Hooked On a Feeling chords by B.J. Thomas

"Hooked on a Feeling" is a 1969 pop song written by Mark James originally performed by B. J. Thomas. Featuring the sound of the electric Sitar, that version reached number five in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100. This then had two successful covers: * In 1971, Jonathan King produced his own version, adding ooka shaka jungle chants similar to, but not exactly the same as, Johnny Preston's "Running Bear." King described it as "a reggae rhythm by male voices." His version was a Top 30 hit throughout Europe. * In 1974 the Swedish pop group Blue Swede with Björn Skifs as lead singer did a cover, with the ooka shaka introduction, that reached number one in the USA, and was revived on the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack in 1992. In 1975, this version was subject to some minor controversy when Wilson Bryan Key, in his book, "Subliminal Seduction", claimed the words "ooka shaka" are changed to the phrase "who got sucked off" at 0:33 into the song. A Valentine's Day themed episode of Bobby's World featured the original B.J. Thomas version of the song describing Bobby's feelings toward Jackie. The introduction ("ooga chakka") of Blue Swede's version of the song was parodized on Mystery Science Theater 3000's episode 506 (Eegah) by Tom Servo and Crow while watching the film: "EEGAH-chakka!! EEgah!! EEgah!!" It was covered again in 1997 by David Hasselhoff. The music video of the Hasselhoff version became an Internet phenomenon due to its surreal visuals, low production quality, and Hasselhoff's celebrity status. Excerpts from the Blue Swede version of the song were used as the audio that accompanied the "Dancing Baby" Internet phenomenon of 1996-1997. The introduction ("ooga chakka") of this song was sampled in the Offspring song "Special Delivery" off the Conspiracy of One album in 2000. It was also covered 2003 by Vonda Shepard and was featured on the Ally McBeal soundtrack. That cover was used during the dancing baby hallucinations that Ally faced in a few episodes. In 2005 it was used in Cheerios and Listerine commercial. It was used on the Shrek 2 DVD as Captain Hook sang it during "Far, Far Away Idol". The "ooga chakka" introduction was used briefly in an Animaniacs cartoon in the 1990s when the Warners found themselves amongst jungle cannibals. It was parodied in an season 3 episode of Two and a Half Men in which Charlie is kidnapped and drugged by a group of Satan-worshipping women who start to chant "anointment" repeatedly, to which Charlie begins to sing "Hooked on a Feeling." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.