I Feel for You (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = I Feel For You
Type = Album
Artist = Chaka Khan

Released = October 1, 1984
Recorded = 1983| Genre = Rhythm and blues
Length = 46:51
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Arif Mardin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:99fxlffe5cqq link]
*Slant Magazine Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=457 link] |
Last album = "Chaka Khan"
(1982)
This album = "I Feel For You"
(1984)
Next album = "Destiny"
(1986)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Rufus & Chaka Khan
Type = Studio album
Last album = "Stompin' at the Savoy - Live"
(1983)
This album =
Next album =

"Chaka Khan" is the Platinum certified sixth solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984.

Overview

After having balanced her two simultaneous careers as a member of the band Rufus and a solo performer during the years 1978 to 1983, which culminated with the release of the final Rufus & Chaka Khan album "Stompin' at the Savoy - Live" after which the band dissolved, Khan recorded the album that was to make her a pop star with mainstream chart success; 1984's "I Feel for You".

The title track, "I Feel for You" was a sample-heavy cover of a 1979 Prince track, featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel on the classic "Ch-ch-ch-chaka-chaka-chaka Khan" rap intro and Stevie Wonder on harmonica (and also a sample from one of his first hits, "Fingertips Part 2") and saw Khan embracing high-tech funk, rap and hip hop and stands as one of her best known songs and her biggest commercial hit, reaching #3 on the US Pop Chart, #1 on both US R&B and US Dance as well as topping the UK singles chart - and it also earned her a second consecutive Grammy Award in 1985 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female, following "Ain't Nobody" with Rufus. Further hit singles from the album which reached #16 on Billboard's Pop Chart, #4 on R&B and also #15 on the UK albums chart were "This Is My Night" (US #60, R&B #11, US Dance #1, UK #14), "Eye To Eye" (UK #16 ) and the ballad "Through The Fire," which also reached the US R&B top ten, setting a then-record for most consecutive weeks on the Billboard R&B chart. It also rose to #60 on the Pop chart during a 19-week run on the Hot 100, and crossed over to the adult contemporary chart (US Pop #60, US R&B #15, US AC #16, UK #77). "Through the Fire" has since been sampled by Kanye West for his 2002 hit single "Through the Wire". The "I Feel for You" album's second ballad, "Stronger Than Before" co-written by Burt Bacharach, Bruce Roberts and Carole Bayer Sager, released as the fifth single in certain territories, was later covered by among others Dionne Warwick.

"I Feel for You", "This Is My Night" and "Eye To Eye" were all released as extended 12" remixes in 1984 - these are not to be confused with the re-produced ones that later appeared on the 1989 remix compilation "Life is a Dance - The Remix Project". The 1984 mixes by Arif Mardin and Russ Titelman remain unreleased on CD.

1985 saw Khan releasing two non-album singles, "(Krush Groove) Can't Stop The Street" from the movie Krush Groove (US R&B #18, UK #80) and "Own The Night", featured in the first series of Miami Vice (US Pop #57, US R&B #66).

The "I Feel for You" album was transferred from vinyl to CD in 1984 and remains in print.

Track listing

#"This Is My Night" (Frank, Murphy) - 4:38
#"Stronger Than Before" (Bacharach, Roberts, Sager) - 4:21
#"My Love Is Alive" (Wright) - 4:42
#"Eye to Eye" (Freeman, Sembello, Sembello, Sembello) - 4:38
#"La Flamme" (Roberts, Saisse) - 4:27
#"I Feel for You" (Prince) - 5:44
#"Hold Her" (Newton-Howard, Wolinski) - 5:14
#"Through the Fire" (Foster, Keane, Weil) - 4:45
#"Caught in the Act" (Mardin, Milstein) - 3:45
#"Chinatown" (Khan, Roberts, Saisse) - 4:37

Personnel

* Chaka Khan - lead vocals, backing vocals
* Mic Murphy - backing vocals track: 1
* Steve Ferrone - drums tracks: 1, 4
* Paul Pesco - guitar track: 1
* David Frank - keyboards, synthesizer track: 1, keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 6
* Philippe Saisse - additional keyboards track: 1, keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 5, 6, 10
* Nathan East - bass guitar track: 2, 8
* J.R. Robinson - drums track: 2, 8
* Dan Huff - guitar track: 2
* Robbie Buchanan - keyboards, synthesizer track: 2, keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 6
* Craig Siegel - Fairlight programming track: 2
* John Robie - keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 3
* Cruz Sembello - backing vocals track: 4
* Tony Maiden - rhythm guitar track: 4
* Michael Sembello - guitar solo, backing vocals track: 4
* Danny Sembello - keyboards, synthesizer track: 4
* Don Freeman - keyboards, synthesizer track: 4
* Rob Mounsey - Synclavier track: 4
* Hamish Stuart - backing vocals track: 5
* Mark Stevens - backing vocals track: 5
* Reggie Griffin - guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, programming track: 6
* Stevie Wonder - harmonica track: 6
* Grandmaster Melle Mel - vocals track: 6
* John Robinson - drums track: 7
* Steve Porcaro - keyboards track: 7
* Hawk - bass, keyboards track: 7
* James Newton Howard - keyboards track: 7
* Michael Landau - guitar track: 8
* David Foster - keyboards, synthesizer track: 8
* Marcus Ryle - programming track: 8
* Alec Milstein - backing vocals track: 9
* Vadim Zilberstein - guitar track: 9
* Keith "Plex" Barnhart - keyboards, synthesizer track: 9
* Joe Mardin - drums track: 9

Production

* Arif Mardin - record producer tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10
* Lew Hahn - audio mixing tracks: 1, 2, 5 to 7, 10
* Robbie Buchanan - producer track: 2
* John Robie - producer, audio mixing track: 3
* Russ Titelman - producer track: 4
* Elliot Scheiner - audio mixing track: 4
* Hawk - producer track 7
* James Newton Howard - producer track: 7
* David Foster - producer, musical arranger track: 8
* Humberto Gatica - producer, audio mixing track: 8
* Joe Mardin - producer, audio mixing track: 9
* Bill Dooley - audio mixing track: 9
* Michael O'Reilly - audio mixing track: 9

Non-album tracks and remixes

* "I Feel for You" (Extended Remix, remixed by Arif Mardin) - 7:12
* "This Is My Night" (Extended Version a.k.a. Dance Remix, remixed by Arif Mardin, Lew Hahn & Michael O'Reilly) - 6:12
* "Eye To Eye" (Extended Remix, remixed by Russ Titelman) - 6:35
* "(Krush Groove) Can't Stop The Street" (Produced by Russ Titelman) - 4:10
* "(Krush Groove) Can't Stop The Street" (Extended Dance Mix, remixed by Russ Titelman) - 6:01
* "(Krush Groove) Can't Stop The Street" (Instrumental) - 5:15
* "Own The Night" (Produced by Arif Mardin) - 4:27
* "Own The Night" (Extended Version, remix by Joe Mardin, Joshua & Michael O'Reilly) - 6:20
* "Own The Night" (Instrumental) - 4:27

References