About The Song
“The Way You Make Me Feel” is a song by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on November 9, 1987, as the third single from his seventh studio album, Bad. It was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones and Jackson.
The song received positive reviews from contemporary critics. “The Way You Make Me Feel” became Bad’s third consecutive single to peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted mainly within the top ten and twenty internationally. A music video for the song was released at the time, showing Jackson pursuing and dancing with model Tatiana Thumbtzen.
Aside from appearing on Bad, “The Way You Make Me Feel” has also been featured on the first disc of Jackson’s compilation album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1995, and on others like Number Ones in 2003, The Ultimate Collection in 2004, The Essential Michael Jackson in 2005, or This Is It in 2009. “The Way You Make Me Feel” has been covered by multiple recording artists.
The song was performed on all of Jackson’s world concert tours as a solo artist and was planned to have been performed during the This Is It concerts from 2009 to 2010. Notable live performances of the song by Jackson include at the 30th Grammy Awards (1988).
“The Way You Make Me Feel” was recorded by Michael Jackson in 1987 for his seventh studio album Bad, which was released the same year it was recorded. Epic Records released the song as the third single from the album in November that year. “The Way You Make Me Feel” was written and co-produced by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones. Before the recording of Bad, Jackson had written more than sixty songs for the album, with plans of releasing a three-disc album, but after Jones convinced Jackson to make Bad a one-disc LP, “The Way You Make Me Feel” and ten other songs were selected for the album. According to Bad 25, the song and subsequent video was intended to show another aspect to public’s perception of Michael Jackson in addition to his reputation as a lover (“I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”) and being streetwise (“Bad”) they wanted to show him as a flirt or able to pick up girls.
“The Way You Make Me Feel” has been featured on multiple greatest hits and compilation albums by Jackson since the song’s release, including the first disc of Jackson’s two-disc compilation album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1995, Jackson’s greatest hits album Number Ones in 2003, and the This Is It compilation album in 2009.
Musically, “The Way You Make Me Feel” is a pop and R&B song composed of blues harmonies. Jackson’s vocal range on the recording spans from B3 to A5.
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Lyrics
Hee hee
Ooh
Gon’, girl
Ow
Hee
Hey, pretty baby with the high heels on
You give me fever like I’ve never ever known
You’re just a product of loveliness
I like the groove of your walk, your talk, your dress
I feel your fever from miles around
I’ll pick you up in my car and we’ll paint the town
Just kiss me, baby, and tell me twice
That you’re the one for me
The way you make me feel (the way you make me feel)
You really turn me on (you really turn me on)
You knock me off of my feet (you knock me off of my feet)
My lonely days are gone (my lonely days are gone)
I like this feelin’ you’re givin’ me
Just hold me, baby, and I’m in ecstasy
Oh, I’ll be workin’ from nine to five
To buy you things to keep you by my side
I never felt so in love before
Just promise, baby, you’ll love me forevermore
I swear I’m keepin’ you satisfied
‘Cause you’re the one for me
The way you make me feel (the way you make me feel)
You really turn me on (you really turn me on)
You knock me off of my feet now, baby (you knock me off of my feet)
My lonely days are gone (my lonely days are gone)
Gon’, girl!
Gon’!
Hee hee, ow!
Gon’, girl!
I never felt so in love before
Promise, baby, you’ll love me forevermore
I swear I’m keepin’ you satisfied
‘Cause you’re the one for me
Way you make me feel (the way you make me feel)
You really turn me on (you really turn me on)
You knock me off of my feet now, baby (you knock me off of my feet)
My lonely days are gone (my lonely days are gone)
The way you make me feel (the way you make me feel)
You really turn me on (you really turn me on)
You knock me off of my feet now, baby (you knock me off of my feet)
My lonely days are gone (my lonely days are gone)
Ain’t nobody’s business (the way you make me feel)
Ain’t nobody’s business
Ain’t nobody’s business (you really turn me on)
Ain’t nobody’s business but mine and my baby (you knock me off of my feet)
Ooh! (my lonely days are gone)
Give it to me (the way you make me feel)
Give me some time
Come on, be my girl (you really turn me on)
I want you to be mine
Ain’t nobody’s business (you knock me off of my feet)
Ain’t nobody’s business but mine and my baby (my lonely days are gone)
Gon’, girl! Ow!
Hee hee! Ooh!
Chika, chika
Chika, chika, chika
Gon’, girl!
The way you make me feel
You really turn me on
You knock me off of my feet
My lonely days are gone
Give it to me (the way you make me feel)
Give me some time
Come on, be my girl (you really turn me on)
I want you to be mine
Ain’t nobody’s business (you knock me off of my feet)
Ain’t nobody’s business but mine and my baby (my lonely days are gone)
Gon’, girl!
Give it to me (the way you make me feel)
Give me some time
Come on, be my girl (you really turn me on)
I want you to be mine