If You Feel the Funk
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox song
| name = If You Feel the Funk
| cover = Feelthefunk.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = La Toya Jackson
| album = La Toya Jackson
| released = 1980
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length =
- {{Duration|m=5|s=00}} (album version)
- {{Duration|m=4|s=09}} (single version)
| label = Polydor
| writer =
- Dorie Pride
- Kamau Peterson
| producer = Ollie E. Brown
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| 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{{'s}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/soul-train/michael-henderson-la-toya-jackson-114088/|title=Soul Train Michael Henderson / La Toya Jackson|publisher=TV.com|access-date=22 April 2012|archive-date=17 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317192755/http://www.tv.com/shows/soul-train/michael-henderson-la-toya-jackson-114088/|url-status=dead}} She performed "If You Feel the Funk" on the December 13, 1980 episode of American Bandstand.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/american-bandstand/jimmy-hall-latoya-jackson-212186/|title=American Bandstand Jimmy Hall / LaToya Jackson Season 24, Episode 6, Aired 12/13/80|publisher=TV.com|access-date=22 April 2012|archive-date=14 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914115927/http://www.tv.com/shows/american-bandstand/jimmy-hall-latoya-jackson-212186/|url-status=dead}} 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
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for "If You Feel the Funk" ! scope="col"| Chart (1980) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Flanders|9|artist=La Toya Jackson|song=If You Feel The Funk|rowheader=true|access-date=July 3, 2024}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|42|artist=La Toya Jackson|song=If You Feel The Funk|songid=26927|rowheader=true|access-date=July 3, 2024}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|13|artist=La Toya Jackson|song=If You Feel The Funk|rowheader=true|access-date=July 3, 2024}} |
| scope="row"| UK Singles (Record Business){{Cite magazine |date=1980-12-08 |title=The Singles Chart |magazine=Record Business |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1980/Record-Business-1980-12-08.pdf |access-date=2025-04-10 |page=11}}
| 100 |
|---|
| {{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|3|artist=La Toya Jackson|rowheader=true|access-date=November 10, 2019}} |
| scope="row"| US Cash Box Black Contemporary Top 100{{cite magazine |date=December 27, 1980 |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending December 12, 1980 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-12-27.pdf |magazine=Cash Box |access-date=July 3, 2024}}
| 52 |
| scope="row"| US Disco Top 100{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |title=Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003 |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=131}}
| 17 |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|40|artist=La Toya Jackson|rowheader=true|access-date=November 10, 2019}} |
References
{{reflist}}
{{La Toya Jackson}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:If You Feel The Funk}}