I Feel Better (Gotye song)

"I Feel Better"
Single by Gotye
from the album Making Mirrors
Released	25 October 2011
Recorded	2010
Genre	Blue-eyed soul, R&B
Length	3:18
Label	Eleven: A Music Company
Songwriter(s)	Wally De Backer
Producer(s)	Wally De Backer
Gotye singles chronology
"Somebody That I Used to Know" (2011) "I Feel Better" (2011) "Easy Way Out" (2012)

"I Feel Better" is a song by the Belgian-Australian musician Gotye from his third studio album Making Mirrors. It was released as a digital download on 25 October 2011 in Australia. The song was written/produced by Gotye. The song has charted in Flanders. The trumpet melody which is used in the intro and the bridge was sampled from "Brazil" by Edmundo Ros.^[1]

Track listing

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Feel Better"	3:18

Personnel

• Wally De Backer – lead & backing vocals, drums, percussion, piano, dulcimer, horn samples
• Lucas Taranto – bass guitar
• Luke Hodgson – bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[2]	2

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Australia	25 October 2011[3]	Eleven: A Music Company	Digital download

In popular culture

The chorus of "I Feel Better" featured in an episode of The Simpsons titled "Whiskey Business".^[4][5]

References

1. "Gotye's 'I Feel Better' – Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
2. "Gotye – I Feel Better" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
3. "I Feel Better – Single by Gotye". 1 January 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via Apple Music.
4. "Soundtrack – Whiskey Business", IMDb, retrieved 30 June 2013
5. "Whiskey Business". The Simpsons. Season 24. Episode 19. Fox.