If You Feel the Funk explained

If You Feel the Funk
Cover:Feelthefunk.jpg
Type:single
Artist:La Toya Jackson
Album:La Toya Jackson
Released:1980
Genre:
Length:
  • (album version)
  • (single version)
Label:Polydor
Producer:Ollie E. Brown
Next Title:Night Time Lover
Next Year:1980

"If You Feel the Funk" is a song by American singer La Toya Jackson, released as the first single from her eponymous debut album (1980). It was released in three versions, with "Are You Ready?", "Lovely Is She" and "Night Time Lover" on the B-side (all three were album tracks; "Night Time Lover" was later released as a single).

The single narrowly missed the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 103. However, it peaked at number 17 on Billboard Disco Top 100 chart and number 40 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. Outside the US, "If You Feel the Funk" reached number 42 in Germany, number 13 in the Netherlands, and number 9 in Belgium.

Jackson performed "If You Feel the Funk" as well as "Are You Ready" on the November 8, 1980 episode of Soul Train.[1] She performed "If You Feel the Funk" on the December 13, 1980 episode of American Bandstand.[2] In Europe, the number was performed on the December 13, 1980 episode of Dutch program TopPop and on the February 12, 1981 episode of Musikladen.

Charts

Chart (1980)! scope="col"
Peak
position
US Cash Box Black Contemporary Top 100[3] 52
US Disco Top 100[4] 17

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soul Train Michael Henderson / La Toya Jackson. TV.com. 22 April 2012. 17 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200317192755/http://www.tv.com/shows/soul-train/michael-henderson-la-toya-jackson-114088/. dead.
  2. Web site: American Bandstand Jimmy Hall / LaToya Jackson Season 24, Episode 6, Aired 12/13/80. TV.com. 22 April 2012. 14 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140914115927/http://www.tv.com/shows/american-bandstand/jimmy-hall-latoya-jackson-212186/. dead.
  3. December 27, 1980 . Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending December 12, 1980 . . July 3, 2024.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003 . 2004 . Record Research . 131.