Chic (album)

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Chic
Studio album by Chic
Released	November 22 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Disco / Funk / R&B / Jazz / Samba
Length	37:43
Label	Atlantic Records Wounded Bird Records
Producer	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Chic chronology
Chic (1977) C'est Chic (1978)

Chic is the debut album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1977. It includes the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - originally released on label Buddha 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 transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991.
The album was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers unless otherwise noted.
Side A:

1. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 8:21 Listen (help·info)
2. "Sao Paulo" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 5:01
3. "You Can Get By" - 5:36

Side B:

1. "Everybody Dance" - 6:41 Listen (help·info)
2. "Est-Ce Que C'est Chic?" - 3:53
3. "Falling in Love with You" - 4:29
4. "Strike Up the Band" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 4:32

[edit] Personnel

• Norma Jean Wright - vocals
• Luther Vandross - vocals
• David Lasley - vocals
• Alfa Anderson - vocals
• Robin Clark - vocals
• Diva Gray - vocals
• Bernard Edwards - bass guitar, vocals
• Nile Rodgers - guitars , vocals
• Kenny Lehman - woodwinds
• Tony Thompson - drums
• David Friedman - Orchestral Bells, Vibraphones
• Raymond Jones - keyboards
• Robert Sabino - keyboards
• Andy Schwartz - keyboards
• Tom Coppola - keyboards
• George Young - flute, tenor saxophone
• Vito Rendace - flute, tenor saxophone
• Jon Faddis - trumpet
• Barry Rodgers - trombone
• Sammy Figueroa - percussion
• Alfred Brown - strings contractor
• Gloria Augustini - harp

[edit] Production

• Bernard Edwards - record producer
• Nile Rodgers - producer
• Kenny Lehman - co-producer (track B1)
• Bob Clearmountain - sound engineer
• Bob Drake - engineer
• Michael Frondelli - engineer
• Ron Johnson - engineer
• Savarese - engineer
• Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York; vocals and mix at Power Station, New York

[edit] US Singles

Early formation of the band: Tony Thompson, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers & Norma Jean Wright

"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Buddah Records)

• "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (7" Edit) - 3:41 / "Sao Paulo" - 5:01 (Buddah 7" BDA 583, 1977)
• "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21 / "Sao Paulo" - 5:01 (Buddah 12" DSC 121, 1977)

"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Atlantic Records re-issue)

• "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (7" Edit) - 3:41 / "Sao Paulo" - 5:01 (Atlantic 7" 3435, September 30 1977)
• "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21 / (7" Edit) - 3:41 (Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 101, 1977)
• "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21 / "Sao Paulo" - 5:01 (Atlantic 12" DK 4600, 1977)
• "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21 / " Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) - 8:25 (Atlantic 12" DK 4621, 1978)

"Everybody Dance"

• "Everybody Dance" (7" Edit) - 3:30 / "You Can Get By" (7" Edit) - 3:59 (Atlantic 7" 3469, 1978)
• "Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) - 8:25 / "You Can Get By" - 5:36 (Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 109, 1978)
• "Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) - 8:25 / "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21 (Atlantic 12" DK 4621, 1978)
• "Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) - 8:25 / "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21 (Atlantic Oldies promo 12" DSKO 179, 1979)