- Chic discography
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Chic discography Releases ↙Studio albums 8 ↙Live albums 2 ↙Compilation albums 12 ↙Singles 21 This is the discography for the band Chic. The group released a number of albums in the period 1977 to 1983. After 1983's Believer the group did not record a studio album until 1992's Chic-Ism. The Band have since continued to tour and release live and compilation albums. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced for a series of artists in the years 1978 to 1982. They sometimes produced under the name 'The Chic Organisation'.
Contents
Albums
Studio albums
Year Title Chart positions [1][2] Certifications
(sales thresholds)U.S. U.S. R&B U.K. 1977 Chic - Released: November 22, 1977
- Label: Atlantic Records
27 12 – - Gold (US)
1978 C'est Chic - Released: August 11, 1978
- Label: Atlantic
4 1 2 - Platinum (US)
- UK: Gold
1979 Risqué - Released: July 30, 1979
- Label: Atlantic
5 2 29 - Platinum (US)
- UK: Silver
1980 Real People - Released: June 30, 1980
- Label: Atlantic
30 8 – 1981 Take It Off - Released: November 16, 1981
- Label: Atlantic
124 36 – 1982 Tongue in Chic - Released: November 1, 1982
- Label: Atlantic
173 47 – 1983 Believer - Released: November 14, 1983
- Label: Atlantic
– – – 1992 Chic-Ism - Released: March 3, 1992
- Label: Warner Bros. Records
– 39 – Live albums
- Live at the Budokan (1999)
- A Night in Amsterdam (2006)
Compilation albums
- Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979, Atlantic) (US #88[1], US R&B #44[1], UK #30[2])
- 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)
- Chic Freak and More Treats (1996)
- 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)
Soundtrack albums
- Soup for One (1982)
Singles
Year Title Chart positions [3][4][5][6][2] Album U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Dance U.S. A/C IRL NL NZ U.K. 1977 "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" 6 6 1 – 11 22 15 6 Chic "Everybody Dance" 38 12 – 6 – – 9 1978 "Le Freak" 1 1 1 48 20 5 1 7 C'est Chic "I Want Your Love" 7 5 9 20 14 15 4 1979 "Good Times" 1 1 3 26 21 22 8 5 Risqué "My Forbidden Lover" 43 33 – 28 23 – 15 "My Feet Keep Dancing" 101 42 – 18 – – 21 1980 "Rebels Are We" 61 8 29 – – – – – Real People "Real People" / "Chip off the Old Block" 79 51 – – – – – 1981 "Stage Fright" 105 34 – – – – – – Take It Off 1982 "Soup for One" 80 14 – – – – – – Soup for One "Hangin'" – 48 – – – 40 – 64 Tongue in Chic 1983 "Give Me the Lovin'" – 57 – – – – – – Believer 1984 "You Are Beautiful" – – – – – 9 – – "Party Everybody" – – – – – 43 – – "Chic Cheer (1984 Mix)" – – – – – – – 81 — 1987 "Jack Le Freak" – – 15 – 13 6 13 19 1988 "Good Times (New Single Mix '88)" – – – – – 63 – – 1990 "MegaChic - Chic Medley" – – – – – – – 58 1992 "Chic Mystique" – 48 1 – – 19 – 48 Chic-Ism "Your Love" – – 3 – – 73 – – Artists produced by Chic
Albums
Year Artist Title Chart positions [7][8][9][10] Certifications
(sales thresholds)U.S. U.S. R&B U.K. 1978 Norma Jean Wright Norma Jean - Label: Bearsville/Warner Bros.
– – – 1979 Sister Sledge We Are Family - Label: Cotillion/Atlantic
3 1 7 - Platinum (US)[11]
1980 Sheila and B. Devotion King of the World - Label: Mirage/Atco/Atlantic
– – – Sister Sledge Love Somebody Today - Label: Cotillion/Atlantic
31 7 – Diana Ross Diana - Label: Motown/MCA
2 1 12 - Platinum (US)
1981 Debbie Harry Koo Koo - Label: Chrysalis/CBS
28 – 6 - Gold (US)
- Silver (UK)
Johnny Mathis I Love My Lady - Label: Columbia/CBS (Unreleased)
– – – 1982 Fonzi Thornton Untitled - Label: Unreleased
– – – Various Artists (soundtrack album) Soup for One - Label: Warner Bros.
168 42 – Singles
Year Artist Title Chart positions [12][8][13][10] Album U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Dance U.S. A/C U.K. 1978 Norma Jean Wright "Saturday" – 15 10 – – Norma Jean 1979 Sister Sledge "He's The Greatest Dancer" 9 1 1 – 6 We Are Family "We Are Family" 2 1 30 7 "Lost in Music" 44 35 – – 17 Norma Jean Wright "High Society" – 19 92 – – — 1980 Sheila & B. Devotion "Spacer" – 28 44 – 18 King of the World Sister Sledge "Got to Love Somebody Today" 64 6 34 – 34 Love Somebody Today "Reach Your Peak" 101 21 – – "Let's Go on Vacation" – 63 – – – Diana Ross "Upside Down" 1 1 1 18 2 Diana "I'm Coming Out" 5 5 – 13 1981 Debbie Harry "Backfired" 43 71 29 – 32 Koo Koo "The Jam Was Moving" 82 – – – – 1982 Carly Simon "Why" 74 – – – 10 Soup For One 1984 Sister Sledge "Thinking of You" - – – – 11 We Are Family - Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" and "Lost In Music" re-charted in the UK in 1984 (#33 and #4, respectively) and in 1993 (#5 and #14, respectively).
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Main albums Chic (1977) · C'est Chic (1978) · Risqué (1979) · Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979) · Real People (1980) · Take It Off (1981) · Soup For One (soundtrack) (1982) · Tongue in Chic (1982) · Believer (1983) · Chic-Ism (1992) · Chic Freak and More Treats (1996) · Live at the Budokan (1999) · A Night in Amsterdam (2006)Produced by Chic Norma Jean Wright: Norma Jean (1978) · Sister Sledge: We Are Family (1979) · Sheila and B. Devotion: King of the World (1980) · Sister Sledge: Love Somebody Today (1980) · Diana Ross: diana (1980) · Debbie Harry: Koo Koo (1981)Main compilations 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)Categories:- Rhythm and blues discographies
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