EP
Feel Good Hit of the Summer
"Feel Good Hit of the Summer" is a single from Queens of the Stone Age, released as an EP on 27 November 2000 through Interscope Records. Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri wrote the song, which opens the band's second album, Rated R, and was the second single taken from it.
Rob Halford of Judas Priest, then fronting his own solo band, adds backing vocals. The song's focus on drugs drew attention when the album appeared, though critics were generally warm towards it and several singled it out as a highlight of the record. In the UK, it also turned up on Rated U, a separate CD that accompanied the album's release there.
Feel Good Hit of the Summer: tracklist, credits and charts
2 tracks · 7:08Tracklist
- 1Feel Good Hit of the SummerJosh Homme and Nick Oliveri2:45
- 2Never Say NeverBossi, Carter, Iyall, Woods, Zincavage4:23
- Produced by
- Chris Goss, Josh Homme, Alain Johannes
- Recorded at
- Sound City Studios
- Recorded
- December 1999 – February 2000
- Mixed by
- Marek, Alain Johannes
- Engineered by
- Marek Forysinski, Martin Schmelze, Trina Shoemaker
- Label
- Interscope Records
- Length
- 7:08
Line-up
- Dave Catching · electric piano, lap steel guitar
- Chris Goss · grand piano, percussion
- Josh Homme · guitar, lead vocals
- Nick Oliveri · bass guitar, background vocals, baritone guitar
- Gene Trautmann · drums (drum set)
- Nick Eldorado · background vocals
- Wendy Rae Fowler · background vocals
- Rob Halford · background vocals
- Alain Johannes · slide guitar
- Brendon McNichol · guitar
- Наташа Шнайдер
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Physical Singles Sales (Official Charts Company) · 2010 | 39 |
| Australia (ARIA), with "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" · 2001 | 75 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 2000 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 27 November 2000 | |
| Wikidata | 27 November 2000 | |
| UK / Europe release | 2000 | earliest UK or European date |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | XE | Interscope Records | 606949744328 | original |
| 2000 | XE | Interscope Records | 606949744229 | original |
| 8 January 2001 | AU | Interscope Records | 0606949746629 | other |
| 10 July 2001 | GB | Interscope Records | 0606949745523 | other |
| 17 April 2010 | XW | Interscope Records | 602627345475 | other |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 3287×2936 | rejected |