Which one is your favorite? - XXIV -

This week our song is coming from the 60s. It is a song that was written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd. It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour and by Gilbert Price in 1965 with the original Broadway cast. However, the song became a trademark for Nina Simone and she was the first to sing it off stage, that is why I did not include her version among the choices below...

Here is the song for this week;

"Feelin' Good"

Nina Simone's version, arranged and produced by Hal Mooney, was recorded in New York in January 1965 and appeared on her album I Put a Spell on You. It was not released as a single at the time. In 1994, Simone's recording was used in a British TV commercial for Volkswagen, and became popular. Released as a single, it reached no. 40 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1994. Five years later it was used in an advert for Comfort Silk fabric conditioner.

Simone's version was remixed by Joe Claussell in 2002 for the first volume of the Verve Remixed series.

Here are the four versions I picked for you;

• Muse - "Feelin' Good"

• Michael Bublé - "Feelin' Good"

• Randy Crawford & Joe Sample Trio - "Feelin' Good"

• George Michael - "Feeling Good"

Now the floor is yours, go ahead and make your comments (here, Instagram, Facebook wherever you feel like...).

nb. Please note that I intentionally do not include the original versions of the songs as it would be a little unfair to the artists covering the songs, and I am sure that sometimes you will be surprised to see that the songs you thought were the originals are just covers.