Album: I Put A Spell On You (1965)

Charted: 40

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• Birds flying high, you know how I feel
  Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
  Breeze driftin' on by, you know how I feel
  
  It's a new dawn
  It's a new day
  It's a new life for me, yeah
  
  It's a new dawn
  It's a new day
  It's a new life for me, ooh
  And I'm feeling good
  
  Fish in the sea, you know how I feel
  River running free, you know how I feel
  Blossom on the tree, you know how I feel
  
  It's a new dawn
  It's a new day
  It's a new life for me
  And I'm feeling good
  
  Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know?
  Butterflies all havin' fun, you know what I mean
  Sleep in peace when day is done, that's what I mean
  And this old world, is a new world
  And a bold world for me, yeah-yeah
  
  Stars when you shine, you know how I feel
  Scent of the pine, you know how I feel
  Oh, freedom is mine
  And I know how I feel
  
  It's a new dawn
  It's a new day
  It's a new life for me
  
  I'm feeling good Writer/s: Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, T.R.O. INC., Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 10

• Tina Preciado from Usa I remember this song being the theme song for a tv show late 90s early 2000s does anyone else remember that? I can't remember the name of the show but it was about either a saint or Angel in modern day.
• Viktoria Semenenko from UkraineBut what is obvious in Michael's interpretation it has contrary to emancipation meaning taking into accout a cage bird performed by Dita.
• Viktoria Semenenko from UkraineIt looks like they forgot a cover by George Michael dedicated to Dita Von Teese (Heather Renee Sweet)
• Elizabeth Brown from Hampton, Va Nina Simone also wrote "Turning Point" and "Consummation" and "You Can Sing a Rainbow" (a children's song)... Correct me if i'm mistaken and listen to these splendidly wonderful meaningful songs, you won't believe your ears!
• Gerard from Toulouse, FranceI don't know what that Broadway production was about, and though I was only about 18 when Nina Simone's version came out and my understanding of English as a foreign language was still rather limited way back then, it was crystal-clear to me that such lyrics, sung by an African American woman right in the middle of the civil rights movement, were as eloquent and meaningful a statement as, say, the Staple Singers' A LONG WALK TO DC or Sam Cooke's A CHANGE IS GONNA COME, to name just a few. And if anyone interested should read these few lines, how about making a list available to all? I could name about 20 or 30 songs on African-American history and experience (the Blues and folksongs NOT even included!), and I'm sure there are far more than this, and lots of people around the world - students and teachers - would be interested! Finding - and giving a thought to - songs with meaningful lyrics on meaningful topics can be a most rewarding experience, and in any case it is far more interesting than lists of song lyrics with, say, "toothbrush" or "tomato" in them, or reading dozens of not-really-tear-jerking confessions like "I had sex for the first time to the sound of "Twist and flop" or else "Tough luck" was being played on the radio when that no-good, then-boyfriend of mine told me he had found another girl" - Don't you think?
• Kellin from Right Here Where I Am, AlMichael Buble's version of this cannot be beat, in my opinion. :)
• Dan from México, D.f., MexicoIt was used at the end of S03E14 of the action comedy series Chuck.
• Sophia from El Centro, CaA nice intro with just vocals; low, soft and oh-so-calm voice really is soothing. But when the brasses go in, that's when the song becomes an anthem to "just look around and enjoy the little things and you'll Feel Good". Excellent song, I heard it the first time at a poetry recital, I looked up and was hooked immediately.
  
  
• Louise from Newcastle, --Great song- I also loved Muse's version of it.
• Mel from Riverbank, CaGreat song, the Nina Simone version is by far the best, in my opinion. Also, it was used in the Queen Latifah movie Last Holiday, on her journey to the Pupp hotel.

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