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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Daughtry - Feels Like Tonight

"Feels Like Tonight" is the fourth main single (sixth overall) from Daughtry's debut album. The song is a power ballad in the vein of the band's previous hit, "Home". The official release date for the track in the U.S. was January 8, 2008.
The music video was shot under Director Martin Weisz. The video debuted Monday, January 14, 2008 on Amazon.com.
The video begins with the band playing in a barren desert in the daytime. When the first chorus starts, clouds are shown racing by and it suddenly changes to nighttime. After the end of the chorus the clouds clear and it is daytime again, however the band is now playing in a forest setting. When the chorus starts for the second time, it again becomes night and Chris is shown walking out of the forest through a door. When he emerges the band is waiting for him on a city rooftop, it being daytime. Upon the third and final chorus, it once again becomes night and the band is shown playing on the rooftop with the lit up skyscrapers of the city behind them.
The video debuted at #14 on VH1's VSpot Top 20 Countdown, and the following week became the band's fourth consecutive video to reach #1 on the countdown. It had spent six consecutive weeks at #1. On March 15, it was dethroned by Rihanna's video for "Don't Stop the Music". It went back to #1 the following only to be dethroned by Leona Lewis's video for "Bleeding Love". Once again it went back to #1 the following week. On May 10, the video was dethroned, once again, by OneRepublic's video for "Stop and Stare".
The song was used for WWE's annual Tribute to the Troops in 2007.
It was originally planned to be the end credits song to National Treasure: Book of Secrets but was cut at the last minute.
The instrumental version of the song is also played in the commercials for the film Charlie Wilson's War.
The song was also featured on the January 28, 2008 episode of the seventh season of American Idol.
The song was featured in promotional commercials in Spring 2009 for ABC soap operas One Life to LiveGeneral Hospital. and
n its first week of release, it was the most added track at both Mainstream Top 40 and Hot AC radio. The following week it debuted at #89 on the Hot 100, and peaked at #24, giving the band their fourth top forty Hot 100 hit from the album. It debuted on the Billboard Pop 100 at #99, peaking at #17, and the Adult Top 40 at #29, where it has reached #1, becoming the band's third number one and fourth top five hit on that chart. This made Daughtry the first band to have four top five hits on the Adult Top 40 from their debut album. [3] On the Hot Adult Contemporary Chart, the song reached number five, giving the band their second top ten on the chart. It debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at #67, peaking at #30.

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