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Can You Feel the Beat

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"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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.