"I'm Feeling You" is a song recorded by

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with

The Wreckers The Wreckers were an American country music duo formed in 2005 by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, both of whom had solo recordings before the duo's foundation. In 2006, the duo released its debut album '' Stand Still, Look Pretty'', which produ ...

(

Michelle Branch Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums: '' The Spirit Room'' and '' Hotel Paper.'' She won a Grammy Award for Best Pop C ...

and

Jessica Harp Jessica Leigh Harp (born February 3, 1982) is an American songwriter and former country artist from Kansas City, Missouri. Between 2005 and 2007, Harp and Michelle Branch recorded and performed as The Wreckers, a duo that topped the country cha ...

) for Santana's 2005 album '' All That I Am''. The song was written and produced by

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and

John Shanks John Matthew Shanks (born December 18, 1964) is an American songwriter, record producer and guitarist. Early life and education John Matthew Shanks was born in New York City. Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17 years old. He was in a ban ...

, with Branch credited as a co-writer at the label's request. "I'm Feeling You" was Santana's second collaboration with Branch, the first being " The Game of Love" (2002). An accompanying music video directed by

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showed Branch and Carlos Santana singing onstage of a party, with Jessica Harp singing background. The single reached number fifty-five on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and performed best on

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radio formats, reaching numbers five and six on the ''Billboard''

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and

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charts, respectively.

Background

On a message posted to her message board on 6 December 2005, Branch expresses her dissatisfaction with being associated with the record. She asserts that she was "pressured" by her record company,

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, to sing on the track, with Jessica Harp being similarly pushed into it so that Maverick could promote Branch and Harp's

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duo, The Wreckers. Branch also claims that she did not do any writing for the song, asserting that her name in the writing credits was used by John Shanks as a "bargaining tool."

Critical reception

David Browne of ''

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'' described parent album ''All That I Am'' as "stupendously pedestrian" in the outlet's review of the album and described "I'm Feeling You" specifically as "desperate-housewife pop." Mark Kemp of '' Paste'' similarly derided the "messy" formula of the album, and wrote that listeners "won't be feelin' the first single, a gooey pop duet with Michelle Branch called "I'm Feeling You.""

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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