Hooked On A Feeling
1968
B. J. Thomas
Blue Swede's version of 'Hooked On A Feeling may have been the one that those of us who hit our teens in The 70s remember, but as noted above it wasn't the original version. The B.J. Thomas version, with it's distinctive and down right awesome electric sitar intro, has the lock on that title, and is awesome enough to rate it's own post.
He sure didn't do too a bad job with his version of 'Hooked On A Feeling, chart-wise, either. It was released in October 1968 and made it to #5 on The Billboard Top 100...a big hit, though not as big a hit as his next hit single...a little ditty called 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head', already covered on this very blog. And a little tidbit of trivia...according to popular legend, B.J. Thomas managed to nail this recording in just one take while fighting a cold.
He sure didn't do too a bad job with his version of 'Hooked On A Feeling, chart-wise, either. It was released in October 1968 and made it to #5 on The Billboard Top 100...a big hit, though not as big a hit as his next hit single...a little ditty called 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head', already covered on this very blog. And a little tidbit of trivia...according to popular legend, B.J. Thomas managed to nail this recording in just one take while fighting a cold.
Hooked On A Feeling was written by Mark James, who also penned Elvis Presley's Suspicious Minds. You'll actually hear the original B.J. Thomas version of 'Hooked On A Feeling' a bit more often than the Blue Swede version if you listen to 107.3 in Richmond, and it's a staple on every other Oldies station as well.
So Enjoy!
The original version of Hooked On A Feeling By B. J. Thomas
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