Dr. Feelgood (Mötley Crüe song)

"Dr. Feelgood" is a song by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. It was released as the lead single from their fifth studio album of the same name.

"Dr. Feelgood"
Single by Mötley Crüe
from the album Dr. Feelgood
ReleasedAugust 28, 1989
Recorded1989 at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genre
Length4:50
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bob Rock
Mötley Crüe singles chronology
"You're All I Need"
(1987)		 "Dr. Feelgood"
(1989)		 "Kickstart My Heart"
(1989)
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"Dr. Feelgood" is Mötley Crüe's only Gold single in the U.S. In 2009, it was ranked the 15th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.[3]

Chart performance

Released in 1989 as the album's first single, "Dr. Feelgood" became Mötley Crüe's first American Top Ten hit, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 28, 1989. It is their highest ranked single to this day.[4] In November 1989, the single was certified Gold by the RIAA for more than 500,000 units shipped in the United States.[5]

Other versions

A demo of the song was released on the Crücial Crüe edition of the album in 2003 which was sung from the point of view of Dr. Feelgood, i.e., in first person rather than third. An instrumental version of the song appeared in the movie Highlander: The Final Dimension.

Dr. Feelgood was covered by The Mavericks on the album Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Motley Crüe.

Personnel

Charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[6] 20

References
  1. "Readers' Poll: The 10 Greatest Hair Metal Songs". Rolling Stone. February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  2. "VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs". Stereogum. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. "spreadit.org music". Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
  4. Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th ed, Billboard Publications, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6
  5. "RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – Motley Crue Singles". Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  6. "Motley Crue Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
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