If You Feel the Funk
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| Single by La Toya Jackson | ||||||||||
| from the album La Toya Jackson | ||||||||||
| Released | 1980 | |||||||||
| Format | 7", 12" single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, Soul, Dance | |||||||||
| Length | 5:00 | |||||||||
| Label | Polydor | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Dorie Pride, Kamau Peterson | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Ollie E. Brown | |||||||||
| La Toya Jackson singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"If You Feel the Funk" was the debut single from artist La Toya Jackson. It was released in 1980 on Polydor Records, and comes 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 101. However, it peaked at number seventeen on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and number forty on the Billboard R&B chart. It reached #42 in Germany and #13 in the Netherlands.
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 |
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| US Billboard | 101 |
| US R&B Charts | 40 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 13[3] |
| Germany | 42[4] |
| Belgium | 9[5] |
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