I Feel for You

"I Feel for You" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album, one of two songs on that album (along with "I Wanna Be Your Lover") written as demos for Patrice Rushen, though neither appeared on any Rushen album.^[1] The most successful and well known version was recorded by female R&B singer Chaka Khan, appearing on her 1984 album, I Feel for You. Prince, as songwriter, won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.

Khan's version featured an all-star supporting cast, with rapping from Melle Mel, keyboard and guitar by The System's David Frank, and chromatic harmonica playing by Stevie Wonder. The song also uses vocal samples from Wonder's "Fingertips". The repetition of Khan's name by Melle Mel at the beginning of the song was originally a mistake made by producer Arif Mardin (actually a sample of Melle Mel's song "Step Off"), who then decided to keep it.^[2]

This version of the song became a million-selling smash in the U.S. and UK, and it helped to relaunch Khan's career. The song hit No. 1 on the Cash Box singles chart and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November-December 1984. The song remained on the Billboard Hot 100 for 26 weeks and became one of Billboard's five biggest pop songs of the year for 1985. The single reached No. 1 on both the U.S. dance^[3] and R&B charts in late 1984, remaining atop both for three weeks each.^[4] In addition, the song also reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.^[5] While touring with Prince in 1998 in support of her collaborative album, Come 2 My House, Khan and Prince performed "I Feel for You" as a duet.

The Pointer Sisters recorded the song in 1982, two years before Khan's version was a hit, on their album So Excited!.

Rebbie Jackson recorded it for her 1984 debut album Centipede

Music videos (Chaka Khan version)

The first version of the music video for Khan's song featured her working in a club with female dancers. As rap music and break dancing were becoming well known in mainstream pop culture at the time the song was released and started gaining popularity, the more well known video in an inner-city courtyard setting was created, featuring Khan with a Disc jockey and break dancers Adolfo Quiñones, Michael Chambers, Bruno Falcon and Ana Sánchez—all of whom appeared in the movie Breakin'.^[6] A remixed version of the video was created to match the 12" vinyl version of the single.

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[5]	1
Irish Singles Chart	1
French Singles Chart	22
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Hip Hop/R&B Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3

References

↑ McInnis, C. Liegh (November 1, 2007). "Chapter 5: 'Laying a Foundation'". The Lyrics of Prince Rogers Nelson: A Literary Look at a Creative Musical Poet, Philosopher, and Storyteller (Paperback)|format= requires |url= (help) (Third ed.). Psychedelic Literature. p. 177. ISBN 0965577503. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Arif Mardin: Tales from the Recording Studio". NPR. December 19, 2005. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 144.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 321.
1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 442. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ "I feel for You Video - Stiefelfreund2006 - MyVideo". Myvideo.de. Retrieved March 29, 2014.

External links

Video on VH1 Classic website
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder	Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single (Chaka Khan version) November 3, 1984 – November 17, 1984	Succeeded by "Cool It Now" by New Edition
Preceded by "Swept Away" by Diana Ross	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (Chaka Khan version) October 27, 1984 – November 10, 1984	Succeeded by "Out of Touch" by Hall & Oates
Preceded by "Freedom" by Wham!	UK number-one single (Chaka Khan version) November 4, 1984 – November 24, 1984	Succeeded by "I Should Have Known Better" by Jim Diamond
Preceded by "Freedom" by Wham!	Irish Singles Chart number-one single (Chaka Khan version) November 17, 1984 – November 24, 1984	Succeeded by "I Should Have Known Better" by Jim Diamond
Preceded by "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!	Cashbox Top 100 (Chaka Khan version) December 8, 1984	Succeeded by "The Wild Boys" by Duran Duran

Prince singles

1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Bambi" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "Sexuality" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "D.M.S.R." "Delirious" "Automatic" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"

1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "Pope" (remix) "Come" "Letitgo" "Space" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "P Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "The Truth" "Extraordinary" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"

2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We Be Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"

2010s	"Extraloveable" "Rock and Roll Love Affair" "Screwdriver" "Fixurlifeup" "Breakfast Can Wait" "Pretzelbodylogic" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "Clouds" "Baltimore" "Hardrocklover" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"

Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "D.M.S.R." "Another Lonely Christmas" "Erotic City" "Hot Thing" "Trust" "Willing and Able" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Pope" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Come" "P. Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "Slave" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "Extraordinary" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "Baby Knows" "Man O' War" "She Loves Me 4 Me" "Last December" "One Nite Alone... Live EP" "Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart" "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" (with Tamar Davis) "Chelsea Rodgers" "Future Baby Mama" "The One U Wanna C" "U're Gonna C Me"

Airplay-only songs	"Shhh" "Satisfied" "Better with Time"

Internet downloads	"One Song" "Cybersingle" "Bataclan" "Glasscutter" "Live from Paisley Park" "Strange Relationship" (Live in Minneapolis) "Guitar" (original "demo" version) "Love" (acoustic version) "Rock and Roll Love Affair" (Remix 7) "Screwdriver" (Remix) "Boyfriend" (Demo) "That Girl Thang" "Live Out Loud" "Ain't Gonna Miss U When U're Gone" "Extraloveable Reloaded" "Menstrual Cycle" "Octopus Heart" "Groovy Potential" "The Sweeter She Is" "Something in the Water" (Paisley Park Rehearsal) "Da Bourgeoisie" "What If" "The X's Face"

Streams	"U're Still the One" "Xylophone" "In a Large Room with No Light" "Purple and Gold" "Cause and Effect" "Hot Summer" "Rich Friends" "Same Page Different Book" "Stare"

EP's	The Scandalous Sex Suite EP New Power Generation Remixes Gett Off Remix EP Cream Remixes' My Name Is Prince Remixes 7 Remixes The Beautiful Experience Letitgo Remixes Space Remixes I Hate U Remixes 1999: The New Master The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes The Breakfast Experience

Other songs	"I Feel for You" "When You Were Mine" "Head" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "17 Days" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" "Housequake" "Starfish and Coffee "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U"

Chaka Khan

Albums with Rufus	Rufus (1973) Rags to Rufus (1974) Rufusized (1974) Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (1975) Ask Rufus (1977) Street Player (1978) Numbers (1979) Masterjam (1979) Party 'Til You're Broke (1981) Camouflage (1981) The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (1982) Seal in Red (1983) Stompin' at the Savoy – Live (1983)

Studio albums	Chaka (1978) Naughty (1980) What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (1981) Echoes of an Era (1982) Chaka Khan (1982) I Feel for You (1984) Destiny (1986) CK (1988) The Woman I Am (1992) Come 2 My House (1998) ClassiKhan (2004) Funk This (2007)

Compilations	Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project (1989) Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 (1996) I'm Every Woman: The Best of Chaka Khan (1999) Dance Classics of Chaka Khan (1999) The Platinum Collection (2006)

Notable singles and songs	"Tell Me Something Good" "You Got the Love" "Once You Get Started" "Sweet Thing" "Jive Talkin'" "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" "I'm Every Woman" "Do You Love What You Feel" "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" "We Can Work It Out" "And the Melody Still Lingers On (Night in Tunisia)" "Got to Be There" "Ain't Nobody" "I Feel for You" "This Is My Night" "Through the Fire" "Higher Love" "I'll Be Good to You "Love You All My Lifetime" "My Funny Valentine" "Missing You" "Never Miss the Water" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "Angel" "Disrespectful"

Related articles	Discography Rufus (band) Here Come the Girls

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I Feel for You

Music videos (Chaka Khan version)

Charts

See also

References

External links