts, reaching #9 in Canada and #31 in United States.
| Country | Peak Position |
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| Canada (Adult Contemporary) (1995) | 9 | n/a |
| United States (Billboard Adult Contemporary) (1995) | 31 | 9 |
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