Feeling Good

Feeling Good

Chlöe

On the third track of Liberated / Music For the Movement Vol. 3, Chlöe of Chloe x Halle sings a cover of Nina’s Simone’s 1965 song “Feeling Good,” itself a cover of a show tune from the 1964 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, composed by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse and first performed by Cy Grant.

Its original meaning in the musical pertains to a character referred to as “the Negro” winning the game of life while the main characters, Sir and Cocky, are too busy debating the rules of the game and trying to outdo each other that they fail to stop him. “The Negro” sings “Feeling Good” as his way of celebrating.