Feeling Good

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"Feeling Good"
Music by Anthony Newley
Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Original artist Cy Grant (1964)
Popularized by Nina Simone (1965}, Michael Bublé (2005}
Note written for and first performed in the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd↗
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"Feeling Good" is a 1964 song written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd↗. It has been widely covered, with notable versions by Nina Simone and Michael Bublé.[1]scope: entire paragraph

Angelina first peformed the song live in public in December 2015 at the Victoria jazzscene in Oslo. She apparently had worked somewhat prior to May 2015 with Avicii on the song that he did vor a Volvo campaign[2][3], but his final version was quite different from hers. She peformed the song many times in 2016 (including two TV guest appearances) and 2017, and then again years later in her 2024 Las Vegas concerts.

Original recordings

The original cast recording of the musical released in 1965 did feature a vocal by Gilbert Price:

Cy Grant, who first sang it in the musical, did released his own version featuring British jazz musician William Le Sage the same year on a collaboration album:

Performances by other artists

Nina Simone (1965)

However, more widely known is Nina Simone's version from 1965:

Michael Bublé (2008)

Michael Bublé released a popular version in 2008:

Avicii featuring Audra Mae (2015)

In May 2015 a version of the song by Avicii featuring Audra Mae was released as part of a Volvo Cars campaign:

There was also a longer studio version released:

On Angelina's offical website, it says on the "ABOUT" tab:

In 2016, Avicii chose Angelina for the vocals on his worldwide Volvo commercial campaign, a brilliant cover of Nina Simone’s Feeling Good.[2]

Now, as the known had campaign already happened in 2015, the given year of "2016" might be a mistake (possibly, because the campaign was for a so-called 2016 model-year). It could otherwise have been a choice for a canceled follow-up campaign in 2016, but that seems unlikely.

Anyway, because of this statement, some fans believe that Angelina's voice was mixed into the song at some places, even though she was not credited – as possible reason, it is often argued that Volvo might not have wanted a young child associated with their car campaign, but that is pure speculation.

If there are traces of Angelina's voice, they could likely best be heard in the "good" at some of the "feeling good" lines, especially early in the song, like towards the end of this shorter commercial:

Performances by Angelina

2015

Victoria jazzscene

The was at the last concert of Mia Gundersen's Christmas concert series:

Prior reheasals

2016

Clarion Hotel

Allsang på Grensen (TV 2)

Kongsberg Jazz Festival

She peformed it with two different bands at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2017:

  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2016, Gulljazz (2016-07-07 - live)
    [2]↗
  • Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2016, Kongsberg Musikkteater (2016-07-09 - live)
    [3]↗

The Stream Gir Tilbake (TV 2)

The Stream Gir Tilbake was a charity event benefiting Plan Norway International:

2017

New Year's concerts

  • New Year's concert, 2017 (2017-01-08 - live)
    [4]↗

Dojima River Forum (Japan)

  • Dojima River Forum (2017-03-30 - live)
    [5]↗(fragment)

Summer concert tour

Rehearsal

This shows a stage rehearsal of the first concert of the tour:

2024

Las Vegas concerts

Various social media snippets

References

  1. ↑ Feeling Good↗. Wikipedia. Accessed 2025-10-22.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ABOUT↗. AngelinaJordanOfficial.com. Accessed 2026-06-04.
  3. ↑ See also section "#Avicii featuring Audra Mae (2015)" below
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