Standards · 1937
That Old Feeling chords & key
- Key
- C major
- Form
- AB
- Bars
- 32
- Groove
- Medium swing
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Year
- 1937
“That Old Feeling” is a jazz standard by Brown-Fain from 1937. It is usually played in C major as a medium swing, and the 32-bar AB form has 2 sections. Harmonically it contains 1 major ii–V–I cadence and 1 minor ii–V–i, uses 16 different chords and moves between the key centres C minor and C major. In this atlas it appears on 7 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — C major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- A7♭9×7
- Dm7×6
- C6×5
- Em7♭5×4
- G7×4
- B♭7×3
Key centres reached by ii–V
C minor and C major
History
"That Old Feeling" is a popular song about nostalgia written by Sammy Fain, with lyrics by Lew Brown. It was published in 1937. The song first appeared in the movie Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938, which was actually released in 1937. Sung there by Virginia Verrill, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1937 but lost out to "Sweet Leilani". The song was immediately a hit in a version recorded by Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra, considered to have spent fourteen weeks on the charts in 1937, four at #1. (The charts did not actually exist in those days, but reconstructions of what they would have been give those statistics.) A version was also recorded by Jan Garber, which charted at #10.) In 1952, it was included in the Susan Hayward movie, With a Song in My Heart where Jane Froman sang it in a dubbing for Hayward.
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Recorded on these albums
Historic 78 rpm recordings
- THAT OLD FEELING REINHOLD SVENNSON QUINTET archive.org ↗
Frequently asked questions
What key is That Old Feeling in?
That Old Feeling is usually played in C major. For B♭ instruments that is D major, for E♭ instruments A major.
Who wrote That Old Feeling?
That Old Feeling was written by Brown-Fain (1937).
What is the form of That Old Feeling?
That Old Feeling has 2 sections (AB) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is That Old Feeling played?
The usual groove is Medium swing.
What are the chord changes to That Old Feeling?
The opening bars are C6 | C6 | Em7b5 Bb7 | A7b9 A7b9. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.