I Feel a Song

I Feel a Song is the thirteenth studio album recorded by American R&B group Gladys Knight & the Pips, released in November 1974 on the Buddah label. It was their third overall album for Buddah.

I Feel a Song
Studio album by Gladys Knight & the Pips
Released	November 1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Soul
Length	34:44
Label	Buddah 5612
Producer	Tony Camillo, Kenny Kerner, Richie Wise, Burt Bacharach, Ralph Moss, Bill Withers, Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight, William Guest, Edward Patten
Gladys Knight & the Pips chronology
Claudine (1974) I Feel a Song (1974) Knight Time (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[2]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)[3]

The first single release, "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)", reached #1 R&B and #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. The B-side, "Don't Burn Down the Bridge", also charted as a tag-along on the pop chart. A second single, "Love Finds Its Own Way", also charted, peaking at #47 pop and #3 R&B. The final single, a live medley recording of "The Way We Were"/"Try to Remember" was also a successful hit, peaking at #11 pop and #6 R&B. The song also gave the group its highest chart peaks on the adult contemporary and UK Singles charts, #2 and #4, respectively. The album was also their fourth of five R&B albums chart-toppers.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Feel a Song (In My Heart)"	Tony Camillo, Mary Sawyer	2:48
2.	"Love Finds Its Own Way"	Jim Weatherly	3:56
3.	"Seconds"	Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach,	3:48
4.	"The Going Ups and the Coming Downs"	Jim Weatherly	3:35
5.	"The Way We Were / Try to Remember" (Live Medley)	Marvin Hamlisch, Alan & Marilyn Bergman / Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones	4:30

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Better You Go Your Way"	Bill Withers	4:15
7.	"Don't Burn Down the Bridge"	Ronnie Miller	4:47
8.	"The Need to Be"	Jim Weatherly	4:07
9.	"Tenderness is His Way"	Bill Withers	2:58

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak [4][5]
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6]	24
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	17
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	1
UK Albums Chart	20

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[4]
		US	US R&B	US A/C	UK[5]
1974	"I Feel a Song" (A-side)	21	1	—	—
	"Don't Burn Down the Bridge" (B-side)		—	—	—
1975	"Love Finds Its Own Way"	47	3	40	—
	"The Way We Were"/"Try to Remember" (live medley)	11	6	2	4

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1974 (U.S.)

References

1. Henderson, Alex. I Feel a Song review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Marsh, Dave. "I Feel a Song review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
4. "US Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
5. "UK Charts > Gladys Knight & the Pips". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 169. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

• I Feel a Song at Discogs