Hooked on a Feeling - wikipedia Hooked on a Feeling For the album of the same name by Blue Swede, see Hooked on a Feeling ( album ). `` Hooked on a Feeling '' Single by B.J. Thomas from the album On My Way B - side `` I 've Been Down This Road Before '' Released October 29, 1968 Genre Pop Length 2 : 48 Label Scepter Records Songwriter ( s ) Mark James Producer ( s ) Chips Moman B.J. Thomas singles chronology `` The Eyes of a New York Woman '' ( 1968 ) `` Hooked on a Feeling '' ( 1968 ) `` It 's Only Love '' ( 1969 ) `` Hooked on a Feeling '' Single by Blue Swede from the album Hooked on a Feeling B - side `` Gotta Have Your Love '' Released February 1974 Format 7 '' Recorded 1973 Genre Pop rock Length 2 : 48 Label EMI Svenska Songwriter ( s ) Mark James Producer ( s ) Bengt Palmers Blue Swede singles chronology `` Hooked on a Feeling '' ( 1974 ) `` Silly Milly '' ( 1974 ) `` Hooked on a Feeling '' is a 1968 pop song written by Mark James and originally performed by B.J. Thomas. Thomas 's version featured the sound of the electric sitar, and reached number five in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been recorded by many other artists, including Blue Swede, whose version reached number one in the United States in 1974. The Blue Swede version made singer Björn Skifs ' `` Ooga - Chaka - Ooga - Ooga '' intro well known ( and famous in Sweden at the time ), although it had been used originally by British musician Jonathan King in his 1971 version of the song. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Blue Swede cover 3 Chart history 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Different versions 5 In popular culture 6 References 7 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1968 -- 69 ) Peak position Australia ( Go - Set ) 35 Canada RPM New Zealand ( Listener ) 10 US Billboard Hot 100 5 US Cash Box Top 100 5 Year - end charts Chart ( 1969 ) Rank Canada 31 US Billboard Hot 100 99 Blue Swede cover In 1974, the Swedish pop group Blue Swede did a cover version, which included the `` ooga chaka '' introduction from Jonathan King 's 1971 cover. Their arrangement was inspired by a bootleg recording of Do You Like Worms ? from the unfinished album Smile by the Beach Boys. The Blue Swede version of the song also tweaked the lyrics to avoid a drug reference. This version reached number one in the United States. Billboard ranked it as the No. 20 song for 1974. Original lyrics Blue Swede lyrics `` I got it bad for you, girl, but I do n't need a cure. I 'll just stay addicted and hope I can endure all the good love... '' `` Got a bug from you, girl, but I do n't need no cure. I just stay a victim, if I can for sure All the good love... '' Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position Australia KMR Canada RPM Top Singles New Zealand ( Listener ) 7 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 31 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Australia 29 Canada 27 US Billboard Hot 100 20 US Cash Box 34 Different versions In 1971, English musician Jonathan King recorded a cover version of the song, adding ooga chaka jungle chants. King described it as `` a reggae rhythm by male voices ''. His version reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1971 and downloads of his cover version increased both when Guardians of the Galaxy was released and again when it was shown on TV as well as when the chant was used in trailers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in 2017. In 1978, a cover version by Canadian country music artist Carroll Baker peaked at number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart and number 15 Adult Contemporary. David Hasselhoff covered the song on his album Hooked on a Feeling in 1997. Bulgarian alternative rock band Hipodil included the `` ooga chaka '' chant in the intro to their song `` Vuzbuden sum '', from their 1998 album Nadurveni vuglishta. The group Baha Men covered the song on their 1999 album 2 Zero 0 - 0. The band The Offspring sample the `` ooga chaka '' chorus in their song `` Special Delivery '', from the album, Conspiracy of One ( 2000 ). In 2013, B. J. Thomas included `` Hooked on a Feeling '' in duet with Sara Niemietz, on The Living Room Sessions. The album includes new interpretations of many of Thomas ' greatest hits, with production and instrumental arrangements by Kyle Lehning, and was released on the Wrinkled Records label. In popular culture Wilson Bryan Key, author of Subliminal Seduction, claimed in 1976 that the `` ooga - chaka '' chant was actually communicating the phrase `` who got sucked off '', and credited the song 's success to this ( although he offered no evidence for any of these claims ). The song has been revived from time to time as a cultural touchstone of the 1970s, such as on the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack in 1992, and as the `` dancing baby '' song in the Ally McBeal TV show. The chorus from the song was sung by Captain Hook on `` Far, Far Away Idol '' on the Shrek 2 DVD. The 2014 feature film Guardians of the Galaxy, which featured the brass fanfare and title lyrics of the Blue Swede cover version prominently in its trailers and theatrical release, resulted in a significant spike in sales for the recording ; the film 's soundtrack reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart in August 2014. The song was also featured heavily in the teaser trailer for the 2017 sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. although the song was not used in the actual film. In 2015, the Toronto Blue Jays began using the Blue Swede rendition in a commercial featuring newly acquired David Price and Troy Tulowitzki. The song is played at the Rogers Centre before the bottom of the 8th inning, similar to the usage of `` Sweet Caroline '' at games in Fenway Park in Boston. The song is also the anthem for the Northwestern University Sailing Team The song is additionally the anthem for Zahm House at the University of Notre Dame In 2016, the song 's cover, by Blue Swede, was featured in the documentary Holy Hell. The documentary is about the ' 80s West Hollywood cult Buddhafield and its manipulative and abusive leader. The song plays at the beginning as footage of members of the cult are shown outdoors reaching for the Sun in a euphoric and trance like state as the song 's refrain `` I 'm hooked on a feeling, I 'm high on believing '' plays on. In the spring of 2017, this song titled as Feelin ' Hooked is featured on the Telus Mobility television commercial in Canada. A 1993 episode of the animated series Animaniacs is called Hooked on a Ceiling, a pun on the title of the song. The popular animated US sitcom Family Guy sampled the `` ooga chaka '' chant for a cutaway involving the characters Peter, Lois and Chris, where Chris has mounted his deceased parents ' heads on the wall to sing the Blue Swede version of the song. The Oogachaka Baby meme ( made in 1994 ) has this song playing in the background. References Jump up ^ `` BJ Thomas ''. Credits. AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Blue Swede ''. Hooked on a Feeling. AllMusic. 1974. Retrieved 6 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` What does ' Ooga Chaka ' mean in these two songs ? - Quora ''. www.quora.com. Jump up ^ Go - Set National Top 40, 14 June 1969 Jump up ^ `` flavour of new zealand - search listener ''. www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1969 / Top 100 Songs of 1969 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. 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Thomas to Duet With Sara Niemietz On `` Hooked On A Feeling '' At The Grand Ole Opry ``. The Living Room Sessions. Wrinkled Records. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013. Jump up ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. `` The Living Room Sessions ''. Review. AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2013. Jump up ^ Key, Wilson Bryan ( 1976 ). Media Sexploitation. Prentice - Hall. pp. 116 -- 117. ISBN 0135730066. Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas ( 1992 ). `` Reservoir Dogs ( Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ) ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2013. Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas ( 1998 ). `` Songs from Ally McBeal ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 21 February 2014. Jump up ^ Ashurst, Sam ( February 19, 2014 ). `` Guardians Of The Galaxy : James Gunn 's Trailer Breakdown : Star Lord 's Walkman ''. Total Film. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2014. 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Jump up ^ Feelin ' Hooked YouTube video from Telus April 2017 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Song Facts B.J. Thomas Albums On My Way Longhorns & Londonbridges Reunion You Gave Me Love ( When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer ) Love Shines The Living Room Sessions Singles `` I 'm So Lonesome I Could Cry '' `` Hooked on a Feeling '' `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' `` I Just Ca n't Help Believing '' `` Most of All '' `` Long Ago Tomorrow '' `` Rock and Roll Lullaby '' `` ( Hey Wo n't You Play ) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song '' `` Do n't Worry Baby '' `` I Recall a Gypsy Woman '' `` Whatever Happened to Old - Fashioned Love '' `` New Looks from an Old Lover '' `` Two Car Garage '' `` Night Life '' `` As Long As We Got Each Other '' Book : B.J. Thomas Carroll Baker Notable singles `` It 's Late ( And I Have to Go ) '' `` I 've Never Been This Far Before '' `` The Hungry Fire of Love '' `` One Night of Cheatin ' '' `` Tonight with Love '' `` Why I Had to Pass This Way '' `` It 's My Party '' `` The Morning After Baby Let Me Down '' `` I Might as Well Believe ( I 'll Live Forever ) '' `` Portrait in the Window '' `` Hooked on a Feeling '' `` I 'm Getting High Remembering '' `` Hollywood Love '' `` Still Falling in Love '' `` I 'm So Excited '' `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin ' '' `` It 's Only Make Believe '' Related articles Discography Baha Men Albums Junkanoo ! Kalik I Like What I Like Doong Spank 2 Zero 0 - 0 Who Let the Dogs Out Move It Like This Holla ! Ride with Me Singles `` Dancing in the Moonlight '' `` Who Let the Dogs Out ? '' `` You All Dat '' `` Best Years of Our Lives '' `` Move It Like This '' `` We Rubbin ' '' Related articles My Father the Hero Steve Greenberg Stanley Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hooked_on_a_Feeling&oldid=865234738 '' Categories : 1968 singles 1974 singles B.J. Thomas songs Blue Swede songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Carroll Baker songs RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Songs written by Mark James ( songwriter ) 1968 songs Scepter Records singles EMI Records singles Debut singles Song recordings produced by Chips Moman 1971 singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Magyar Nederlands Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 22 October 2018, at 16 : 44 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: who wrote the song hooked on a feeling
Answer: Mark James