# @girlnamednino on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DDSQBdXRS_U
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29082127-girlnamednino-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-12-07T17:18:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nino Arobelidze

## Caption

Welcome to part 5 of SONIC DIVE: my new video series that tackles songs, songwriters and their legacy

SONIC DIVE Part 5:
“I Feel for You” Chaka Khan (Prince cover)

“I Feel for You” is a 1979 Prince track Chaka Khan covered in 1984. 

Here are some fascinating tidbits about this song and how it came about:

During the early eighties, Khan was in the midst of a jazzy, experimental phase. Her 1982 album Echoes of an Era failed to find much traction with audiences.
She needed a hit to keep Warner Bros sweet. Khan and her producer Arif Mardin decided a Prince track would give them the modern edge they were looking for. They opted for I Feel For You.

 “I Feel for You” Won the Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female in 1985

Chaka Khan’s version of the song features Melle
Mel of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Stevie Wonder on harmonica

This 1984 Prince cover features Melle Mel of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five rapping the classic “Ch-ch-ch-chaka-chaka-chaka Khan” intro

Stevie Wonder plays the chromatic harmonica, and the song also includes a sample from one of his first hits, “Fingertips” Part 2 (The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie 1963 album)

Khan’s association with Prince didn’t end there. They went on to form a bond over the course of their careers

In the late ’90s Kahn record her ninth solo album Come 2 My House, which was released by Prince’s NPG record label

Prince was scheduled to play on the song, but a scheduling conflict with Purple Rain meant he never made it to the session. Wonder stepped up in his place at the last minute, laying down the funky harmonica

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iconicsongs, ifeelforyou, chakakhan, musicsampling, sonicfive, prince, songwriting, steviewonder, girlnamednino, musicproduction, musichistory

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