Feeling Good
Writer:
Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley
Year:
1964
Voices:
Women's four part
Ranges:
Tenor: F#4 - F#5
Lead: F#3 - C#5
Bari: B3 - B4
Bass: D3 - D4
Made famous originally by Nina Simone, this has been covered in more recent times by Michael Buble. Its uplifting lyrics about personal freedom are matched by a soulful melody that ebbs and flows with their emotional shape. The arrangement follows Simone and Buble in starting with a very free section that gives the lead the opportunity to shape the melody however they feel it, before moving into a pulsing 12/8 metre.