| |introduction = '''If You Feel Like Dancin'''' is the first track on [[94 East]]’s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar and synthesizer. Soon after the album’s release, [[Single: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin’]] was released as the album’s second and final single. The track has featured on every collection of [[94 East]]’s early recordings. In 1992, it was included as the third track on the first disc of [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]] (as '''If You Feel Like Dancin’ (Instr.)'''). In 1995, the original, previously-unreleased, version was included as the second track on the first disc of [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]). In 2000, it was included as the second track on [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]. Also in 2000, it was included as the fifth track on the first disc of [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]. In 2002, it was included as the second track on the first disc of [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin’]]. | | |introduction = '''If You Feel Like Dancin'''' is the first track on [[94 East]]’s first collection of studio recordings [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], featuring [[Prince]] on guitar and synthesizer. Soon after the album’s release, [[Single: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin’]] was released as the album’s second and final single. The track has featured on every collection of [[94 East]]’s early recordings. In 1992, it was included as the third track on the first disc of [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius - Featuring Prince]] (as '''If You Feel Like Dancin’ (Instr.)'''). In 1995, the original, previously-unreleased, version was included as the second track on the first disc of [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|Symbolic Beginning]] (re-released in 1999 as [[Album: Symbolic Beginning|The Legends Collection]]). In 2000, it was included as the second track on [[Album: 94 East Featuring Prince|94 East Featuring Prince]]. Also in 2000, it was included as the fifth track on the first disc of [[Album: One Man Jam|One Man Jam]]. In 2002, it was included as the second track on the first disc of [[Album: If You Feel Like Dancin'|If You Feel Like Dancin’]]. |
| A preliminary version of the song was recorded in February 1978 at Sound Palace Studios in New York, during a day of sessions led by [[Pepé Willie]] intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient The Main Ingredient] to use as demos for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Anthony_and_the_Imperials Little Anthony and the Imperials], who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced [[One Man Jam]], [[I Feel For You]], [[Thrill You Or Kill You]], [[With You]] and [[André Cymone]]’s original version of [[Do Me, Baby]]). | | A preliminary version of the song was recorded in February 1978 at Sound Palace Studios in New York, during a day of sessions led by [[Pepé Willie]] intended for Tony Silvester, leader of the group [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Main_Ingredient The Main Ingredient] to use as demos for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Anthony_and_the_Imperials Little Anthony and the Imperials], who he wanted to produce (the one-day session also produced [[One Man Jam]]). |
| As with the other tracks included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], additional recording was done by [[Pepé Willie]] at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. | | As with the other tracks included on [[Album: Minneapolis Genius|Minneapolis Genius]], additional recording was done by [[Pepé Willie]] at Blue Wave Recording Studio, St. Philip, Barbados. |
