The Way He Makes Me Feel

"The Way He Makes Me Feel (Studio Version)"
Single by Barbra Streisand
from the album Yentl (soundtrack)
B-side"The Way He Makes Me Feel (Original Version)"
ReleasedNovember 5, 1983
Genre
Length3:44
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman (words), Michel Legrand (music)
Producer(s)Phil Ramone, Dave Grusin
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"Memory"
(1982)
"The Way He Makes Me Feel (Studio Version)"
(1983)
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?"
(1984)
Audio
"The Way He Makes Me Feel (Studio Version)" on YouTube

"The Way He Makes Me Feel" is a popular song from 1983 performed by Barbra Streisand. The song is featured in the film adaptation of the play Yentl, in which Streisand starred and sang most of the music. The lyrics were written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, with music by Michel Legrand.

Accolades

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Along with another song from Yentl ("Papa, Can You Hear Me?"), "The Way He Makes Me Feel" was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Original Song. Both tunes lost the Oscar to "Flashdance...What a Feeling".

Weekly charts

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"The Way He Makes Me Feel" was released as a single in a slightly different and more contemporary version than the one on the soundtrack to the film. It reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent two weeks at number one on the adult contemporary chart.[2] This was Streisand's eighth (and, to date, final) number-one song on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Canadian Top Singles (RPM)[3] 34
Canadian Adult Contemporary (RPM)[4] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 40
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 1
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles[7] 26

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Way He Makes Me Feel Lyrics".
  2. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  3. ^ "RPM Top Singles - Volume 39, No. 17 December 24, 1983". Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link). RPM (magazine)
  4. ^ "RPM Adult Contemporary - Volume 39, No. 16 December 17, 1983". RPM. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  5. ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  6. ^ "Barbra Streisand Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  7. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles - Week Ending December 17, 1983". Cash Box. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2022.