You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" is a 1978 song by American disco/R&B singer Sylvester. It was written by James Wirrick and Sylvester, and released by Fantasy Records as the second single from the singer's fourth album, Step II (1978). The song was already a largely popular dance club hit in late 1978, as the B-side of his previous single "Dance (Disco Heat)", before it was officially being released in December. It rose to the number one position on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. Music critic Robert Christgau has said the song is "one of those surges of sustained, stylized energy that is disco's great gift to pop music".
| "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" | ||||
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| Single by Sylvester | ||||
| from the album Step II | ||||
| B-side | "Grateful" | |||
| Released | October 1978 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
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| Length | 6:39 (album) 3:35 (single) | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
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| "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" on YouTube | ||||
In 2003, Q Magazine included "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever". In 2019, the song was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2023, Billboard ranked it among the "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time".