<P> Jon Landau's review of the album Tapestry (1971) for Rolling Stone praised King's voice on this track, saying it negotiates turns from "raunchy" to "bluesy" to "harsh" to "soothing", with the last echoing the development of the song's melody into its chorus . Landau describes the melody of the refrain as "a pretty pop line ." 40 years later, Rolling Stone stated the King's "warm, earnest singing" brought "earthy joy" to the song . Music journalist Harvey Kubernik wrote that "I Feel the Earth Move" was "probably the most sexually aggressive song on the Tapestry album" and a "brave" opening to an album whose mood is mostly "mellow confessionality ." Allmusic critic Stewart Mason describes the song as "the ultimate in hippie - chick eroticism" and writes that it "sounds like the unleashing of an entire generation of soft - spoken college girls' collective libidos ." </P> <P> Author James Perone praised the way the lyrics and music work together . As a prime example, he notes the syncopated rhythm to the melody on which King sings "tumbling down ." This rhythm, putting the accent at the end of the word "tumbling" rather than at the beginning, produces a "musical equivalent of a tumble ." Perone also notes that the fast tempo allows the listener to feel the singer's excitement over being near her lover, and that the lyrics also express sexual tension even though that tension is left implicit . Perone attributes some of the song's success to producer Lou Adler's decision to highlight King's piano playing in the mix, giving it a different feel from the guitar - based singer - songwriter approach King took in her prior album . Mason also attributes the song's success to the "piano - led groove" and to King's vocal delivery . </P> <P> King's version of "I Feel the Earth Move" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated June 19, 1971 . It remained there for five consecutive weeks . It also peaked at #6 in the United Kingdom . </P> <P> Given its upbeat nature, Ode Records selected "I Feel the Earth Move" as the A-side to Tapestry's first single . It achieved airplay, but then disc jockeys and listeners began to prefer the slower, lamenting B - side "It's Too Late". Both sides received airplay for a while, but eventually "It's Too Late" dominated . In fact, on the concurrent Cash Box singles chart, which still tracked the progress of both sides of a single separately, "It's Too Late" spent four weeks at number one while "I Feel the Earth Move" did not chart at all . Regardless, since Billboard had declared the record a double A-side and their chart gradually became seen by many as the "official" singles chart, it is generally listed in books and articles that both "I Feel the Earth Move" and "It's Too Late" reached #1 . </P>

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