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The Number Ones: Blue Swede’s “Hooked On A Feeling”

The Swedes were coming. In April of 1974, Max Martin, the absurdly efficient songwriting scientist whose glittering vision would come to colonize American pop radio in the years ahead, was three years ...
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The Hives – “Hooked On A Feeling” (Blue Swede Cover)

Last year, the Hives released their sixth studio album The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons. Today, the Swedish rock band is sharing a cover of fellow Swedish rock band Blue Swede, tackling none other than ...
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Mark James, Songwriter Behind ‘Suspicious Minds’ & ‘Hooked on a Feeling,’ Dies at 83

Legendary songwriter Mark James, who penned classic hits such as Elvis Presley‘s “Suspicious Minds” and “Always On My Mind,” as well as the B. J. Thomas/Blue Swede smash “Hooked On a Feeling,” has ...
People

Mark James, Grammy-Winning 'Hooked on a Feeling' Songwriter, Dead at 83

The songwriter's music was recorded by Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New ...
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Mark James, hit songwriter of 'Hooked on a Feeling' and 'Suspicious Minds,' dies at 83

Mark James, the famed songwriter behind hits including "Always on My Mind," "Hooked on a Feeling" and "Suspicious Minds," died June 8 in Nashville. He was 83. Between 1969 and 1982, Willie Nelson, ...