How Does It Feel (Slade song) "How Does It Feel". The song featured a brass section, performed by members of Gonzalez. In the band's 1984 biography "Feel the Noize!", Lea recalled: "It was an old song that I'd written and Nod put some great lyrics to it. Tommy Vance said that it was good but that we were in for a hard time. But it didn't matter to me whether it was number one or number 15... to me it was a much better record than we'd made before and that was all I cared about." Despite the song's disappointing charting, "How Does It Feel" is
How Does It Feel (Slade song) provide 'more of the same' was not what they wanted to do. Their manager Chas Chandler suggested they do a movie, to which the band agreed. To accompany the film, Holder and Lea began writing material for a soundtrack album, which would continue to see the band break out of their successful formula and try different musical ideas. In late 1974, the lead single "Far Far Away" had reached No. 2, while "Slade in Flame" peaked at No. 6. Following the film's release in January 1975, it was decided to release "How Does It Feel" as the second single the