"This Is What It Feels Like" is a song by Dutch DJ and record producer

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, featuring Canadian singer, songwriter and former soulDecision frontman Trevor Guthrie, released in the Netherlands by

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on 1 January 2013 as the second single from van Buuren's fifth studio album, ''

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'' (2013). "This Is What It Feels Like" peaked at number three on the

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. Outside the Netherlands, "This Is What It Feels Like" peaked within the top ten of the charts in ten countries, including Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom. The song was written by Armin van Buuren, Benno de Goeij, Jenson Vaughan, Trevor Guthrie and

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. Van Buuren wrote the instrumental with de Goeij and Ewbank in 2012. Trevor Guthrie wrote the lyrics with Jenson Vaughan, and it was inspired by Guthrie's neighbour who was diagnosed with a

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. "This Is What It Feels Like" was nominated for the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. The song was featured in the intro for a 2019 episode of ''

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Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "This is What It Feels Like" was first released on YouTube on 17 March 2013. The video also features a guest appearance by Ron Jeremy. As of September 2017, it has received over 100 million views, making it the fifth most-viewed video on Armada Music's YouTube channel.

Track listing

* Digital downloads # "This Is What It Feels Like" – 3:25 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (extended mix) – 5:16 # "This Is What It Feels Like" ( W&W remix) – 6:16 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (

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remix) – 5:28 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (Antillas and Dankann remix) – 5:44 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (Antillas and Dankann radio edit) – 3:34 # "This Is What It Feels Like" ( Giuseppe Ottaviani remix) – 6:38 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (Giuseppe Ottaviani radio edit) – 3:55 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (

classical remix) – 3:12 * UK CD single # "This Is What It Feels Like" – 3:25 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (extended mix) – 5:16 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (W&W remix) – 6:16 # "Waiting for the Night" – 3:03 * German CD single # "This Is What It Feels Like" – 3:25 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (David Guetta remix) – 5:28 * Maddix remix # "This Is What It Feels Like" (Maddix remix) – 3:50 # "This Is What It Feels Like" (Maddix extended mix) – 4:50

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Jason Benoit version

"This Is What It Feels Like" was

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by Canadian country music artist

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and released through Sky Hit Records, under license to

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, as Benoit's debut

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on 10 September 2013. His rendition reached number 46 on the ''Billboard'' Canada Country chart. It received positive reviews for Benoit's "strong vocal performance" was also included on the

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, ''Country Heat 2014''.

Music video

An official lyric video was uploaded to Benoit's

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channel on 4 October 2013.

Chart performance

References

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