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You Make Me Feel Brand New

"You Make Me Feel Brand New" is a 1974 single by the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics. An R&B ballad, the song was written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed.[2]

Background

Stylistics co-founder, baritone Airrion Love opens the song, then alternates with the falsetto of lead vocalist Russell Thompkins Jr. The song, in a longer five-minute version, had first appeared as a track on the Stylistics' 1973 album, Rockin' Roll Baby, though that version was not released as a single.[2]

"You Make Me Feel Brand New" was the fifth track from their 1974 album, Let's Put It All Together[3] and was released as a single and reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks,[2][4] barred from the No. 1 spot by "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods.[5] In addition, it climbed to No. 5 on the Billboard R&B chart.[4] Billboard ranked it as the No. 14 song for 1974. "You Make Me Feel Brand New" also reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1974.[6] The Stylistics' recording sold over one million copies in the US, earning the band a gold disc[2] The award was presented by the RIAA on May 22, 1974.[2] It was the band's fifth gold disc.[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Influence

Neil Sedaka used the song as inspiration to compose the melody of "The Hungry Years", noting that it contained a three-semitone key change that he found particularly appealing and called a "drop-dead chord."[17]

Other versions

"You Make Me Feel Brand New" has been recorded by jazz and pop artists including:

Samples

Popular culture

References

  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "The Sound of Philadelphia: Philly Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 52. ISBN 031214704X.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 351. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  3. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "Let's Put It All Together Baby". AllMusic. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Allmusic - Charts & Awards
  5. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 537. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  7. ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Top 100 Músicas Mais Tocadas em 1974" [Top 100 Most Played Songs of 1974] (in Portuguese). March 14, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – You Make Me Feel Brand New". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  10. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  11. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Rock.co.za. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  12. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/22/74". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  13. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1974". Kent Music Report. December 30, 1974. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Imgur.
  14. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (September 13, 2017). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada.
  15. ^ "Top 100 1974 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  16. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  17. ^ "Today's Mini-Concert - 9/2/2020". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  18. ^ "song-database.com". 1.song-database.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  19. ^ "Verbal Jint, San E, Bumkey, Swings, Phantom, and Kanto release teaser for 'You Make Me Feel BRAND NEW'". Allkpop. January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  20. ^ "Mystique (DJ)'s 'Brand New' sample of The Stylistics's 'You Make Me Feel Brand New' | WhoSampled".
  21. ^ "Central Adverts & Continuity - 1986". YouTube. At 10 minutes 50 seconds. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

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