
Jim Adams is the host for Song Lyric Sunday. This week’s theme is Disco.
The US had Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, and Gloria Gaynor, and mainland Europe produced Boney M, Baccara and Modern Talking. But the UK came up with Kelly Marie and her 1980 one-hit wonder: Feels Like I’m in Love.
Kelly single-handedly resurrected the catsuit (or jumpsuit if you’re vegan) and pranced around in the video with a couple of sailors in front of London landmarks and disinterested tourists.
But we didn’t care. This was a fun disco song: it went to number one in the UK and conquered more European nations than Hitler.
The amusing thing is the track was allegedly written for Elvis Presley. Whether he recorded it or not is a moot point. But I like to think of him dancing around Graceland with a couple of friends. And he already had a jumpsuit.
My head is in a spin, my feet don’t touch the ground
Because you’re near to me, my head goes round and round
My knees are shakin’ baby, my heart it beats like a drum
It feels like, it feels like I’m in love
Ain’t been this way before, but I know I’m turned on
It’s time for something baby, I can’t turn off
My knees are shakin’ baby, my heart it beats like a drum
It feels like, it feels like I’m in love
My knees shake, my heart beats like a drum
It feels like, it feels like I’m in love
My knees shake, my heart beats like a drum
Ooh baby [x3]
My head is in a spin, my feet don’t touch the ground
Because you’re near to me, my head goes round and round
My knees are shakin’ baby, my heart it beats like a drum
It feels like, it feels like I’m in love
My knees shake, my heart beats like a drum
Ooh baby
Songwriter: Raymond Edward Dorset
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