| "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1965 Dutch picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Byrds | ||||
| from the album Mr. Tambourine Man | ||||
| A-side | "All I Really Want to Do" | |||
| Released | June 14, 1965 | |||
| Recorded | April 14, 1965 | |||
| Studio | Columbia, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:32 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gene Clark | |||
| Producer(s) | Terry Melcher | |||
| The Byrds singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
"I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" is a song by the Los Angeles folk rock band the Byrds, first released in June 1965 on the B-side of the band's second single, "All I Really Want to Do".[3] Despite initially being released as a B-side, the song managed to chart in its own right in the U.S., just outside the Billboard Hot 100.[4][5] It was also included on the Byrds' debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man.[3]
The song was written by band member Gene Clark, who also sings the lead vocal.[4] "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" has been covered by a number of different artists over the years, and is regarded by fans and critics as one of the Byrds' best known songs.[6]
- ^ Robert Dimery, ed. (2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Revised and Updated ed.). Universe. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (August 18, 2006). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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- ^ a b Rogan, Johnny. (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. pp. 543–545. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
- ^ a b Rogan, Johnny. (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. pp. 82–84. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
- ^ Rogan, Johnny. (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (2nd ed.). Rogan House. p. 560. ISBN 0-9529540-1-X.
- ^ Einarson, John. (2005). Mr. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of The Byrds' Gene Clark. Backbeat Books. p. 65. ISBN 0-87930-793-5.