Can't Fight This Feeling episode of The Goldbergs. In 2016, the song was used in the UK and US on adverts for Sheba cat food. REO Speedwagon 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
Feeling This spent ten weeks on the chart. "Feeling This" received favorable reviews from music critics. Kelefa Sanneh, writing for "The New York Times" felt the song was an "appealing hybrid," while noting the growing popularity of emo could have influenced the "more anguished" tone. Greg Kot of "Entertainment Weekly" praised the vocal harmonies, calling them reminiscent of Queen. Joshua Klein of "The Washington Post" similarly complimented the interplay between DeLonge and Hoppus and its "multiple-perspective portrait of first love." Andy Doerschuk of "Drum!" praised Barker's "fat, syncopated beat" and noted elements of Bonham as well as James Brown's drummers. "Rolling Stone"