" I Always Feel Like" is the lead single released from TRU's fourth studio album, Tru 2 da Game.
"I Always Feel Like" | ||||
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Single by TRU featuring Mia X and Mo B. Dick | ||||
from the album Tru 2 da Game | ||||
Released | January 21, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | Gangsta rap, Crunk | |||
Length | 5:10 | |||
Label | No Limit / Priority | |||
Songwriter(s) | Percy Miller, Vyshonn Miller, Mia Young, Kennedy Gordy | |||
Producer(s) | Beats By the Pound | |||
Mia X singles chronology | ||||
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Mo B. Dick singles chronology | ||||
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TRU singles chronology | ||||
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Background
editThe 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
edit- "I Always Feel Like" (Radio Version) - 4:15
- "I Always Feel Like" (Street Version) - 5:40
- "Pimp Shit" - 4:25
- "Eyes of a Killa" - 4:11
- "I Always Feel Like" (Album Version) - 5:10
- "I Always Feel Like" (Instrumental) - 5:31
Charts
editPeak positions
editChart (1997) | Peak position |
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Billboard Hot 100 | 71 |
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 27 |
Billboard Hot Rap Singles | 11 |
Year-end charts
editChart (1997) | Position |
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Billboard Hot Rap Singles[1] | 32 |
References
edit- ^ "Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - 1997". 27 December 1997 – 3 January 1998. Retrieved 2011-10-27.