"Can You Feel the Beat"
Single by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
from the album Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
ReleasedOctober 1985[1]
Recorded1985
GenreFreestyle[2]
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Full Force
Producer(s)Full Force
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam singles chronology
"I Wonder If I Take You Home"
(1985)
"Can You Feel the Beat"
(1985)
"All Cried Out"
(1986)

"Can You Feel the Beat" is a song recorded by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and Full Force from their 1985 album Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force. The song hit number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 40 on the R&B singles chart in December 1985. It achieved its biggest success on the Billboard Dance chart, where it peaked at number six.

The hip-hop duo Nina Sky interpolated the song in the bridge of their 2004 hit single "Move Ya Body".[3]

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 69
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[4] 40
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 9
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[4] 6
UK Singles Chart[5] 97

References

  1. 1 2 "Chart History". Billboard Hot 100. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. Breihan, Tom (March 19, 2021). "The Number Ones: Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam's "Lost In Emotion". Stereogum. Retrieved November 7, 2023. Consider, for instance, the 1985 freestyle banger "Can You Feel The Beat
  3. "Move Ya Body". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 17. April 24, 2004. p. 42.
  4. 1 2 "Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  5. "Can You Feel the Beat - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. November 2, 1985. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
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