I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better

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“I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better”

album track by The Byrds
Album	Mr. Tambourine Man
Released	June 21, 1965
Recorded	April 14, 1965, Columbia Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Folk rock
Label	Columbia Records
Writer	Gene Clark
Producer	Terry Melcher
Cover versions
Tom Petty, Hazvuvim, Flamin' Groovies, Charly Garcia
Mr. Tambourine Man track listing
"Mr. Tambourine Man" "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" "Spanish Harlem Incident" "You Won't Have to Cry" "Here Without You" "The Bells of Rhymney" "All I Really Want to Do" "I Knew I'd Want You" "It's No Use" "Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe" "Chimes of Freedom" "We'll Meet Again"

"I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better" is a 1965 song by the Californian folk-rock band, The Byrds. It appears on their debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man. It was written and sung by Gene Clark. Though never released as a single a-side (it appeared on the b-side of "All I Really Want To Do"), the song is now considered one of the group's, as well as Clark's, best songs.

The song features some of the trademarks of the early Byrds sound: backing vocals from Roger McGuinn and David Crosby, and a country-influenced guitar solo, played by McGuinn on his 12 string Rickenbacker.

[edit] Cover versions

Tom Petty covered the song on his first solo album (without the Heartbreakers) from 1989, Full Moon Fever.

The Israeli band Hazvuvim (The Flys) performed a version of the song translated into Hebrew on their debut album Bzzz.... Confusingly, the Hebrew version was called Hasiba hi she..., which means "The Reason Why", a different Byrds song.

San Francisco's Flamin' Groovies also released a letter-perfect cover of the song on their 1978 Sire Records release "Flamin' Groovies Now."

Argentinian rock musician Charly García covered the song on his 1990 album Filosofía Barata y Zapatos de Goma. The track was named Me Siento Mucho Mejor.