"It Feels So Good" is the second single by singer, DJ Sonique, first released in 1998 (climbing to number 24 in UK in December), and then again in 2000, where it spent three weeks at number one in the UK

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 in May of that year. It remained in the Top 40 for 14 weeks, and became the third-biggest selling single of 2000 in Britain.

The song also proved successful in many other countries, including the United States

United States

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, where some repeated radio airplay in Florida

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 helped it to reach #8 and led her to sign with Republic Records. Furthermore, The Guinness Book Of Records announced that she was the first British female solo artist to be #1 for 3 consecutive weeks since Kate Bush in 1978.

On the June 27, 2008, the Official UK Charts Company named "It Feels So Good" as the biggest selling dance song of the 21st century. It has sold over 650,000 copies in the UK.

Background and content

Sonique said of the song (which she wrote), 'It's about this guy whom I really liked years ago, but who didn't return my feelings. For he was very successful and I wasn't - at that time. And he thought that I was in love with his success. This song is just a way of declaring that it was him I liked."

Track listings

These are the major formats and track listings for releases of "It Feels So Good":

12" maxi - UK "It Feels So Good" (Sonique breakbeat edit) — 6:02 "It Feels So Good" (original 12" mix) — 5:37 "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:49 12" maxi - U.S., UK "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49 "It Feels So Good" (original 12" mix) — 5:37 "It Feels So Good" (12" breakbeat) — 6:02 12" maxi - UK, Spain "It Feels So Good" (can 7 soulfood club mix) — 7:57 "It Feels So Good" (original breakbeat mix) — 6:02 "It Feels So Good" (en-motion remix) — 5:52 12" maxi - Germany "It Feels So Good" (en-motion remix) — 7:15 "It Feels So Good" (serious edit) — 7:50 "It Feels So Good" (original breakbeat mix) — 5:47 "It Feels So Good" (can 7 soulfood mix) — 7:57 12" maxi - Italy "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) "It Feels So Good" (conductor & the cowboy-amnesia mix) "It Feels So Good" (en-motion mix) "It Feels So Good" (original 12" mix) CD maxi - UK "It Feels So Good" (breakbeat edit 7") — 3:51 "I Put a Spell on You" (remastered 12" mix) — 8:55 "It Feels So Good" (original 12" mix) — 5:40

CD maxi -Australia "It Feels So Good" (original 7 inches (177.8 mm) mix) — 3:48 "It Feels So Good" (breakbeat 7 inch) — 6:06 "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:54 "It Feels So Good" (original 12 inches (304.8 mm) mix) — 5:39 CD maxi 1 - UK "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49 "It Feels So Good" (can 7 soulfood club mix) — 7:57 "It Feels So Good" (the conductor & the cowboy's amnesia mix) — 8:11 CD maxi 2 - UK "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49 "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:50 "It Feels So Good" (the conductor & the cowboy's amnesia mix) — 9:06 "It Feels So Good" (en-motion mix) — 7:15 CD maxi - Europe "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49 "It Feels So Good" (can 7 soulfood radio mix) — 4:28 "It Feels So Good" (en-motion remix) — 7:15 "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:50 "It Feels So Good" (conductor & the cowboy amnesia mix) — 6:46 "It Feels So Good" (original breakbeat mix) — 5:47 CD single "It Feels So Good" (radio edit) — 3:49 "It Feels So Good" (serious remix) — 7:50

Official versions

• "It Feels So Good" (Original Version)
• "It Feels So Good" (Original 7" Mix) / (Radio Edit)
• "It Feels So Good" (Original 12" Mix)
• "It Feels So Good" (Breakbeat 7 Inch)
• "It Feels So Good" (Can 7 Soulfood Club Mix)
• "It Feels So Good" (The Conductor & The Cowboy's Amnesia Mix)
• "It Feels So Good" (Serious Remix)

Peak positions

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	21
Austrian Singles Chart	2
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	15
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	9
Canadian Singles Chart	2
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	5
Finnish Singles Chart	7
French SNEP Singles Chart	8
German Singles Chart	2
Irish Singles Chart	2
Italian FIMI Singles Chart	6
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	7
Norwegian Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	3
Swiss Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	9
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay	19

Year-end charts

End of year chart (2000)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	84
Austrian Singles Chart	25
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	74
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	25
Dutch Top 40	7
French Singles Chart	33
New Zealand Singles Chart	27
Swiss Singles Chart	12
UK Singles Chart	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	34

Decade-year charts

Chart (2000–2009)	Peak position
UK Top 100 Songs of the Decade	34

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Australia	Gold	2000	35,000
France	Silver	November 14, 2001	125,000
Germany	Gold	2000	150,000
Norway	Platinum	2000	10,000
Sweden	Platinum	August 21, 2001	20,000
Switzerland	Gold	2000	25,000
UK	Platinum	May 29, 2000	600,000

Chart successions