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What are you listening to? ver. 15.0

Original video edited and remastered with HQ stereo sound."I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" is a song by the Los Angeles folk rock band the Byrds, first released in June 1965 on the B-side of the band's second single, "All I Really Want to Do". Despite initially being released as a B-side, the song managed to chart in its own right in the U.S., just outside the Billboard Hot 100. It was also included on the Byrds' debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man.

The song was written by band member Gene Clark, who also sings the lead vocal. "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" has been covered by a number of different artists over the years, and is regarded by fans and critics as one of the Byrds' best known songs.

Although it was initially released as the B-side of the "All I Really Want to Do" single, "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" was itself heavily promoted by Columbia Records during the time that "All I Really Want to Do" spent on the Billboard charts. As a result, the song managed to chart in its own right in the U.S., reaching number 103. Mark Deming has commented that "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" was the first song written by a member of the Byrds to be commercially successful. Cash Box described it as "a hard-driving, fast-moving happy-go-lucky infectious blueser."

Since its release, the song has become a rock music standard, inspiring a number of cover versions over the years. It is also considered by many critics to be one of the band's, as well as Clark's, best and most popular songs, with Rolling Stone magazine ranking it at number 234 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

 
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Original video edited and remastered with HQ stereo sound."I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" is a song by the Los Angeles folk rock band the Byrds, first released in June 1965 on the B-side of the band's second single, "All I Really Want to Do". Despite initially being released as a B-side, the song managed to chart in its own right in the U.S., just outside the Billboard Hot 100. It was also included on the Byrds' debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man.

The song was written by band member Gene Clark, who also sings the lead vocal. "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" has been covered by a number of different artists over the years, and is regarded by fans and critics as one of the Byrds' best known songs.

Although it was initially released as the B-side of the "All I Really Want to Do" single, "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" was itself heavily promoted by Columbia Records during the time that "All I Really Want to Do" spent on the Billboard charts. As a result, the song managed to chart in its own right in the U.S., reaching number 103. Mark Deming has commented that "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" was the first song written by a member of the Byrds to be commercially successful. Cash Box described it as "a hard-driving, fast-moving happy-go-lucky infectious blueser."

Since its release, the song has become a rock music standard, inspiring a number of cover versions over the years. It is also considered by many critics to be one of the band's, as well as Clark's, best and most popular songs, with Rolling Stone magazine ranking it at number 234 on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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In 1965 when the Byrds entered the Columbia recording studio in Los Angeles to record the Mr. Tambourine Man album, producer Terry Melcher told the band that they did not play well enough to record the album. So Melcher had the Wrecking Crew record the music to the "Mr. Tambourine Man" song and the Byrds added the vocals. Melcher then told the Byrds to begin playing live on the strip and come back in six months. So the Byrds played live almost every night in the various clubs on Sunset Strip. After 6 months had passed, they returned to the Columbia recording studio and played for Melcher. He said they were now tight enough as a band to record, and the rest of the Mr. Tambourine Man album was recorded by the Byrds. The album peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, during a chart stay of 38 weeks and ushered in the golden era of Folk-Rock.
 
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