Hooked on a Feeling

For the albums, see Hooked on a Feeling (Blue Swede album) and Hooked on a Feeling (David Hasselhoff album).
"Hooked on a Feeling"
Single by B. J. Thomas
from the album On My Way
B-side"I've Been Down This Road Before"
ReleasedOctober 29, 1968
Recorded1968
StudioAmerican Sound (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre
Length2:48
LabelScepter
Songwriter(s)Mark James
Producer(s)Chips Moman
B. J. Thomas singles chronology
"The Eyes of a New York Woman"
(1968) 		"Hooked on a Feeling"
(1968) 		"It's Only Love"
(1969)

"Hooked on a Feeling" is a 1968 pop song, written by Mark James and originally performed by B. J. Thomas. Thomas's version featured the sound of the electric sitar (played by Reggie Young) and reached No. 5 in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]

It has been recorded by many other artists, including Blue Swede, whose version reached No. 1 in the United States in 1974.[4]

  1. ^ Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2024. The ooga-chaka-ing cover of B.J. Thomas' '60s top 5 hit that takes a good pop song and makes it immediately unforgettable.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (May 14, 2019). "The Number Ones: Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 19, 2023. In Thomas' hands, it's a Vegas version of psychedelia...
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BJ Thomas Credits was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Blue Swede Charts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).