Peak
60
Weeks
20
Score
1,164
Chart Year
2012
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position60
Peak DateFeb 18, 2012
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted20
Weeks in Top 400
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc41
Weekly Calc1,123
Total Score1,164
Rankings
Year Ranking#147
Decade Ranking#1,409
Billboard Year#145
Top 5000#11,929
Details
- Album
- Single
- Genre
- Progressive House
- Composer(s)
- Tim Bergling;Arash Pournouri;Leroy Kirkland;Etta James
- Entered Chart
- Dec 3, 2011
- Peak Date
- Feb 18, 2012
- Released
- Unknown
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Levels/Veratone/Atom Empire 016574
Music Video
Notes
Tim Bergling was a Swedish house producer and DJ, who recorded under the name of Avicii, which is Sanskrit/Pali for "without waves." This song contains a vocal sample from the 1962 gospel-inspired "Something's Got a Hold on Me" by Etta James, and was released on October 28, 2011. Bergling also recorded under the name of Tim Berg; he had an international hit under that name in 2010 with "Seek Bromance." American rap artist Flo Rida used this song as the background sample for his 2011 single "Good Feeling." Bergling said regarding his Avicii moniker: "Avici [sic] is kind of like Dante's Inferno ... it's the lowest level of hell in Buddhism. A friend of mine told me about it, and it stuck in my head. I was going to make up a name for my MySpace page for the first time, and I just kind of went for it. I tried a couple of other [names] before, but they were all taken (laughing). I kind of ended up with Avicii, and then I got really attached to it." Avicii told the story of the song to Artist Direct's Rick Florino: "Well I had this vocal sample from Etta James, which I really wanted to use. After I came up with the 'Levels' hook, I tried using the vocal over it, and it worked really well. Then my manager landed an incredible deal with our label and did an amazing job getting publicity for the track. To me, it's one of the career changing tracks that I fell brought the whole AVICII brand to another level—pun intended (Laughs)." The song was a Top 10 hit throughout Europe and was especially successful in Avicii's native Sweden and Norway topping the charts in both countries for multiple weeks. Avicii's manager, Ash Pournouri, got a songwriting credit on this track along with the composers of the Etta James song it sampled. This was featured in the pilot episode of the CW drama Arrow in 2012.
Oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah Get a feeling that I never, never, never, never had before, no no I get a good feeling, yeah Oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah Get a feeling that I never, never, never, never had before, no no I get a good feeling, yeah
Chart History (20 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 3, 2011 | 66 | 60 |
| 2 | Dec 10, 2011 | 75 | 51 |
| 3 | Dec 17, 2011 | 71 | 55 |
| 4 | Dec 24, 2011 | 80 | 46 |
| 5 | Dec 31, 2011 | 77 | 49 |
| 6 | Jan 7, 2012 | 71 | 55 |
| 7 | Jan 14, 2012 | 71 | 55 |
| 8 | Jan 21, 2012 | 70 | 56 |
| 9 | Jan 28, 2012 | 70 | 56 |
| 10 | Feb 4, 2012 | 69 | 57 |
| 11 | Feb 11, 2012 | 62 | 64 |
| 12 | Feb 18, 2012 | 60 | 66 |
| 13 | Feb 25, 2012 | 60 | 66 |
| 14 | Mar 3, 2012 | 75 | 51 |
| 15 | Mar 10, 2012 | 77 | 49 |
| 16 | Mar 17, 2012 | 74 | 52 |
| 17 | Mar 24, 2012 | 66 | 60 |
| 18 | Mar 31, 2012 | 67 | 59 |
| 19 | Apr 7, 2012 | 69 | 57 |
| 20 | Apr 14, 2012 | 67 | 59 |