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doyoulikethissong-poll · 2 months

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Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling 1973

"Hooked on a Feeling" is a 1968 pop song, written by Mark James and originally performed by B.J. Thomas. Thomas's version featured the sound of the electric sitar (played by Reggie Young) and reached No. 5 in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1973, the Swedish poprock group Blue Swede did a cover version, which included the ooga chaka introduction from a 1971 cover by Jonathan King. King had heard Johnny Preston's "Running Bear", which was the inspiration for the ooga chaka chant. This version reached number one in the US in 1974.

In 1992, Blue Swede's recording was featured on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's debut feature Reservoir Dogs.

In the mid-90's, the Dancing Baby "sk_baby.max" model became one of the first viral memes. The animation was also shown on several episodes of the 1998 legal comedy-drama series Ally McBeal as a recurring hallucination, suggesting a metaphor for the ticking of Ally's biological clock, and was accompanied by Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling". Various commercial advertisements presented the Dancing Baby animation to international markets continuing the mainstream media attention. This particular manifestation of the video, bound to the song, is widely distributed and referred to as the "Ooga Chaka Baby", further cementing the scene in pop culture history.

The 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy, which featured the brass fanfare and title lyrics of the Blue Swede cover version prominently in its trailers and theatrical release, resulted in a significant spike in sales for the recording; the film's soundtrack reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart in August 2014. The song was also featured in the teaser trailer for the 2017 sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

Blue Swede's frontman is singer/actor Björn Skifs. He did the Swedish dub of Woody in the first two Toy Story movies, as well as singing in stead of Phil Collins in the Swedish dub of Brother Bear.

"Hooked on a Feeling" received a total of 81,9% yes votes!

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70s-music-tourney · 3 months

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#70s music #polls #70s #round 3 #bruce springsteen #blue swede

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best-overplayed-song · 11 months

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fun facts

Jeff Lynn wrote "Mr. Blue Sky" after locking himself in a swiss chalet to write the band's next album. It was dark and misty for 2 weeks and he couldn't come up with anything, until the sun unexpectedly came out and shone on the alps. he wrote "Mr. Blue Sky" and 13 other songs over the next 2 weeks

Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling" is actually a cover based on a cover of the original song, which was written by Mark James in 1968

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hoppers-fox · 11 months

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whenever I play Mass Effect, I play music in the bg and Blue Swede’s Hooked on a Feeling came on as I was getting my ass handed to me by Collectors.

I was crying (/j) but it was quickly overshadowed by good music.

along the same train of thought, I was gonna draw my Shepard as Starlord but it just kinda looked like me as Starlord so that wasn’t going anywhere sudvhsijsijf

tagging ME mutuals ‘cause I can hehehe

@kesla @jusbeinkt @bickeringcrab @navigatorwrongway

#mass effect #garrus vakarian #mass effect garrus #traditional art #commander shepard #mass effect shepard #mass effect femshep #mass effect shakarian #hooked on a feeling #blue swede #art

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fallimentiquotidiani · 6 months

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Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga

I can't stop this feeling

Deep inside of me

Girl, you just don't realize

What you do to me

When you hold me

In your arms so tight

You let me know

Everything's alright

I'm hooked on a feeling

I'm high on believing

That you're in love with me

Lips as sweet as candy

It's taste is on my mind

Girl, you got me thirsty

For another cup of wine

Got a bug from you girl

But I don't need no cure

I just stay a victim

If I can for sure

All the good love

When we're all alone

Keep it up girl

Yeah, you turn me on

I'm hooked on a feeling

I'm high on believing

That you're in love with me

All the good love

When we're all alone

Keep it up, girl

Yeah, you turn me on

I'm hooked on a feeling

I'm high on believing

That you're in love with me

I'm hooked on a feeling

And I'm high on believing

That you're in love with me

I said I'm hooked on a feeling

And I'm high on believing

That you're in love with me

I'm hooked on a feeling

#hooked on a feeling #blue swede #Groove

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myimaginaryradio · 2 months

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Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede - 1974

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#blue swede #hooked on a feeling #classic rock #70s #friday mood #Youtube

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abbiistabbii · 3 months

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Kinda mental how Hooked on a Feeling has the Ooga Chakas. Like straight up it's just a really good, totally normal song, but they were all "fuck you, here's some cavemen."

#blue swede #hooked on a feeling

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becomethebooks · 8 months

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When you hold me//In your arms so tight//You let me know//Everything's alright

#music #hooked on a feeling #blue swede

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homoqueerjewhobbit · 2 years

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Every time I hear the "ooga chakas" start in Hooked on a Feeling, I think, "God, this is so cringe; I need to take it off my playlists immediately" and then the rest of the songs starts and I'm like, "oh damn, never mind."

#Every single time!#Is there like an ooga chaka free mix?#Blue swede #hooked on a feeling #post o' mine

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rolloroberson · 1 year

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Why not, it’s Friday after all…

#blue swede #hooked on a feeling #Spotify

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70s-music-tourney · 3 months

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