"If You Feel the Funk" is the debut single from American singer

La Toya Jackson La Toya Yvonne Jackson (born May 29, 1956) is an American singer and television personality. The fifth child and middle daughter of the Jackson family, Jackson first gained recognition on the family's variety television series, ''The Jacksons'', ...

. It was released in 1980 on

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, 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 101. 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

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, #13 in the

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, and #9 in

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. Jackson performed "If You Feel the Funk" as well as "Are You Ready" on the November 8, 1980 episode of ''

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''. She performed "If You Feel the Funk" on the December 13, 1980 episode of ''

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''. In Europe, the number was performed on the 13 December 1980 episode of Dutch program ''

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'' and on the 12 February 1981 episode of ''

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''.

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