"Feelings" is a song by English singer
John Newman. The song was released as a
digital download on 8 March 2019 by
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
.
The song was written by Emma Bertilsson, Fredrik Haggstam,
John Newman, Litens Anton Nilsson and Nirob Islam.
Background
Newman was ready to quit when "
Olé
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" failed to chart back in 2016, he said, "I was on the phone to my manager and I was saying 'I want to give up. I'm done'. I wasn't releasing the kind of music I should have been and there were too many chefs in the kitchen. I was so sick of it." He describes the song as a return to 'sing-along bangers', he also said, "I never want to experience the feeling of having a flop again. I have to reconnect with people." The song then failed to chart in the UK.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from
Tidal.
* Freddy Alexander – producer, associated performer, co-producer, programming
* Jarly – producer, co-producer
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John Newman – producer, composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist, co-producer, vocals
* Emma Bertilsson – composer, lyricist
* Fredrik Haggstam – composer, lyricist
* Litens Anton Nilsson – composer, lyricist
* Nirob Islam – composer, lyricist
* Bill Zimmerman – assistant mixer, studio personnel
* Nana Maria Berqvist – associated performer, percussion
* Sharlene Hector – associated performer, background vocalist
* Vula Malinga – associated performer, background vocalist
* Phil Tan – mix engineer, studio personnel
Charts
Release history
References
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Island Records singles
2019 singles
2019 songs
John Newman (singer) songs
Songs written by John Newman (singer)