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 Chic is the creation of Nile
Rodgers and Bernard Edwards
who formed the group in 1972 - two years after
meeting in New York City. In the late 70s, Chic
topped the pop, soul, and disco charts and gave
the dance music sound some added credibility with
Rodgers being a premiere guitarist and Edwards on
bass. The original members of Chic included
Rodgers, Edwards, Tony Thompson on drums, Tom
Coppola on keyboards, and vocalists Norma Jean
Wright and Luci Martin.
 October 22: Chic topped the Billboard
Dance/Disco chart for 8 weeks with "Dance,
Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)."
 December 10: Chic hit the Billboard
Top 40 chart with "Dance, Dance, Dance
(Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)."
- February 11: Chic hit the Billboard
Top 10 with "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah,
Yowsah, Yowsah)."
 June 17: Chic hit the Billboard
Top 40 chart with "Everybody Dance."
- November 18: Chic hit the Billboard
Top 40 chart with their biggest hit "Le
Freak." The famous chorus 'aaa, freak out'
originally sung 'aaa, freak off' (a take on 'aaa,
f*ck off'.
 November 25: Chic topped the Billboard
Dance/Disco chart for 7 weeks with "Le Freak
/ I Want Your Love / Chic Cheer."
- December 2: Chic topped the Billboard
Soul Singles chart for 5 weeks with "Le
Freak."
- December 9: Chic topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart for 6 weeks with "Le
Freak."
- December 16: Chic topped the Billboard
Soul LPs chart for 11 weeks with C'est
Chic.
    
 March 10: Chic hit the Billboard
Top 40 chart with "I Want Your Love."
- April 21: Chic hit the Billboard
Top 10 with "I Want Your Love."
- July 7: Chic hit the Billboard
Top 40 chart with "Good Times."
- July 28: Chic topped the Billboard
Hot Soul Singles chart for 6 weeks with
"Good Times."
 July 30: Chic released Risque.
- August 18: Chic topped the Billboard
Hot 100 chart for 1 week with "Good
Times."
- While enjoying the
success of Chic, Rodgers and Edwards also helped
compose, produce, arrange, and perform with many
soul and disco artists including Sister
Sledge, Diana Ross, and Debbie
Harry.
   
 March 3: Chic released Chic-ism. - March 21: Chic topped the Dance
Music Club Play chart for 1 week with "Chic
Mystique."
 February 23: The live LP Live
At The Budokan was released. The set includes live
performances from April 17, 1996 in Tokyo - and
the last performance of Bernard Edwards who died
the following day of pneumonia.
- September 19: Chic was inducted into
the Dance Music Hall of Fame.
- June 20: Chic 'featuring Nile
Rodgers' topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs
chart for 1 week with "I'll Be There."
 March 21: The National Recording
Registry selected "Le Freak" for
preservation noting the song being
"...culturally, historically, or
artistically significant."
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Chic
Released: November 22, 1977
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 27
Tracks: "Dance, Dance,
Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah" -
"Sao Paulo" - "You Can Get
By" - "Everybody Dance" -
"Est-ce que c'est Chic?" -
"Falling In Love With You" -
"Strike Up The Band"
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C'est
Chic
Released: August 11, 1978
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 4
Billboard # 1: Soul LPs
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Chic
Cheer" - "Le Freak" -
"Savoir Faire" - "Happy
Man" - "I Want Your Love" -
"At Last I Am Free" -
"Sometimes You Win" - "(Funny)
Bone"
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Risque
Released: July 30, 1979
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 5
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Good
Times" - "A Warm Summer Night"
- "My Feet Keep Dancing" - "My
Forbidden Love" - "Can't Stand To
Love You" - "Will You Cry (When You
Hear This Song)" - "What About
Me?"
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Les
Plus Grands Succes De Chic: Chic's Greatest
Hits
Released: December, 1979
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 88
Tracks: "Le Freak"
(7" Edit) - "I Want Your Love"
(7" Edit) - "Dance, Dance, Dance
(Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (7" Edit)
- "Everybody Dance" (12" Mix)
- "Chic Cheer" - "Good
Times" (12" Mix) - "My Feet
Keep Dancing"
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Real
People
Released: June 30, 1980
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 30
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Open Up" -
"Real People" - "I Loved You
More" - "I Got Protection" -
"Rebels Are We" - "Chip Off
The Old Block" - "26" -
"You Can't Do It Alone"
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Take
It Off
Released: November 16, 1981
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 124
Tracks: "Stage
Fright" - "Burn Hard" -
"So Fine" - "Flash Back"
- "Telling Lies" - "Your Love
Is Cancelled" - "Would You Be My
Baby" - "Take It Off" -
"Just Out Of Reach" - "Baby
Doll"
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Tongue
In Chic
Released: November 1, 1982
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 173
Tracks: "Hangin'" -
"I Feel Your Love Comin' On" -
"When You Love Someone" -
"Chic (Everybody Say)" - "Hey
Fool" - "Sharing Love" -
"City Lights"
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Believer
Released: November 14, 1983
Tracks: "Believer"
- "You Are Beautiful" - "Take
A Closer Look" - "Give Me The
Lovin'" - "Show Me Your Light"
- "You Got Some Love For Me" -
"In Love With Music" - "Party
Everybody"
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Freak
Out: The Greatest Hits Of Chic And Sister
Sledge
Released: 1987
Chic Tracks: "Le Freak"
(7" Edit) - "I Want Your Love"
(7" Edit) - "Everybody Dance"
(7" Edit) - "My Forbidden
Lover" - "Good Times" (7"
Edit) - "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah,
Yowsah, Yowsah)" (7" Edit) -
"My Feet Keep Dancing" (7"
Edit) - "Jack Le Freak" ('Le Freak'
1987 Remix) (7" Edit)
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Chic-ism
Released: March 3, 1992
Tracks: "Chic
Mstique" - "Your Love" -
"Jusagroove" - "Something You
Can Feel" - "One And Only One"
- "Doin' That Thing To Me" -
"Chicism" - "In It To Win
It" - "My Love's For Real" -
"Take My Love" - "High" -
"M.M.F.T.C.F." - "Chic
Mystique" (Reprise)
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Live
At The Budokan
Released: February 23, 1999
Live Tracks: "Bernard
Introduction" - "Band
Introduction" - "Le Freak"
(with Slash) - "Dance, Dance, Dance
(Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - "I Want
Your Love" - "Sister Sledge
Intro" - "We Are Family" (with
Sister Sledge) - "Do That Dance" -
"Good Times" (Intro) - "Good
Times/Rapper's Delight" - "Stone
Free" (Intro) - "Stone Free"
(with Steve Winwood & Slash) - "Chic
Cheer" - "Backstage" -
"Bernard #2"
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It's
About Time
Released: September 28 2018
Tracks: "Till The World
Falls" (featuring Mura Masa, Cosha &
Vic Mensa) -"Boogie All Night"
(featuring Nao) - "Sober"
(featuring Craig David & Stefflon Don) -
"Do You Wanna Party" - "Dance
With Me" (featuring Hailee Steinfeld) -
"I Dance My Dance" - "State Of
Mine (It's About Time) (featuring Philippe
Saisse) - "Queen" (featuring Elton
John & Emeli Sande) - "I Want Your
Love" (featuring Lady Gaga) - "New
Jack Sober" (Teddy Riley Version)
(featuring Craig David & Stefflon Don)
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