If You Feel the Funk

"If You Feel the Funk"
Single by La Toya Jackson
from the album La Toya Jackson
Released	1980
Genre	Pop funk
Length	5:00 (album version) 4:09 (single version)
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Dorie Pride Kamau Peterson
Producer(s)	Ollie E. Brown
La Toya Jackson singles chronology
"If You Feel the Funk" (1980) "Night Time Lover" (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.^[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.