Released November 22, 1977 Length 37:43 Release date 22 November 1977 | Recorded 1977 Artist Chic Label Atlantic Records | |
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Studio Electric Lady Studios and The Power Station, New York City, New York, United States Genres Disco, Funk, Rhythm and blues Producers Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards Similar Chic albums, Disco albums |
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Chic is the self-titled debut album by the American R&B band, Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1977. The cover art featured two models - Valentine Monnier (left) and Alva Chinn (right) - uncredited, in a photograph taken by Frank Laffitte.
Contents
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- Chic dance dance dance
- Release
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Production
- Songs
- References
Chic dance dance dance
Release
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
All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers; unless otherwise noted.
- "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Edwards, Kenny Lehman, Rodgers) - 8:21
- "São Paulo" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 5:01
- "You Can Get By" - 5:36
- "Everybody Dance" - 6:41
- "Est-ce que c'est Chic?" - 3:53
- "Falling in Love with You" - 4:29
- "Strike Up the Band" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 4:32
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Dance - Dance - Dance (Yowsah - Yowsah - Yowsah)8:21
2São Paulo5:01
3You Can Get By5:36