"The Way You Make Me Feel" is a song by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson. "The Way You Make Me Feel" was released by Epic Records in November 1987, as the third single from Jackson's seventh studio album Bad. The song was written by Jackson and co-produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. Musically, the song is credited as being a pop, funk and R&B song. The song's lyrics pertain to being in love with someone. Aside from appearing on Jackson's Badalbum, the song has also been featured on the first disc of Jackson's complication album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book Iin 1995 and This Is Itin 2009. "The Way You Make Me Feel" has been covered by multiple recording artists since its release.

The song received mixed reviews from contemporary critics. "The Way You Make Me Feel" became Bad 's third consecutive single to peak at number one on s Hot 100 music chart. Internationally, the song primarily charted within the top ten and twenty. A music video for "The Way You Make Me Feel" was released in 1987. The video shows Jackson perusing a female. Since the music video's release it has become influential on other artists' material. The song has been performed on all of Jackson's world concert tours as a solo artist, and was planned to have been performed during the This Is It concerts from 2009 to 2010. Notable live performances of the song by Jackson include a performance at the 1988 Grammy Awards ceremony.

"The Way You Make Me Feel" was recorded by Michael Jackson in 1987 for his seventh studio album Badwhich was released the same year it was recorded. The song was released by Epic Records as the third single from the album in November 1987. "The Way You Make Me Feel" was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. Prior to the recording of Bad, Jackson had written over sixty songs for the album, with plans of releasing a three disc album, but after Jones convinced Jackson to make Bada one disc LP, "The Way You Make Me Feel", as well as ten other songs were selected for the album.

"The Way You Make Me Feel" has been featured on multiple greatest hits and compilation albums by Jackson since the songs release. The song has been included on the first disc of Jackson's two disc complication album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book Iin 1995, as well as the 2001 Special Edition of Bad. The song was also included on Jackson's greatest hits album, Number Onesin 2001 and the This Is Itcomplication album in 2009.

"The Way You Make Me Feel" is credited as a being a pop, funk and contemporary R&B song. The song's composition consist of blues harmonies. The song's opening lyrics are "Hey, pretty baby with the high heels on". "The Way You Make Me Feel"'s lyrics pertain to being in love, as well as the feeling of loving someone. Throughout the song Jackson's vocal range spans from B3 to A5. The song is played in the key of E major. "The Way You Make Me Feel" has a mid-tempo of medium rock and has a metronome of 120 beats per minute. The song follows in the chord progression of B—D/B—B—B/D in the first line, when Jackson sings "Hee-hee! Ook Go on!" and continues on the same progression in the second line, when Jackson sings "Girl! Aaow!".

"The Way You Make Me Feel" generally received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, a writer for Allmusic, listed "The Way You May Me Feel" as well as the albums title track, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and "Man In The Mirror" as being a 'track picks' from Bad. Erlewine commented that out of all of Bad 's songs, "only three can stand alongside album tracks from its predecessor" which were "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel," and "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". Jon Pareles, a writer for The New York Timescommented that Jackson's songs, "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "say nothing more personalized than their titles".

Richard Cromelin, a writer for The Los Angeles Times, described "The Way You Make Me Feel" as being a "loping shuffle". David Sigerson, a writer for Rolling Stonecommented that "The Way You Make Me Feel" was "nearly as good" as being the third best song on Bad. Greg Quill, a writer for the Toronto Star, commented that "The Way You Make Me Feel" was to a "lesser extent in the love songs" because the song dealt "more with surrender than conquest or self-gratification." Rickard Harrington, a writer for The Washington Post, commented that on songs like "The Way You Make Me Feel," Jackson "sings the way he dances".

"The Way You Make Me Feel" generally charted within the top ten and top twenty positions on worldwide music charts. The song charted within the top ten, peaking at number seven, on the Hot 100 on the charts issue date of December 26, 1987. After charting within the top ten for five weeks, the song peaked at number one on the Hot 100 on January 23, 1988. The Way You Make Me Feel" became the album's third consecutive single to peak at number one on the Hot 100. "The Way You Make Me Feel" also charted on Billboard 's Adult Contemporary Charts, peaking at number nine, and on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi Single Sales Chart at the peak of number three. The song also charted at number one on the BillboardHot R&B/Hip Hop Singles Charts and Dance Music/Hot Club Play Singles Chart. The song entered the United kingdom music carts at number sixteen on December 5, 1987. The following week the song moved up thirteen spaces to number three, which was the song's peak position. The song stayed at its peak position for two consecutive weeks, and remained on the country's chart for ten weeks, before falling out of the top 100 positions, only to re-enter the charts two weeks later.

The song peaked at number two on New Zealand music charts on January 17, 1988, and remained on the chart for a total of eleven weeks in 1987 and 1988. In the Netherlands, the song debuted on the chart at number twenty on November 28, 1987. Two weeks later the song charted at its peak position, at number six. "The Way You Make Me Feel" debuted at number fourteen on Switzerland charts on December 13, 1987; the following week, the song charted at its peak position at number eight. The song charted within the top thirty positions for ten consecutive weeks from 1987 to 1988. The song debuted on French music charts on December 26, 1987 at number 47, and eventually peaked within the top thirty positions at number 29. The song charted within the top 50 positions for ten consecutive weeks on the country's chart.

"The Way You Make Me Feel" re-entered music charts worldwide after Jackson's music was re-issued for the Visionaryalbum. The song debuted on the Spanish Singles Chart at number one on April 9, 2006. The song remained on the country's chart for ten weeks. In Italy, the song debuted within the top ten, peaking at number seven, on April 6, 2006; after two weeks, the song charted out of the top 100 positions. "The Way You Make Me Feel" re-entered Dutch charts on April 1, 2006 at number 24. The song re-entered French music charts on April 1, 2006 at number 59; the song remained within the top 100 positions for two consecutive weeks. Following Jackson's death, his music experienced a surge in popularity. The song re-entered Dutch charts for the third time on July 4, 2009, at its peak position at number 40; the song remained on the chart for four consecutive weeks in 2009. The song charted within the top ten, peaking at number six, on the BillboardHot Digital Songs on July 11, due to digital download sales. The song debuted on Swedish charts at number thirty on July 3, and peaked at number twenty four the following week. On July 4, the song re-entered the United Kingdom charts at number 47, and peaked at number 34 the following week.

The music video for "The Way You Make Me Feel" was directed by Joe Pytka. The video, with a length of almost seven minutes long, begins with a female walking down streets alone, with a clip being intercut that shows a male (Jackson) talking with other people. Shortly after the male walks out of an alley and stands in front of the female while she's walking down the street, although she ignores him and keeps walking. He gets her attention by shouting, and then begins singing "The Way You Make Me Feel" to her while also dancing. Uninterested, she walks away. He follows her, having been cheered on by his friends to pursue her. Another dance routine begins, involving the males friends, which leads to the male pursing the female throughout the neighborhood. The video ends with the male eventually winning the female over, and embraces her while a fire hydrant is spraying out water. The music video was released in late 1987. The music video received one nomination at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards Ceremony. The video, alongside Jackson's '"Bad" video, was nominated for Best Choreography, but lost to Jackson's younger sister Janet's video "Pleasure Principle".

"The Way You Make Me Feel" was performed by Jackson on all three of his world concert series tours as a solo artist as well as during award shows. For a majority of the songs performances, Jackson would wear a blue dress shirt with a white t shirt and black pants with a white belt. The song was first performed in concert by Jackson during the encore of the second leg of his Bad World Tour from 1987 to 1989. Notable live performance of the song include Jackson's performing "The Way You Make Me Feel" at the 1988 Grammy Awards Ceremony. During the Grammy performance Jackson performed the song, in his signature outfit and his signature black fedora, while doing a dance routine with four other dancers, and performed the song along with another of his songs, "Man In The Mirror". Jackson's performance received a standing ovation from the audience.

"The Way You Make Me Feel" was also performed during the first leg of Jackson's Dangerous World Tour from June 1992 to November 1993. The Dangerous tour was suppose to be longer, but was canceled due to Jackson's health concerns and stress from the child sexual abuse accusations made against him. The next, and what would be the last concert performance of the song, was during Jackson's world concert series tour, HIStory. The song was performed during selected concerts from September 1996 to June 1997. The last performance of the song was at the Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special in 2001 at Madison Square Garden on September 7 and September 10, 2001. The video footage from the performance (which included Britney Spears) was featured on CBS in November 2001, as a two-hour television special. Since March 2009, Jackson was preparing to perform "The Way You Make me Feel'" during his This Is It concert series from 2009 to 2010. Following Jackson's death in June of the same year, video footage of Jackson rehearsing the song was featured in the 2009 concert documentary film, Michael Jackson's This Is It. The video rehearsal footage was also featured on the films DVD in January 2010.

"The Way You Make Me Feel" has been covered by multiple artists since its release, and the song's music video has been influential on other artists' material as well. In 2003, the music group Shakaya covered "The Way You Make Me Feel" and released their version as a non-album single. The song only charted on Australian charts, peaking at number 21 on the country's music charts. After Jackson's death in June 2009, John Legend and a visibly emotional Stevie Wonder did a cover of the song as a tribute to Jackson at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert held at Madison Square Garden for a HBO television special in December 2009.

In December 2009, Stacey Solomon, a contestant on the X Factorin the United Kingdom, performed a cover of the song during the show's semi-finals, which was received by mixed opinions by the show's judges. In January 2010, The Jonas Brothers band member Nick Jonas performed a cover of "The Way You Make Me Feel" during a concert at the Warner Theatre in promotion for his Nick Jonas and the Administrationalbum. Dave McKenna, a writer for The Washington Post, commented on Jonas' performance of the song that "whatever spots of trouble his ambition got him into" citing Jonas' "falsetto faltered" cover of "The Way You Make Me Feel", as well as another song, were able to be "carried through" by Jonas' band members.

In February 2010, Whitney Houston performed "The Way You Make Me Feel", along with Jackson's Thriller 's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", during her I Look to You Tour. Pop singer Justin Bieber and rapper Ludacris stated that the music video for "The Way You Make Me Feel" was very influential of the music video for their 2010 single "Baby". Bieber, a fan of Jackson, commented that the video, similar to "The Way You Make Me Feel"s video, "will capture the song's message of trying to woo back a girl." Ludacris said that the video "is like a 2010 version of Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel". Despite the plot of "Baby" 's music video being similar to "The Way You Make Me Feel", the video is nearly three times shorter than Jackson's video.