When {$Chaka Khan} recorded her fifth solo album, {^I Feel for You}, in 1984, she knew that {\R&B} had changed a lot since the 1970s. Horn-powered {\funk} bands, strings-laden {\Philadelphia soul}, and orchestral {\disco} were out of vogue, and the {\urban} contemporary audiences of 1984 were into a more high-tech, heavily electronic style of {\R&B}. Many artists who had been huge in the 1970s found that they no longer appealed to black radio programmers, who had abandoned them and turned their attention to electro-funksters and {$Prince} disciples. But {$Chaka Khan} had no problem keeping up with the times; {^I Feel for You} made it clear that she could easily be relevant to the {\urban} contemporary scene of 1984. No one would mistake {^I Feel for You} for a {$Rufus} project from 1975 -- it's way too high-tech -- and yet, everything on the album is unmistakably {$Chaka Khan}. That is true of up-tempo items like {&"Love Is Alive"} (an interesting remake of {$Gary Wright}'s 1976 hit) and {&"La Flamme,"} as well as the {\ballad} {&"Through the Fire,"} which was a big hit on {\urban} radio but crossed over to {\adult contemporary} stations in a major way. {&"This Is My Night"} (which was written and produced by {$the System}) also became an {\urban} radio hit, but the album is best known for {$Khan}'s unlikely remake of {$Prince}'s {&"I Feel for You."} When {$Prince} first recorded {&"I Feel for You"} in 1979, it wasn't a hit; {$Khan}'s version, however, soared to number one on {~Billboard}'s {\R&B} singles chart. {$Khan} had a very different take on the song than {$Prince}; while his original version was subtle and restrained, {$Khan} went for exuberance and added a strong {\hip-hop} flavor. Excellent from start to finish, this album went down in history as both a creative and a commercial success. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide