Chic (album)

1977 studio album by Chic

Chic

Studio album by

Chic

Released| November 22, 1977 (1977-11-22)
Recorded| 1977
Studio|

* Electric Lady, New York City
* Power Station, New York City

Genre|

* Disco
* R&B

Length| 38:33
Label| Atlantic
Producer|

* Nile Rodgers
* Bernard Edwards
* Kenny Lehman

Chic chronology
|  | Chic
(1977)  | C'est Chic
(1978)

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Singles from  Chic

1. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
Released: 30 September 1977 [1]
2. "Everybody Dance"
Released: March 1978

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Christgau's Record Guide| B−[3]
Pitchfork| 7.6/10[4]

Chic is the debut album by Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1977.[2] The cover art featured two models, Valentine Monnier (left) and Alva Chinn (right), uncredited in a photograph taken by Frank Laffitte.

## Release

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It includes the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - originally released on Buddah Records \- (US Hot 100 #6, R&B #6, US Club Play #1, UK #6) and "Everybody Dance" (US Hot 100 #38, R&B #12, US Club Play #1, UK #9). Chic's debut album reached #27 on the US Pop charts, #12 on the R&B charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA, selling more than half a million copies.

Chic was released on compact disc by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991. The album was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006 and by Warner Music Japan in 2011.

## Track listing

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All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, except "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "São Paulo" by Edwards, Rodgers and Kenny Lehman.

Side oneNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"| 8:21
2.| "São Paulo"| 5:01
3.| "You Can Get By"| 5:36

Side twoNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Everybody Dance"| 6:41
2.| "Est-ce que c'est Chic?"| 3:53
3.| "Falling in Love with You"| 4:29
4.| "Strike Up the Band"| 4:32

## Personnel

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* Norma Jean Wright \- lead vocals (B1, B2, B3)
* Bernard Edwards \- lead vocals (A3), bass guitar
* Nile Rodgers \- guitar, vocals
* Tony Thompson \- drums
* Luther Vandross \- vocals
* Alfa Anderson - vocals
* David Lasley \- vocals
* Robin Clark \- vocals
* Diva Gray \- vocals
* Kenny Lehman - woodwinds
* David Friedman - orchestral bells, vibraphones
* Raymond Jones - keyboards
* Robert Sabino \- keyboards
* Andy Schwartz - keyboards
* Tom Coppola \- keyboards
* Jeremy Wall \- keyboards
* George Young - flute, tenor saxophone
* Vito Rendace - flute, tenor saxophone on "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
* Jon Faddis \- trumpet
* Jay Beckenstein \- saxophone on São Paulo
* Barry Rogers - trombone
* Gerardo Velez \- percussion
* Sammy Figueroa \- percussion
* Alfred Brown - strings contractor
* Gloria Agostini - harp
* Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Kenny Lehman - arrangements

## Production

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* Bernard Edwards \- record producer
* Nile Rodgers \- producer
* Kenny Lehman - co-producer (track B1)
* Bob Clearmountain \- sound engineer
* Bob Drake - engineer
* Michael Frondelli - engineer
* Ron Johnsen - engineer
* Tom Savarese \- engineer
* Marc Kreiner, Tom Cossie - executive producers
* Bob Defrin - art direction
* Lynn Dresse Breslin - design
* Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York; vocals and mixed at Power Station, New York

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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| Chart (1977–1978)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[5] | 27
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] | 12

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (1978)  | Position

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US Billboard 200[7] | 37
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[8] | 34

## Certifications and sales

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

|
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United States (RIAA)[9] | Gold  | 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ "Chic - Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)".
2. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. Chic at AllMusic
3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
4. ^ Beta, Andy (December 12, 2018). "Chic / Sister Sledge: The Chic Organization 1977–1979". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
5. ^ "Chic Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
6. ^ "Chic Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
7. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1978". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
8. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1978". Billboard. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
9. ^ "American album certifications – Chic – Chic". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

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* t
* e

Chic

* Bernard Edwards
* Nile Rodgers
* Tony Thompson
* Alfa Anderson
* Luci Martin
* Norma Jean Wright

* Fonzi Thornton
* Michelle Cobbs
* Nathaniel S. Hardy, Jr.
* Omar Hakim
* Robert Sabino
* Sylver Logan Sharp
* Luther Vandross

* Diva Gray
* Robin Clark

Studio albums|

* Chic (1977)
* C'est Chic (1978)
* Risqué (1979)
* Real People (1980)
* Take It Off (1981)
* Soup For One (1982)
* Tongue in Chic (1982)
* Believer (1983)
* Chic-ism (1992)
* It's About Time (2018)

Live albums|

* Live at the Budokan (1999)
* A Night in Amsterdam (2006)

Compilations|

* Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979)
* Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988)
* Megachic: Best of Chic (1990)
* Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991)
* The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992)
* Everybody Dance (1995)
* Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997)
* The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999)
* The Very Best of Chic (2000)
* Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005)
* The Definitive Groove Collection (2006)
* Up All Night (2013)

Singles|

* "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
* "Everybody Dance"
* "Le Freak"
* "I Want Your Love"
* "Good Times"
* "My Forbidden Lover"
* "My Feet Keep Dancing"
* "Rebels Are We"
* "Real People"
* "Stage Fright"
* "Soup for One"
* "Hangin'"
* "Chic Mystique"
* "I'll Be There"

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* Discography
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