Hooked on a Feeling (song)
| "Hooked on a Feeling" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
US single of the original B. J. Thomas recording | ||||
| Single by B. J. Thomas | ||||
| from the album On My Way | ||||
| B-side | "I've Been Down This Road Before" | |||
| Released | October 29, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
| Studio | American Sound (Memphis, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Label | Scepter | |||
| Songwriter | Mark James | |||
| Producer | Chips Moman | |||
| B. J. Thomas singles chronology | ||||
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| Lyric video | ||||
| "Hooked on a Feeling" by B. J. Thomas on YouTube | ||||
| Audio | ||||
| "Hooked on a Feeling" by B. J. Thomas on YouTube | ||||
| Live video | ||||
| "Hooked on a Feeling" (live, 2009) by B. J. Thomas on YouTube | ||||
"Hooked on a Feeling" is a 1968 pop song written by Mark James and first recorded by American singer B. J. Thomas. Thomas's version featured the sound of the electric sitar (played by Reggie Young) and reached No. 5 in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been recorded by many other artists, including Blue Swede, whose version reached No. 1 in the United States in 1974.