I Feel For You

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{{song| |song name = I Feel For You |album image = Prince.jpg
from the album Prince |single image = [[Ifeelforyouacousticdemo single.jpg
single art for I Feel For You (2019) |performer = Prince |first released = 19 October 1979 - Prince album |album(s) = Prince
The Hits 1
The Hits / The B-Sides
|writer(s) = Prince |producer(s) = Prince |previous song = I Don't Wanna Stop |next song = I Got Over It |introduction = I Feel For You is the eighth track on Prince's second album Prince. Prince did not release it as a single at the time, but four years later it became a worldwide hit when performed by soul singer Chaka Khan (with whom Prince/SymbolSmallerBlue.png would work many years later).

In 1993, the track was included as the fourth track on Prince's first compilation album The Hits 1 (also included as the first disc of The Hits / The B-Sides).


In 2019 an acoustic demo version from late 1978 or early 1979, with just Prince accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, was released as a stand alone track to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Prince, later to be released as a limited-run 'made-to-order' 7" purple vinyl single with orders taken for 7 days from 18 October 2019.

An early version of the song was recorded on 17 February 1979 at Music Farm Studios in New York, NY, USA, during a day of sessions led by Pepé Willie intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group The Main Ingredient to use as demos for Little Anthony and the Imperials, who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced One Man Jam, If You Feel Like Dancin', Thrill You Or Kill You, With You and André Cymone's original version of Do Me, Baby).

While specific recording dates for the album version are not known, the album sessions took place from late April to late May 1979 at Alpha Studios in Burbank, California. Overdubs and mixing took place at Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California. |recording info = |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|December 1978/ January 1979 (estimate) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|France Avenue Home Studio (assumed) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|17 February 1979 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Music Farm Studios,
New York, NY, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|April - May 1979 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Alpha Studios,
Burbank, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Re-recording |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|May - 13 June 1979 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Hollywood Sound Recorders,
Los Angeles, CA, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Overdubs, mixing onto re-recording |recording personnel = Released (Album) Version

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments

Released (Acoustic Demo) Version

Unreleased Version

|released versions =

Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Feel For You 3:24 Prince

I Wanna Be Your Lover
The Hits 1
The Hits / The B-Sides

Studio
I Feel For You (Acoustic Demo) 4:31

I Feel For You

Demo

|broadcasts, streaming = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Broadcasts/streaming (only)


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Title Length Released Version Additional info
I Feel For You TBC Delayed performance TV broadcast Live 2 March 2004, The Ellen Degeneres Show, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA; includes clips of A Love Bizarre and The Glamorous Life
I Feel For You TBC Delayed awards show performance TV broadcast Live 15 March 2004, 19th Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, Waldorf Astoria, New York, NY; includes clips of A Love Bizarre and The Glamorous Life
I Feel For You TBC Live concert TV broadcast Live 21 September 2007, The O2 Arena, London, England
I Feel For You (intro) - Controversy TBC Live performance TV broadcast Live 14 October 2009, Le Grand Journal, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France; aborted intro only

|video versions = |unreleased versions = |- |style="color:#AB3E00" |Unreleased Versions


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Title Version Additional Info
I Feel For You Studio Recorded 17 February 1979

|sampled in = |first live appearance = August 1979: Leeds Rehearsal Facility, North Hollywood, CA, USA (exact date unconfirmed, song was likely performed); 26 November 1979: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA (first confirmed performance)

|performed regularly on = Prince Tour

|performed occasionally in = 1980, 1998 (guesting with Chaka Khan during her opening act), 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016 (solo piano) |trivia = |see also = Prince album |references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) |categories = }}