Gap Band IV

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{{Infobox album

| name = Gap Band IV

| type = Album

| artist = The Gap Band

| cover = GAPBANDIV.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 17, 1982

| recorded = 1981–82

| venue =

| studio = Total Experience Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)

| genre = R&B, soul, funk

| length = 42:05

| label = Total Experience

| producer = Lonnie Simmons

| prev_title = The Gap Band III

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Gap Band V: Jammin'

| next_year = 1983

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Gap Band IV

| type = studio

| single1 = Early in the Morning

| single1date = April 1982

| single2 = You Dropped a Bomb on Me

| single2date = August 1982

| single3 = Outstanding

| single3date = November 1982

}}}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r7993 |tab=review |label=Gap Band IV > review |first=Craig |last=Lytle |accessdate=2013-04-15}}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2Score = B+{{Cite web | last = Christgau | first = Robert | title = Gap Band IV > review | publisher = Robert Christgau | accessdate = 2013-04-15 | url = http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=4855}}

}}

Gap Band IV is the sixth studio album by the Gap Band, released in 1982 on Total Experience Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Black Albums chart and No. 14 on the Pop Albums chart, achieved platinum status, and is considered their most successful project.

The album produced the singles "Early in the Morning" (#1 Black Singles, #13 Club Play Singles, #24 Pop Singles), "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" (#2 Black Singles, #39 Club Play Singles, #31 Pop Singles), and "Outstanding" (#1 Black Singles, #24 Club Play Singles, #51 Pop Singles). It also achieved a rare feat in which every song on the album received radio airplay.

It was the first album producer Lonnie Simmons released directly on his label, Total Experience Records. The album was reissued on CD in 1994 by Mercury Records.