"The Way He Makes Me Feel" is a popular song from 1983 performed by
Barbra Streisand
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. The song is featured in the
film adaptation
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of the play ''
Yentl'', in which Streisand starred and sang most of the music. The lyrics were written by
Alan
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and
Marilyn Bergman
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, with music by
Michel Legrand
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.
Accolades
Along with another song from ''Yentl'' ("
Papa, Can You Hear Me?
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" is a 1983 song composed by Michel Legrand with lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, for Barbra Streisand in the title role of '' Yentl''. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 56th Academy Awards; ...
"), "The Way He Makes Me Feel" was nominated for an
Academy Award
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in the category
Best Original Song
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. Both tunes lost the Oscar to "
Flashdance...What a Feeling".
Weekly charts
"The Way He Makes Me Feel" was released as a
single
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in a slightly different and more contemporary version than the one on the soundtrack to the film. It reached number 40 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and spent two weeks at number one on the
adult contemporary chart
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.
[Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications)] This was Streisand's eighth (and, to date, final) number-one song on the ''
Billboard
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'' adult contemporary chart.
See also
*
List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1983 (U.S.)
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References
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1983 singles
Barbra Streisand songs
Songs written for films
Songs with lyrics by Alan Bergman
Songs with lyrics by Marilyn Bergman
Songs with music by Michel Legrand
Pop ballads
1983 songs
Columbia Records singles
Song recordings produced by Phil Ramone