"(It) Feels So Good" is a song by Aerosmith frontman

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. Written by Tyler and

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, it features background vocals from American recording artist

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. It premiered on Ryan Seacrest's radio show on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles on May 9, 2011, and released digitally via iTunes and

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on May 10, 2011.

Background

Originally titled "Oxygen", the track was written in 2002 throughout the making of Aerosmith's 'career-spanning compilation' '' O Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits'' and is in a similar vein to pop-orientated efforts such as ''

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''. The band instead opted to record "Girls of Summer" and "Lay It Down". Tyler subsequently recorded a demo of the song, which later leaked to the Internet. The cover photo was captured by Steve Erle. The logo used can be found on much of Tyler's clothing range (e.g. jackets, shirts, etc.), while the font is a similar style to that of the Aerosmith logo.

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by

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. Kay, in the past has directed videos for

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and

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. Filming took place in April 2011 and the world premiere took place on Thursday, May 12, 2011, on ''

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'' where Tyler was a member of the judging panel alongside Jennifer Lopez and

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. It features

, who also provides backing vocals. Tyler performed the song in 2011 in

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with

on backing vocals, fellow Idol judge

playing bass guitar, and legendary British guitarist

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Cover versions

Tribute Mega Stars made an album with a cover of the song, an instrumental mix, an a cappella mix, a drums and vocals mix, and a mix with no drums.

Chart performance

"(It) Feels So Good" made its debut on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 35, the highest-charting song by any member of Aerosmith since 2001's " Jaded". It also debuted at number 24 on

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, with 77,000 downloads. As of July 15, 2011, the song has sold 197,000 copies.

Charts

References

External links

Official Aerosmith announcement

Billboard announcement
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