Can't Fight This Feeling Can't Fight This Feeling "Can't Fight This Feeling" is a power ballad performed by the American rock band REO Speedwagon. The single remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three consecutive weeks from March 9 to March 23, 1985. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1984 album "Wheels Are Turnin'". It was the group's second number-one hit on the U.S. charts (the first being 1981's "Keep on Loving You", also written by Kevin Cronin) and reached number sixteen in the UK. "Can't Fight This Feeling" has appeared on dozens of 'various artists' compilation albums, as
Blues with a Feeling Jack McVea's band, wrote "Blues with a Feeling" and also provided the vocals. The song was performed as a mid-tempo twelve-bar jump blues that features sax and trumpet soloing over a strong backbeat. The opening verses reflect on lost love: In its "Advance Record Releases" column, "Billboard" describes the single on Black & White Records as "slowly goin'". The notice appears on May 10, 1947, about one month after McVea's number two hit "Open the Door Richard" exited the chart. However, "Blues with a Feeling" did not reach the chart. Little Walter follows much of McVea's verses and arrangement, however,