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"(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman"
Single by Céline Dion from the album Falling into You
Released	October 23, 1995
Format	Radio single
Recorded	Chartmaker, Record Plant, The Chapel
Genre	Pop
Length	3:40
Label	Columbia, Epic
Writer	Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler
Producer	David Foster
Céline Dion singles chronology
"To Love You More" (1995) "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" (1995) "Destin" (1995)
Alternate cover
1998 single

"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" is a 1967 single released by American soul singer Aretha Franklin on the Atlantic label. The song, co-written by the celebrated songwriting-producing team of Carole King and Gerry Goffin, was a big hit for Franklin (reaching number #8 on the Billboard Hot 100) and became a standard song for her. It was recorded by Carole King herself on her landmark 1971 album Tapestry, and by Mary J. Blige, whose 1995 version, from the soundtrack of New York Undercover, also charted. Rod Stewart did a version, entitled "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man" for his album Smiler. Céline Dion also recorded this in 1995 for the Tapestry Revisited album. Franklin gave a live performance of the song alongside Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain and King on the first VH1 Divas special in 1998.

Note that certain copies of the original CD issue of Tapestry list this song as '(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman' with the parentheses putting a different emphasis on the title. However, the inside liner notes of these CDs still use the standard form of the track.

"(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" was released as a promotional single by Céline Dion on October 23, 1995 in the United States, Canada and Australia. It was featured on a tribute album to Carole King, called Tapestry Revisited from October 24, 1995. Later, Céline Dion included this track on most versions of her 1996 album Falling into You. The track was produced by David Foster. Although there was no music video made, Dion's version enjoyed a moderate success on the Adult Contemporary charts, reaching #9 in Canada and #31 in the United States.

On April 14, 1998, Céline Dion, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, Gloria Estefan and Carole King performed during a VH1 Divas concert at the Beacon Theater, New York. The five vocalists were recruited by the cable music network VH1 to raise money for Save the Music, their education charity. Hyped extensively in the press, the event was a ratings' winner for VH1 - so successful, in fact, that the network arranged to have the concert released on disc and tape on October 6, 1998. At that time "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" (performed by all divas) was released as a radio single around the world. It peaked at #9 on the Belgian Wallonie Airplay chart.

1995 promotional 1-track CD-single

1. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" – 3:40

1998 promotional 2-track CD-single

1. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (live) – 5:15
2. "You've Got a Friend" (live) – 5:28

• Céline Dion - official website