I Feel for You

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"I Feel for You" is a 1984 hit single by Chaka Khan that fused R&B, funk, and hip hop, becoming one of her signature songs and a defining track of 1980s pop music.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album I Feel for You
artist Chaka Khan
award Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
basedOn I Feel for You (1979 song by Prince)
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 1
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 3
chartPositionUSHotR&BHipHopSongs 1
composer Prince
containsRap yes
countryOfOrigin United States
describedAs defining track of 1980s pop music
era 1980s pop music
featuredArtist Grandmaster Melle Mel
Melle Mel
Stevie Wonder
followedBy This Is My Night (Chaka Khan single)
format 12-inch single
7-inch single
genre R&B
dance-pop
funk
hip hop
post-disco
hasMusicVideo yes
influencedGenre dance music of the mid-1980s
mainstream R&B
pop-rap
instrumentation harmonica by Stevie Wonder
isCoverOf I Feel for You (Prince song)
label Warner Bros. Records
language English
length approximately 4 minutes 5 seconds (single edit)
approximately 5 minutes 46 seconds (album version)
lyricist Prince
notableFor fusion of R&B, funk, and hip hop
opening rap by Melle Mel
signature song of Chaka Khan
use of hip hop scratching and sampling techniques
originalArtist Prince
performer Chaka Khan
precededBy Got to Be There (Chaka Khan single)
producer Arif Mardin
recordingArtist Chaka Khan
releaseDate 1984
sideA I Feel for You
title I Feel for You
yearOfGrammyWins 1985

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
I Feel for You
Through the Fire
album
I Feel for You ("I Feel for You (1979 song by Prince)")
basedOn
Through the Fire
includedIn
I Feel for You ("I Feel for You (Prince song)")
isCoverOf
Chaka Khan
notableAlbum
Chaka Khan
notableWork
I Feel for You
sideA
I Feel for You
title
Prince ("Chaka Khan - I Feel for You")
wroteSongFor

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