Last year, the Hives released their sixth studio album The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons. Today, the Swedish rock band is sharing a cover of fellow Swedish rock band Blue Swede, tackling none other than ...

I nominate “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede (1974). The original, by B.J. Thomas, was a sappy, unmemorable love song. This cover version is one of the strangest songs ever to hit to the top of the ...

Mark James, the famed songwriter behind hits including "Always on My Mind," "Hooked on a Feeling" and "Suspicious Minds," died June 8 in Nashville. He was 83. Between 1969 and 1982, Willie Nelson, ...

Grammy Award-winning songwriter Mark James, who wrote or co-wrote “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Always on My Mind,” “Suspicious Minds” and more, has died at age 83. James, a Houston native, died June 8 at ...

Blue Swede, shown circa 1970, had a hit with “Hooked on a Feeling.” (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Al Peterson dropped me a note a while back; I wanted to share it sooner but the crazy ...

The songwriter's music was recorded by Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New ...