"Just Feel Better" was the second international single to be released from Santana's 2005 album '' All That I Am''. The song features lead vocals by Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, also signed to

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. The song is produced by

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and written by Jamie Houston, Buck Johnson and

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. The single achieved reasonable success in Australia, debuting at Number 8 on the

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and receiving significant airplay. In Australia it has been on Rage (ABC) and videohits (channel 10) a number of times. The song was also recorded with

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frontman

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on vocals but Santana said he felt Tyler did it better, with more emotion, although he liked both renditions. In 2010,

recorded his own version of the song for his album ''

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''. This song is shown to be playing on the first generation

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on its packaging box.

Music video

The music video stars

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as a girl with various troubles, including a teacher who makes sexual advances towards her and a strained relationship with her mother. At the end, she finally meets a nice guy but who is suddenly killed in an accident, which drives her to make amends with her mother and work harder in school.

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

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, James Scoggin) –

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featuring Steven Tyler , , Most Performed Foreign Work , ,

References

2005 singles APRA Award winners Music videos directed by Dave Meyers (director) Santana (band) songs Songs written by Jamie Houston (songwriter) Songs written by Damon Johnson 2005 songs {{2000s-rock-song-stub