I Feel For You

Chaka Khan & Stevie Wonder & Grandmaster Melle Mel * Track #6 On I Feel for You

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Album I Feel for You

ALBUM

Chaka Khan

1984

I Feel For You by Chaka Khan (Ft. Grandmaster Melle Mel & Stevie Wonder)

Release Date

Fri Oct 12 1984

Performed by

Chaka KhanStevie Wonder & Grandmaster Melle Mel

Produced by

Arif Mardin

Writed by

Prince & Grandmaster Melle Mel

About

Grandmaster Melle Mel’s lines are his own; Chaka Khan’s lines are almost all from Prince’s original version.

Fun Fact: The Pointer Sisters really wanted to run wild on “I Feel for You” two years before Chaka Khan released this single. Their producer Richard Perry insisted that it didn’t suit the gr...

I Feel For You Lyrics

[Intro: Melle Mel]
Chaka, Chaka, Chaka, Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan

[Rap: Melle Mel]
Chaka Khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, Chaka Khan
Let me rock you, that's all I wanna do
Chaka Khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, Chaka Khan
Let me rock you, 'cause I feel for you
Chaka Khan, would you tell me what you wanna do?
Do you feel for me, the way I feel for you?
Chaka Khan, let me tell you what I wanna do
I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you too
So let me take you in my arms
Let me fill you with my charms, Chaka
'Cause you know that I'm the one to keep you warm, Chaka
I'll make you more than just a physical dream
I wanna rock you, Chaka
Baby, 'cause you make me wanna scream
Let me rock you, rock you

[Verse 1: Chaka Khan]
Baby, baby, when I look at you
I get a warm feeling inside
There's something about the things you do
That keeps me satisfied

[Pre-Chorus: Chaka Khan]
I wouldn't lie to you, baby
It's mainly a physical thing
This feeling that I got for you, baby
Makes me wanna sing

[Chorus: Chaka Khan]
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you

[Rap: Melle Mel]
Chaka Khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, Chaka Khan
Let me rock you, that's all I wanna do
Chaka Khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, Chaka Khan
Let me rock you, 'cause I feel for you
Feel for you

[Verse 2: Chaka Khan]
Baby, baby, when I lay with you
There's no place I'd rather be
I can't believe, can't believe it's true
The things that you do to me

[Pre-Chorus: Chaka Khan]
I wouldn't lie to you, baby
I'm physically attracted to you
This feeling that I got for you, baby
There's nothing that I wouldn't do

[Chorus: Chaka Khan]
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you

[Bridge: Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder]
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh-ooh

[Harmonica Solo]

Yes sir, one more time
Say yeah
I feel for you (I think I love you)
I feel for you (I, I, I think I love you)

[Rap: Melle Mel]
Chaka, Chaka, Chaka, Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, Chaka Khan
Let me rock you, that's all I wanna do
Chaka Khan, let me rock you
Let me rock you, Chaka Khan
Let me rock you, 'cause I feel for you
Chaka Khan, would you tell me what you wanna do?
Do you feel for me, the way I feel for you?
Chaka Khan, let me tell you what I wanna do
I wanna love you, wanna hug you, wanna squeeze you too
So let me take you in my arms
Let me fill you with my charms, Chaka
'Cause you know that I'm the one to keep you warm, Chaka
I'll make you more than just a physical dream
I wanna rock you, Chaka
Baby, 'cause you make me wanna scream
Let me rock you, rock you

[Refrain: Chaka Khan]
I feel for you (Ooh, feel for you)
I feel it too (Ooh, feel for you)
I feel for you (Ooh, feel for you)

[Chorus: Chaka Khan]
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you
I feel for you
I think I love you

I Feel For You Q&A

Who wrote I Feel For You's ?

I Feel For You was written by Prince & Grandmaster Melle Mel.

Who produced I Feel For You's ?

I Feel For You was produced by Arif Mardin.

When did Chaka Khan release I Feel For You?

Chaka Khan released I Feel For You on Fri Oct 12 1984.

Was Chaka the first to mix R&B and rap?

She might not have been the first ever, but it’s doubtful anyone else made a bigger impact featuring a rapper on an R&B song in the early 80’s. It wasn’t even her idea though. She says:

“That’s a song I really like, and I just wanted to cover it,” says Khan, though the rap came as a surprise to...

What did Chaka Khan say about "I Feel For You"?

Producer Arif Mardin discussed how he wanted Melle Mel’s rap to be, but the distinctive stacatto intro was partially an accident:

Late in the ‘80s, it was very common for raps to show up in pop songs, but in 1984 rap was still very much a novelty to most listeners. The genius of this song was how i...

When was this song recorded?

SongFacts says Stevie Wonder recorded his harmonica part on “I Feel For You” the same day he attended Marvin Gaye’s funeral, which was April 5, 1984 in Los Angeles, CA.

Has Chaka Khan ever been on The Simpsons?

Although Chaka has yet to be a guest star on the long-running show, they did borrow Grandmaster Melle Mel’s iconic rap from “I Feel For You” for a couple gags in one of their episodes!