About the song

There’s a certain ache that only Barry Manilow knows how to put into song—the kind of ache that doesn’t shout or beg for attention, but simply sits with you, quietly, the way old memories do. “Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again” is one of those rare tracks where Barry takes something deeply human and turns it into a moment frozen in sound. From the very first lines, you can sense the exhaustion of someone who’s been holding on for too long, waiting for a spark that no longer comes.

Barry has always been a storyteller of the heart. His music in the 70s and early 80s captured the raw truth of relationships—the beautiful beginnings, the fragile middles, and the painful unraveling that often happens long before anyone says a word. In this song, he steps into the role of someone looking back on a love that used to burn brightly, now reduced to an echo of what it once was. There’s no blame here, no anger. Just a longing for something that once felt effortless.

What makes his interpretation powerful is the emotional honesty woven through every phrase. Barry doesn’t deliver this song like a performance; he delivers it like a confession—soft, weary, and painfully sincere. You can almost picture him at the piano, playing alone in an empty room, as if the act of singing is the only way he can reach the place where the feeling once lived. And as always, he brings that unique Manilow warmth: expressive, vulnerable, unafraid to let the heart show its cracks.

The atmosphere of the song feels like late evening—when the world has quieted down, but your thoughts refuse to do the same. Barry allows the silence between the lines to speak just as loudly as the lyrics themselves. It’s a slow unraveling of emotion, the kind that reminds you of moments when you, too, tried to salvage something precious that had already begun slipping away.

For longtime fans—and for anyone who has lived through the fading of a once-brilliant love—“Tryin’ to Get the Feeling Again” doesn’t just resonate. It understands you.

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