Hooked on a Feeling (song)

"Hooked on a Feeling"
US single of the original B. J. Thomas recording
Single by B. J. Thomas
from the album On My Way
B-side"I've Been Down This Road Before"
ReleasedOctober 29, 1968
Recorded1968
StudioAmerican Sound (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre
Length2:48
LabelScepter
Songwriter(s)Mark James
Producer(s)Chips Moman
B. J. Thomas singles chronology
"The Eyes of a New York Woman"
(1968)
"Hooked on a Feeling"
(1968)
"It's Only Love"
(1969)
Lyric video
"Hooked on a Feeling" by B. J. Thomas on YouTube
Audio
"Hooked on a Feeling" by B. J. Thomas on YouTube
Live video
"Hooked on a Feeling" (live, 2009) by B. J. Thomas on YouTube

"Hooked on a Feeling" is a 1968 pop song, written by Mark James and originally performed by B. J. Thomas. Thomas's version featured the sound of the electric sitar (played by Reggie Young) and reached No. 5 in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It has been recorded by many other artists, including Blue Swede, whose version reached No. 1 in the United States in 1974.