I Feel for You (album)

I Feel For You
Studio album by Chaka Khan
Released October 1, 1984
Recorded 1983-1984
Genre Funk, hip hop, electronica, soul, R&B
Length 46:51
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Arif Mardin, David Foster
Chaka Khan chronology
Stompin' at the Savoy - Live (with Rufus)
(1983)		 I Feel For You
(1984)		 Destiny
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Boston Phoenix(favorable)[2]
Robert ChristgauC+[3]
Slant[4]
Yahoo! Music(mixed)[5]

I Feel for You is the Platinum certified fifth solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984.

Overview

“ Excellent from start to finish, this album went down in history as both a creative and a commercial success. ”
— Alex Henderson, Allmusic[6]

After having balanced her two simultaneous careers as a member of the band Rufus and a solo performer during the years 1978 to 1983, which culminated with the release of the final Rufus & Chaka Khan album Stompin' at the Savoy – Live after which the band dissolved, Khan recorded the album that was to make her a pop star with mainstream chart success; 1984's I Feel for You.

The title track, "I Feel for You" was a cover of a 1979 Prince track, featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel on the classic "Ch-ch-ch-chaka-chaka-chaka Khan" rap intro and Stevie Wonder on chromatic harmonica (and also a sample from one of his first hits, "Fingertips") and saw Khan embracing high-tech funk, rap and hip hop and stands as one of her best known songs and her biggest commercial hit, reaching number 3 on the US Pop chart (and becoming the Billboard number 5 best-selling song of the year in. 1985), and topped the US R&B, Dance, and UK singles charts. The song earned her a second Grammy Award in 1985 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female.

The album reached number 16 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, 4 on the R&B albums chart and 15 in the UK. Additional hit singles were "This Is My Night" (US No. 60, R&B No. 11, Dance No. 1, UK No. 14), "Eye to Eye" (UK No. 16) and the ballad "Through the Fire", which crossed over to the adult contemporary chart (No. 16) and charted at No. 77 in the UK. The I Feel for You album's second ballad, "Stronger Than Before" co-written by Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts and Carole Bayer Sager, was released as the fifth single in certain markets.

"I Feel for You", "This Is My Night" and "Eye to Eye" were released as extended 12" remixes in 1984, and other mixes were created for the 1989 remix compilation Life is a Dance - The Remix Project. The 1984 mixes by Arif Mardin and Russ Titelman remain unreleased on CD.

1985 saw two other songs by Khan released on other albums: "(Krush Groove) Can't Stop the Street" from the Krush Groove soundtrack (US R&B No. 18, UK No. 80), and "Own the Night", from the Miami Vice soundtrack (US Pop No. 57, US R&B No. 66).

Track listing

  1. "This Is My Night" (David Frank, Mic Murphy) - 4:38
  2. "Stronger Than Before" (Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager) - 4:21
  3. "My Love Is Alive" (Gary Wright) - 4:42
  4. "Eye to Eye" (Don Freeman, Dan Sembello, John Sembello, Michael Sembello) - 4:38
  5. "La Flamme" (Rhoda Roberts, Philippe Saisse) - 4:27
  6. "I Feel for You" (Prince) - 5:44
  7. "Hold Her" (James Newton-Howard, David "Hawk" Wolinski) - 5:14
  8. "Through the Fire" (David Foster, Tom Keane, Cynthia Weil) - 4:45
  9. "Caught in the Act" (Joe Mardin, Alec Milstein) - 3:45
  10. "Chinatown" (Chaka Khan, Rhoda Roberts, Philippe Saisse) - 4:37

Personnel

Production

Non-album tracks and remixes

Preceded by
"Sugar Walls" by Sheena Easton		 "This is My Night" U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
March 2, 1985 		Succeeded by
"New Attitude"/"Axel F" by Patti LaBelle/Harold Faltermeyer

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Boston Phoenix review
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  4. ↑ Slant review
  5. ↑ Yahoo! Music review
  6. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "I Feel for You (Review)". Allmusic.
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