" I Always Feel Like" is the lead single released from TRU's fourth studio album, Tru 2 da Game.

"I Always Feel Like"
Single by TRU featuring Mia X and Mo B. Dick
from the album Tru 2 da Game
ReleasedJanuary 21, 1997
Recorded1996
GenreGangsta rap, Crunk
Length5:10
LabelNo Limit / Priority
Songwriter(s)Percy Miller, Vyshonn Miller, Mia Young, Kennedy Gordy
Producer(s)Beats By the Pound
Mia X singles chronology
"I Always Feel Like"
(1997)
"Make 'Em Say Uhh!"
(1998)
Mo B. Dick singles chronology
"Gangstafield"
(1996)
"I Always Feel Like"
(1997)
"I Miss My Homies"
(1997)
TRU singles chronology
"I Always Feel Like"
(1997)
"Hoody Hooo"
(1999)

Background

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The song incorporated the melody and contained re-sung elements of Rockwell's 1984 hit, "Somebody's Watching Me", with Mo B. Dick singing the hook from the original song. Mo B. Dick also produced the song, along with fellow Beats By the Pound members KLC and Craig B. Master P, Silkk the Shocker and Mia X performed the song.

Released less than a month before Tru 2 da Game, "I Always Feel Like" became the group's most successful single, reaching number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also a sizable rap hit, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles.

Single track listing

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  1. "I Always Feel Like" (Radio Version) - 4:15
  2. "I Always Feel Like" (Street Version) - 5:40
  3. "Pimp Shit" - 4:25
  4. "Eyes of a Killa" - 4:11
  5. "I Always Feel Like" (Album Version) - 5:10
  6. "I Always Feel Like" (Instrumental) - 5:31

Charts

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Peak positions

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Chart (1997) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 71
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 27
Billboard Hot Rap Singles 11

Year-end charts

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Chart (1997) Position
Billboard Hot Rap Singles[1] 32

References

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  1. ^ "Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - 1997". 27 December 1997 – 3 January 1998. Retrieved 2011-10-27.