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| "Can't Fight This Feeling" | ||||
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| Single by REO Speedwagon | ||||
| from the album Wheels Are Turnin' | ||||
| B-side | "Break His Spell" | |||
| Released | December 17, 1984[1] | |||
| Recorded | August 1984 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:54 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kevin Cronin | |||
| Producer(s) | Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Alan Gratzer | |||
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| "Can't Fight This Feeling" on YouTube | ||||
"Can't Fight This Feeling" is a power ballad[4] performed by the American rock band REO Speedwagon. The song first appeared on the 1984 album Wheels Are Turnin'. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and held the top spot for three consecutive weeks from March 9 to March 23, 1985.[5] It was the group's second and last number-one hit on the U.S. charts (the first being 1980's "Keep on Loving You", also written by Kevin Cronin) and reached number sixteen in the UK.[6] "Can't Fight This Feeling" has appeared on dozens of 'various artists' compilation albums, as well as several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums.[7]
REO Speedwagon performed the song at the 1985 Live Aid concert; they were introduced by Chevy Chase.[8]
- ^ "RIAA".
- ^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs". Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (September 23, 2020). "The Number Ones: REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
...very few people have enjoyed such success in the field of wimpily overdriven arena-rock power balladry. Consider the band's second and final #1 hit.
- ^ "REO Speedwagon | Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Top Pop Singles 1955-2012. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, Inc. p. 703. ISBN 978-0-89820-205-2.
- ^ "Reo Speedwagon | Artist". Official Charts. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
- ^ "REO Speedwagon, Can't Fight This Feeling (Appears On)". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ Cashmere, Paul (November 29, 2019). "Kevin Cronin Reveals 'Can't Fight This Feeling' Line That He Has 'Copped So Much Crap For'". Noise11.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.