<P> `` 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 number five in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It has been recorded by many other artists , including Blue Swede , whose version reached number one 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 by British musician Jonathan King in his 1971 version of the song . </P>
<P> `` 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 number five in 1969 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It has been recorded by many other artists , including Blue Swede , whose version reached number one 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 by British musician Jonathan King in his 1971 version of the song . </P>
who sang the original hooked on a feeling
who sang the original hooked on a feeling
B.J. Thomas
B.J. Thomas