The Manhattans, It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 171^st edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad” by The Manhattans.

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 171^st edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad”, performed by 🎙 The Manhattans.

“Oooh, baby, the more I love you, the more I want to love you ‘cause loving you is all that’s on my mind.” Ooh wee! 🎵 “It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad” appears as the sixth track on 🏆 Grammy winning, soul collective 🎙 The Manhattans’ 1977 album, 💿 It Feels So Good.  “It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad” was written by a trio of songwriters: 🎼 ✍ Teddy Randazzo, Victoria Pike, and Roger Joyce. The amorous record dinted the pop charts, peaking at no. 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. It performed substantially better on the R&B songs chart, reaching no. 6.

“Oh baby, well / Loving you is all that’s on my mind.” That sums up “It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad” – a heaping dose of L-O-V-E 😍. The Manhattans go on to add, “You got an easy way of loving / And it’s the best that I’ve ever had /…And it feels, feels so good to be loved so bad.” The desire is lit 🔥 throughout the course of the record, which is anchored by lush, soulful production courtesy of the band and 🎛 Bobby Martin 💪. “You fill me with desire / And it’s all gonna drive me mad.” Oh, snap 🫰! It’s worth noting that 🏆 award-winning musician, 🎙 James Blake sampled the record in his own gorgeous song, 🎵 “Can’t Believe the Way We Flow”.  It doesn’t take rocket 🚀 science 🧪 to figure out which portion of 🎵 “It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad” earned Blake’s attention: “And oh girl, I can’t believe the way we flow (we flow, we flow, we flow, we flow).” Another gem 💎 courtesy of The Manhattans – NO 🚫 CAP 🧢!

🎙 The Manhattans • 💿 It Feels So Good • 🏷 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. • 🗓 1977

The Manhattans, It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 171 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment Inc.; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via  Pixabay]