Something He Can Feel

Something He Can Feel

Infobox Single
Name = Something He Can Feel


Artist = Aretha Franklin
from Album = Sparkle
Released = May 5, 1976
Recorded = April 1976, Curtom Studios
Format = 7" single
Genre = Soul
Length = 6:21
Label = Atlantic
Writer = Curtis Mayfield
Producer = Curtis Mayfield
Chart position =

  • #28 (U.S. Pop)
  • #1 (U.S. R&B)
  • Reviews =
    Last single = "You"
    (1976)
    This single = "Giving Him Something He Can Feel"
    (1976)
    Next single = ""Jump"/"Hooked On Your Love" "
    (1976)

    "Something He Can Feel" is a song composed by Curtis Mayfield for the soundtrack to the 1976 motion picture "Sparkle". The song, a love ballad in a Supremes/Motown-esque style, became a number-one hit on the Billboard's R&B singles chart in the United States twice with two separate recordings: a 1976 version by Aretha Franklin from the film's soundtrack (see 1976 in music), and a 1992 cover by girl group En Vogue (see 1992 in music).

    In the "Sparkle" film, the song is performed by "Sister & the Sisters", with Lonette McKee on lead vocal, and Irene Cara and Dwan Smith on backing vocals. The version of "Something He Can Feel" present on the film's soundtrack album replaces the vocal tracks with those of Aretha Franklin and the Kitty Haywood Singers, with the instrumental tracks remaining the same.

    "Sparkle" revolves around the lives of the members of Sister & the Sisters, a 1960s Motown-esque girl group, and "Something He Can Feel" is present in the film as part of their repertoire. Franklin's recording of the song was issued as a single, and became a number-one hit on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart, peaking at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100.

    Sixteen years after "Sparkle" was released, R&B group En Vogue recorded a cover version of "Something He Can Feel" (issued as "Giving Him Something He Can Feel"), produced by Thomas McElroy & Denzil Foster. The En Vogue cover, released as the second single from the group's second album, "Funky Divas", was also a successful hit - led by, Dawn Robinson. It peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, and becoming the fifth En Vogue single in two years to peak at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

    Infobox Single
    Name = Giving Him Something He Can Feel


    Artist = En Vogue
    from Album = Funky Divas
    Released = March 21, 1992 (US)
    Format = CD single, Cassette single
    Genre = Pop/R&B
    Length = 3:57
    Label = EastWest/Elektra
    Producer = Thomas McElroy & Denzil Foster
    Chart position =

  • #6 (U.S.)
  • #1 (U.S. R&B)
  • #1 (U.S. Dance)
  • #31 (U.S. Pop) #16 (U.K. Singles Chart)
    Reviews =
    Last single = "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
    (1992)
    This single = "Giving Him Something He Can Feel"
    (1992)
    Next single = "Free Your Mind"
    (1992)

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