About I Feel for You (Acoustic Demo)

"I Feel for You" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. The most successful and best-known version was recorded by R&B singer Chaka Khan and appeared on her 1984 album I Feel for You. It became the recipient of two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song (with Prince as its songwriter) and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Khan. Prince originally recorded the disco song for his eponymous second album, released in October 1979. He uses the falsetto vocal with the melody range between C4 and C5. Earlier however, the song and the later hit single "I Wanna Be Your Lover" of the same album, were given to Patrice Rushen, who eventually rejected both songs. The Pointer Sisters recorded the song in 1982 on their album So Excited!, and Rebbie Jackson recorded it for her 1984 debut album Centipede. In 1993, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake sang this song on The Mickey Mouse Club. The song was featured on Jess Glynne's Take Me Home Tour in 2016. In October 2019, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the album Prince, the Prince Estate and Warner Records released a previously unheard solo acoustic demo recording of the song, with Prince also performing acoustic guitar. The track became available on streaming services and as a limited-run 7” vinyl single which sold out.