"Hooked on a Feeling" is a 1968 pop song written by Mark James and originally performed by B. J. Thomas. Thomas's version featured the sound of the electric sitar, and reached No. 5 in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been recorded by many other artists, including Blue Swede, whose version reached No. 1 in the United States in 1974. The Blue Swede version made singer Björn Skifs' "Ooga-Chaka-Ooga-Ooga" intro well known (and famous in Sweden at the time), although it had been used originally

B.J. Thomas - Hooked On A Feeling part 1 | Restoring The Past

Carolina Wallin Pérez takes on ‘Hooked on a Feeling’, which became a massive hit in 1974 when Björn Skifs and his Blue Swede band hit number one in the US Billboard charts. 👏🤩 🇸🇪 The Blue Swede hit was in turn a cover version of a song from 1968, with country and pop singer B.J. Thomas Enjoy! #CelebratewithSweden #Swedishmusic | Sweden.se