Single:
How Does It Feel was released as a single in Australia in 1975 but didn’t sell enough copies to reach the top 100.
Album:
The song is on Slade in Flame which entered the Australian albums chart* on 17 February 1975 and peaked at #25.
Songwriters:
Noddy Holder, Jim Lea
Producer:
Chas Chandler
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
How Does It Feel was released as a single in Australia but it failed to reach the top 100. No music video was created to promote the single. It fared better at home in the UK where it got to #15. The other single released from the Slade in Flame soundtrack album, Far Far Away, did better in Australia, reaching #17.
Despite its low sales, the record has been highly praised by musicians and music critics as Slade’s best.
“It’s easily one of the best songs ever written – ever”, said Noel Gallagher.
“The opening track [of Slade in Flame], How Does It Feel, was one of the greatest songs I had ever heard”, said music critic Emma Hynes.
Barry Nelson of the Cheshire Observer remarked how Slade had gone from “straightforward ‘yob-rock’ band” to “tak[ing] tentative steps towards musical creativity” which “seems to be an admirable thing once the shock wears off”.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Does_It_Feel_(Slade_song)
Lyrics:
How does it feel runnin’ around round round
How does it feel watchin’ from upside down
‘Cos many years from now there will be new sensations and new temptations
How does it feel
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