WCSX Classic Cuts : Feelin’ Alright
WCSX Classic Cuts
Joe Cocker: “Feelin’ Alright”
The Hook: The title doesn’t tell the whole story.
Album: With a Little Help From My Friends
Year: 1969
Writer: Dave Mason
Stats: Traffic released the first version of “Feelin’ Alright,” and it peaked at number-123. Joe Cocker’s 1969 recording initially went to number-69, but got to number-33 when it was reissued in 1972. Versions by Grand Funk Railroad and Mongo Santamaria also made the Billboard Hot 100.
The Background: The song’s writer, Dave Mason, says not to take the title literally, and then recalls where he was when he wrote it.
Dave Mason on the title and origin of “Feelin’ Alright.” OC:…wrote it. :13
“That’s not what the song is about, ‘Feelin’ Alright.’ It’s about ‘not feelin’ too good myself.’ Greece…Hydra…a guy with a fishing line and a fly hook catching swallows up on the top of a mountain. That’s where I wrote it.”
