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"Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings"
Single by Don Gibson
from the album More Country Soul
Released1966
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Mickey Newbury
"Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings"
Single by Tom Jones
from the album Green, Green Grass of Home, Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
Released1967
LabelDecca
Tom Jones singles chronology
"Detroit City"
(1967)
"Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings"
(1967)
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"
(1967)
Audio
"Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" on YouTube

"Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings" is a song written by Mickey Newbury and originally recorded and released in 1966 by American country singer Don Gibson. Don Gibson's recording was a top 10 country hit in the United States.

In 1967, it was covered by Welsh singer Tom Jones, becoming an international hit. Notably, Jones's cover reached nuber 7 in his native UK.

The Tom Jones' version of the song can be described as "a waltz-time ballad with the clicked, plectrum-hit bass guitar notes underneath it."

Charts

Don Gibson version

Chart (1966) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 8

Tom Jones version

Chart (1967) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 28
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 9
UK Singles (OCC) 7
West Germany (GfK) 38

References

  1. ^ "The Da Capo companion to 20th-century popular music" – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Bushwhacked at the Flora-Bama" – via Google Books.
  3. "VH1 Rock Stars Encyclopedia" – via Google Books.
  4. "Over the Top and Back" – via Google Books.
  5. "Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles, 1944-1988" – via Google Books.
  6. "Tom Jones – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. "Tom Jones – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  8. "Tom Jones – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Tom Jones – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
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