Feel Like Makin ' Love ( Roberta Flack song ) - wikipedia Feel Like Makin ' Love ( Roberta Flack song ) `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' Single by Roberta Flack from the album Feel Like Makin ' Love B - side `` When You Smile '' Released June 10, 1974 Genre Soul, R&B Length 2 : 55 Label Atlantic Songwriter ( s ) Eugene McDaniels Producer ( s ) Rubina Flake Roberta Flack singles chronology `` Jesse '' ( 1973 ) `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' ( 1974 ) `` Feelin ' That Glow '' ( 1975 ) `` Jesse '' ( 1973 ) `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' ( 1974 ) `` Feelin ' That Glow '' ( 1975 ) `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' Roberta Flack 's `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' from Feel Like Makin ' Love Problems playing this file ? See media help. `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' is a song composed by singer - songwriter Eugene McDaniels, and recorded originally by soul singer - songwriter Roberta Flack. The song has been covered by several R&B and jazz artists. Contents 1 Reception 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 D'Angelo version 3.1 Chart performance 4 Other versions 5 See also 6 Notes 6.1 References 7 External links Reception Released nine months before the album of the same title, the song became one of the greatest musical successes of 1974, as well as of Roberta Flack 's recording career. It scored a week at # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making it Flack 's third # 1 single, making her the first female vocalist to top the chart in three consecutive years. `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' also had five weeks at # 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. and two weeks at # 1 on the Adult Contemporary charts of both Canada and the U.S. Flack produced the record under the pseudonym Rubina Flake. It went on to receive three Grammy nominations for Flack : Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 13 Canadian Top Singles ( RPM ) Canadian Adult Contemporary UK Singles Chart 34 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Hot Soul Singles US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Australia 94 Canada RPM Top Singles 21 US Billboard Hot 100 35 US Cash Box 33 D'Angelo version `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' Single by D'Angelo from the album Voodoo Released April 8, 2000 Format Maxi - single, promo. Recorded 1999 Electric Lady Studios ( New York, New York ) Genre Funk, neo soul, R&B, quiet storm Label Virgin SPRO - 10019 Songwriter ( s ) Eugene McDaniels Producer ( s ) J. Dilla, D'Angelo D'Angelo singles chronology `` Send It On '' ( 2000 ) `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' ( 2000 ) `` Be Here '' ( 2002 ) `` Send It On '' ( 2000 ) `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' ( 2000 ) `` Be Here '' ( 2002 ) Audio sample file help `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' was covered by American R&B and neo soul musician D'Angelo for his second studio album Voodoo ( 2000 ). It was released April 8, 2000, on Virgin Records as the album 's fifth and last single. His cover version features a quiet storm sound and heavy use of multi-tracking for vocals. It was initially planned as a duet with R&B singer Lauryn Hill. Although tapes were sent via FedEx between the two, the collaboration between D'Angelo and Hill was aborted and the song was instead recorded solo. According to producer and drummer Questlove, the duet failed to materialize due to `` too many middle men... I do n't think Lauryn and D ever talked face - to - face. '' Mistakenly, some critics who later reviewed the album 's track assumed that Lauryn Hill 's vocals are present in the recording. According to Questlove 's review of Voodoo at Okayplayer, the song 's production was also managed by late hip hop producer J Dilla, as Questlove stated `` jay dee did the lauryn track ''. Dilla, however, did not receive an official credit for the song. As a single, `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' was Voodoo 's least successful, as it only reached # 109 on the Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Chart performance Chart ( 2000 ) Peak positions US Bubbling Under R&B / Hip - Hop Singles 9 Other versions It was covered by Bob James ( as an instrumental for his 1974 album `` One '' ), and by George Benson ( for his 1983 album `` In Your Eyes '' ), both under the title Feel Like Making Love. James 's version is the only other U.S. charting version of the song, reaching # 88 in the fall of 1974. Benson 's version reached # 18 in Ireland. Marlena Shaw included a cover on Who Is This Bitch, Anyway ? ( 1974 ). Roy Ayers covered it on his 1974 album Change up the Groove. Shirley Bassey covered it on her 1975 album Good, Bad but Beautiful, as did Isaac Hayes on his 1978 release Hotbed. Paul Mauriat featured an orchestral version of the song on his 1987 album Love Is Blue. In 1996, jazz guitarist Larry Coryell covered it on his album `` Sketches of Coryell ''. D'Angelo covered the song on Voodoo, released in 2000. Lumidee covered it in her 2007 album, Unexpected, and released it as a single, peaking at # 90 on the Hot 100. Monty Alexander recorded a jazz quartet version of the song in October 1974, released then on ' Live and Sunshine ', and re-released in 2007 on ' Alexander The Great - Monty Swings On MPS '. The recording is with Ernest Ranglin ( guitar ), Eberhard Weber ( b ), and Kenny Clare ( drums ). This same version is also featured on Ranglin 's 1976 album `` Ranglypso ''. Junior Jack sampled the chorus in his single `` Luv 2 U ''. Mariko Tone covered it in Japanese in her 1987 album, For You Velly Joonas covered it in Estonian in her 1980 Vinyl, 7 ``, Stopp, Seisku Aeg ! Ricardo Marrero & The Group covered it on their 1977 album Time. See also List of RPM number - one singles of 1974 List of Hot 100 number - one singles of 1974 ( U.S. ) List of number - one R&B singles of 1974 ( U.S. ) List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1974 ( U.S. ) Notes Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 206. Jump up ^ RPM, August 24, 1974 ^ Jump up to : Steffen Hung. `` Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2014 - 10 - 06. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 06. Jump up ^ RPM, August 24, 1974 Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ `` ROBERTA FLACK ''. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary Music Chart ''. Billboard. 1974 - 08 - 17. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 06. Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 17, 1974 Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1975 / Top 100 Songs of 1975 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1974 Jump up ^ Neal, Mark Anthony. Review : Voodoo. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2008 - 08 - 09. ^ Jump up to : Sinclair, Tom. Body & Soul : Voodoo. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2009 - 06 - 04. Jump up ^ Thompson, Ahmir ' Questlove '. `` Review : Voodoo ''. ? uestcorner / Okayplayer : 1999. Archived from the original on 2008 - 08 - 09. Jump up ^ D'Angelo ( 2000 ), pp. 5 -- 24. Jump up ^ Billboard Music Charts - Feel Like Makin ' Love. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved on 2008 - 08 - 09. Jump up ^ `` One overview ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ `` In Your Eyes overview ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ Jaclyn Ward. `` The Irish Charts - All there is to know ''. Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009 - 06 - 03. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 12. ^ Jump up to : `` Sketches of Coryell overview ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ `` D'Angelo - Voodoo ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 13. Jump up ^ `` 刀根 麻理子 * -- For You ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Velly Joonas -- Stopp, Seisku Aeg ! ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 29. References Saul Williams, D'Angelo ( 2000 ). Voodoo ( CD issue liner notes ). Virgins Records America, Inc., 338 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Feel Like Making Love by D'Angelo on Yahoo ! Music Preceded by `` Annie 's Song '' by John Denver Billboard Hot 100 number - one single ( Roberta Flack version ) August 10, 1974 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` The Night Chicago Died '' by Paper Lace Roberta Flack Studio albums First Take ( 1969 ) Chapter Two ( 1970 ) Quiet Fire ( 1971 ) Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway ( 1972 ) Killing Me Softly ( 1973 ) Feel Like Makin ' Love ( 1975 ) Blue Lights in the Basement ( 1977 ) Roberta Flack ( 1978 ) Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway ( 1980 ) I 'm the One ( 1982 ) Born to Love ( 1983 ) Oasis ( 1988 ) Set the Night to Music ( 1991 ) Roberta ( 1994 ) The Christmas Album ( 1997 ) Holiday ( 2003 ) Live albums Live & More ( 1980 ) At Her Best -- Live ( 2008 ) Soundtrack albums Bustin ' Loose ( 1981 ) Compilation albums The Best of Roberta Flack ( 1981 ) Greatest Hits ( 1984 ) Softly with These Songs : The Best of Roberta Flack ( 1993 ) The Very Best of Roberta Flack ( 2006 ) Singles `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' `` Where Is the Love '' `` Killing Me Softly with His Song '' `` Feel Like Makin ' Love ( Roberta Flack song ) '' `` The Closer I Get to You '' `` If Ever I See You Again '' `` Making Love '' `` Tonight, I Celebrate My Love '' `` Oasis '' `` Uh - Uh Ooh - Ooh Look Out ( Here It Comes ) '' Related articles Discography Donny Hathaway D'Angelo Studio albums Brown Sugar Voodoo Black Messiah Other albums Live at the Jazz Cafe Voodoo DJ Soul Essentials YODA : The Monarch of Neo-Soul The Best So Far... Singles `` Brown Sugar '' `` Crusin ' '' `` Lady '' `` Me and Those Dreamin ' Eyes of Mine '' `` She 's Always In My Hair '' `` Heaven Must Be Like This '' `` Devil 's Pie '' `` Nothing Even Matters '' `` Left & Right '' `` Untitled ( How Does It Feel ) '' `` Send It On '' `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' `` Be Here '' `` I Found My Smile Again '' `` Really Love '' `` The Charade '' `` Betray My Heart '' Tours Brown Sugar Tour The Voodoo World Tour Occupy Music Tour The Liberation Tour The Second Coming Tour Related articles Discography `` The Root '' Soulquarians The Soultronics Questlove Angie Stone George Benson Discography Studio albums The New Boss Guitar of George Benson It 's Uptown The George Benson Cookbook Giblet Gravy Shape of Things to Come Goodies Tell It Like It Is The Other Side of Abbey Road Beyond the Blue Horizon White Rabbit Body Talk Bad Benson Good King Bad Benson & Farrell Breezin ' In Flight Livin ' Inside Your Love Give Me the Night In Your Eyes Pacific Fire I Got a Woman and Some Blues 20 / 20 While the City Sleeps... Collaboration Twice the Love Big Boss Band That 's Right Standing Together Absolute Benson Irreplaceable Givin ' It Up Songs and Stories Guitar Man Inspiration : A Tribute to Nat King Cole Live albums In Concert - Carnegie Hall Weekend in L.A. Compilations Space The George Benson Collection Main Singles `` This Masquerade '' ( 1976 ) `` Breezin ' '' ( 1976 ) `` The Greatest Love of All '' ( 1977 ) `` On Broadway '' ( 1978 ) `` Love Ballad '' ( 1979 ) `` Give Me the Night '' ( 1980 ) `` Love X Love '' ( 1980 ) `` Never Give Up on a Good Thing '' ( 1981 ) `` Turn Your Love Around '' ( 1981 ) `` Inside Love ( So Personal ) '' ( 1983 ) `` Lady Love Me ( One More Time ) '' ( 1983 ) `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' ( 1983 ) `` In Your Eyes '' ( 1983 ) `` Nothing 's Gonna Change My Love for You '' ( 1985 ) `` Shiver '' ( 1986 ) `` Teaser '' ( 1986 ) `` Let 's Do It Again ( 1988 ) Book : George Benson Lumidee Studio albums Almost Famous ( 2003 ) Unexpected ( 2007 ) Singles `` Never Leave You ( Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh ) '' `` Crashin ' A Party '' `` She 's Like The Wind '' `` Crazy '' `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' `` Could Be Anything '' Featured Singles `` Die Besten Tage Sind Gezählt '' `` From Spanish Harlem To Geneva '' `` Siéntelo '' `` Más Maíz '' `` Dance ! '' `` Do n't Sweat That ( Whistle Song ) '' `` Ring My Bell '' `` Let Go '' `` Kandi '' `` Dale Mami '' Related Topics Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feel_Like_Makin%27_Love_(Roberta_Flack_song)&oldid=801633718 '' Categories : 1974 singles Roberta Flack songs D'Angelo songs Lumidee songs Nancy Wilson ( jazz singer ) songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles RPM Top Singles number - one singles 1974 songs Atlantic Records singles Virgin Records singles Songs written by Gene McDaniels Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 20 September 2017, at 21 : 43. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who sings feel like making love to you
Answer: Roberta Flack