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*One of five great songs Coulton wrote to accompany PopSci's Future of the Body issue.
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*PopSci held a contest for reader submited videos to this song. Coulton said of the winner Andrea Crain (AKA, Anniekate76), "I like AnnieKate's video because it's got this very simple visual look, but it's deep, man. I keep noticing new stuff every time I watch it, all these quick cuts to funny things. It's like an episode of Lost, but funny, and with stick figures."
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''I Feel Fantastic'' is a song from [[Jonathan Coulton]]'s second EP, ''[[Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms]].'' The song is an ironic tribute to prescription drugs, portraying its narrator as completely dependent on medication and numbed beyond all emotion as a result.
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== Trivia ==
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* The song (like all the tracks from [[Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms]]) was written as a musical response to [http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2005-08/future-body-soundtrack an article in Popular Science]. The article that inspired this song was about the future of pharmaceuticals, discussing the possibilities of modulating human emotions with medication.
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* This song was the subject of a PopSci [[Fan Projects#Contests|contest]] for the best fan-submitted videos, held from May-June 2007. [[Jonathan Coulton]] said of the winner, Andrea Crain (aka Anniekate76), "I like AnnieKate's video because it's got this very simple visual look, but it's deep, man. I keep noticing new stuff every time I watch it, all these quick cuts to funny things. It's like an episode of Lost, but funny, and with stick figures."
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* Mike "Gabe" Krahulik of Penny Arcade has referenced the song to describe his life after beginning to take anti-anxiety pills.
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== Themes ==
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* [[Future]]
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I Feel Fantastic
ReleaseOur Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms
Length3:03
Release dateSeptember 2005
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I Feel Fantastic is a song from Jonathan Coulton's second EP, Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms. The song is an ironic tribute to prescription drugs, portraying its narrator as completely dependent on medication and numbed beyond all emotion as a result.

Trivia[edit]

  • The song (like all the tracks from Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms) was written as a musical response to an article in Popular Science. The article that inspired this song was about the future of pharmaceuticals, discussing the possibilities of modulating human emotions with medication.
  • This song was the subject of a PopSci contest for the best fan-submitted videos, held from May-June 2007. Jonathan Coulton said of the winner, Andrea Crain (aka Anniekate76), "I like AnnieKate's video because it's got this very simple visual look, but it's deep, man. I keep noticing new stuff every time I watch it, all these quick cuts to funny things. It's like an episode of Lost, but funny, and with stick figures."
  • Mike "Gabe" Krahulik of Penny Arcade has referenced the song to describe his life after beginning to take anti-anxiety pills.

Themes[edit]

Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms
1. That Spells DNA · 2. I Feel Fantastic · 3. Womb with a View · 4. Todd the T1000 · 5. Better
JoCo Looks Back
1. Code Monkey · 2. Ikea · 3. I Feel Fantastic · 4. Mandelbrot Set · 5. Tom Cruise Crazy · 6. Shop Vac · 7. Chiron Beta Prime · 8. I'm Your Moon · 9. My Monkey · 10. Skullcrusher Mountain · 11. I Crush Everything · 12. When You Go · 13. A Talk with George · 14. You Ruined Everything · 15. Creepy Doll · 16. Mr. Fancy Pants · 17. Baby Got Back · 18. First of May · 19. Re: Your Brains · 20. The Future Soon
Best. Concert. Ever.
1. The Future Soon · 2. Ikea · 3. Shop Vac · 4. I'm Your Moon · 5. Baby Got Back · 6. Kenesaw Mountain Landis · 7. Chiron Beta Prime · 8. Tom Cruise Crazy · 9. Code Monkey · 10. Creepy Doll · 11. Still Alive · 12. Mr. Fancy Pants · 13. I Crush Everything · 14. Skullcrusher Mountain · 15. Mandelbrot Set · 16. You Ruined Everything · 17. Re: Your Brains · 18. A Talk with George · 19. I Feel Fantastic · 20. First of May