"Feels Like I'm in Love" is a song written and recorded by Ray Dorset with his band Mungo Jerry. It was a number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in September 1980 for Scottish singer Kelly Marie.

Original version

Written by Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry, the song was originally written for Elvis Presley but he died before it was ever recorded. Dorset's group recorded the song but their version was relegated to the B-side of a Belgian single, "Sur le Pont d'Avignon".

Kelly Marie version

In 1979, Kelly Marie recorded the song for Pye Records. The song was a sleeper hit on the Scottish club scene before breaking through nationally in the summer of 1980, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in September. The song sold 760,000 copies in United Kingdom in 1980 alone. The following year, aided by a number of remixes the song became a club hit in the United States, reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Re-released on the Calibre record label with a new B-side "New York at Night", it followed a rare breed of record labels who gained a chart-topping success after their debut release. It was then re-released again in 1990 as a remix that was done by PWL.

Composition

The song is performed in the key of C major with a tempo of 121 beats per minute.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Cover versions