| Can You Feel the Beat | |
| Cover: | Lisalisacanufeelthebeat.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam |
| Album: | Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force |
| Released: | October 1985[1] |
| Recorded: | 1985 |
| Genre: | Freestyle[2] |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Full Force |
| Prev Title: | I Wonder If I Take You Home |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | All Cried Out |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
"Can You Feel the Beat" is a song recorded by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and Full Force from their 1985 album Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force. The song hit number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 40 on the R&B singles chart in December 1985. It achieved its biggest success on the Billboard Dance chart, where it peaked at number six.
The hip-hop duo Nina Sky interpolated the song in the bridge of their 2004 hit single "Move Ya Body".[3]
American rapper Joyner Lucas also inerpolates the song on track 2 called, "I'm Ill" of his sophomore album "Not Now I'm Busy".
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 69 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[4] | 40 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 97 |