Released November 22, 1977 Length 37:43 Release date 22 November 1977 | Recorded 1977 | |
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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