"Feels So Right" is a song made famous by the country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band Alabama

Alabama (band)

Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...

. Written by the group's lead singer, Randy Owen

Randy Owen

Randy Owen is an American country music artist. He is known primarily for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band which saw considerable mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Although Alabama only records new albums on occasion, Owen himself has maintained a career...

 when he was only 18 years old, the song was released in 1981

1981 in country music

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 as the title track to the band's second RCA Records

RCA Records

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 album. It became the group's fourth straight No. 1 single (and first multi-week No. 1) on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

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 chart.

Content

A mellow love song with somewhat explicit lyrics and a strong country pop

Country pop

Country pop, with roots in both the countrypolitan sound and in soft rock, is a subgenre of country music that first emerged in the 1970s. Although the term first referred to country music songs and artists that crossed over to Top 40 radio, country pop acts are now more likely to cross over to...

 styling, "Feels So Right" also became Alabama's first crossover

Crossover (music)

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 hit, performing modestly well on CHR

Contemporary hit radio

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 and Top 40 radio stations. The song peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 in the summer of 1981.

The pop "love ballad" style evident on "Feels So Right," along with the country rock

Country rock

Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...

style of its other songs, became the cornerstone of Alabama's sound throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Today, it remains one of Alabama's most popular songs.

Single and album edits

A slightly early fade on the single version is the only difference between the single and album versions of "Feels So Right"

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	20
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	5
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	1