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
Recorded:1980
Length:
  • (Album version)
  • (7" version)
Label:Polydor
Producer:Ollie E. Brown
Next Title:Night Time Lover
Next Year:1980

"If You Feel the Funk" is the debut single from American singer La Toya Jackson. It was released in 1980 on Polydor Records, and is from Jackson's self-titled 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 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 103. However, it peaked at number seventeen on Billboards Disco Top 100 chart and number forty on the Billboard Hot Soul chart. Outside the US, "If You Feel the Funk" reached #42 in Germany, #13 in the Netherlands, and #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 13 December 1980 episode of Dutch program TopPop and on the 12 February 1981 episode of Musikladen.

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100103
US Hot Soul Singles40
US Disco Top 100[3] 17
US Cash Box Black Contemporary Top 100[4] 52

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soul Train Michael Henderson / La Toya Jackson. TV.com. 22 April 2012.
  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. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 131.
  4. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending December 12, 1980 . . 3 July 2024.