C'est Chic

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C'est Chic
Studio album by Chic
Released	August 11 1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Disco / Funk / R&B / Jazz
Length	41:23
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Professional reviews
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Chic chronology
Chic (1977) C'est Chic (1978) Risqué (1979)

C'est Chic is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978. C'est Chic includes the band's classic hit "Le Freak" which topped the US Hot 100 chart, US R&B, and US Club Play in October 1978, selling six million copies in the US alone and is to date both Atlantic Records' and parent company Warner Music's bestselling single ever - a record it's held for nearly thirty years. C'est Chic also contains follow-up single " I Want Your Love" (#5 R&B, #7 Pop February 17, 1979) and the track which since has become the band's anthem; "Chic Cheer".
The C'est Chic album reached #4 on Billboard's album chart and topped the US R&B chart.
C'est Chic was transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991 (catalogue number 7567-81552-2), and remains one of two Chic studio albums never to have been reissued in digitally remastered form.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 US Singles

[edit] Track listing

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

1. "Chic Cheer" - 4:42
2. "Le Freak" - 5:23 Listen (help·info)
3. "Savoir Faire" - 5:01
4. "Happy Man" - 4:17

Side B:

1. " I Want Your Love" - 6:45 Listen (help·info)
2. "At Last I Am Free" - 7:08
3. "Sometimes You Win" - 4:26
4. "(Funny) Bone" - 3:41

[edit] Personnel

• Alfa Anderson - vocals
• Bernard Edwards - vocals, bass guitar
• Diva Gray - vocals
• Luci Martin - vocals
• David Lasley - vocals
• Luther Vandross - vocals
  
• Nile Rodgers - guitar
  
• Tony Thompson - drums
  
• Robert Sabino - clavinet, acoustic piano and electric piano
• Andy Schwartz - clavinet, acoustic piano and electric piano
  
• Raymond Jones - Fender Rhodes
  
• Sammy Figueroa - percussion
  
• Jose Rossy - tubular bells
  
• Marianne Carroll (The Chic Strings) - strings
• Cheryl Hong (The Chic Strings) - strings
• Karen Milne (The Chic Strings) - strings
  
• Jon Faddis - trumpet
• Ellen Seeling - trumpet
  
• Alex Foster - saxophone
• Jean Fineberg - saxophone
  
• Barry Rodgers - trombone
  
• Gene Orloff - concert master
  

[edit] Production

• Bernard Edwards - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
• Nile Rodgers - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
• Bob Clearmountain - sound engineer
• Burt Szerlip - engineer
• Jeff Hendrickson - engineer
• Ray Willard - engineer
  
• All songs recorded and mixed at Power Station in New York. Mastered at Atlantic Studios, N.Y.

[edit] US Singles

"Le Freak"

• "Le Freak" (7" Edit) - 3:30 /"Savoir Faire" - 4:57 (Atlantic 7" 3519, September 21 1978)
  
• "Le Freak" - 5:23 / "Savoir Faire" - 4:57 (Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 131, 1978)
  
• "Le Freak" - 5:23 / "You Can Get By" - 5:36 (Atlantic 12" DK 4620, 1978)
  
• "Le Freak" - 5:23 / "Savoir Faire" - 4:57 (Atlantic 12" DK 4700, 1978)
  
• "Le Freak" - 5:23 / "You Can Get By" - 5:36 (Atlantic Oldies promo 12" DSKO 178, 1979)
  

"I Want Your Love"

• "I Want Your Love" (7" Edit) - 3:28 / "(Funny) Bone" - 3:41 (Atlantic 7" 3557, January 29 1979)
  
• "I Want Your Love" - 6:53 / "(Funny) Bone" - 3:41 (Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 146, 1979)
  
• "I Want Your Love" - 6:53 / "(Funny) Bone" - 3:41 (Atlantic 12" DK 4712, 1979)
  

v • d • e Chic 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) · Deborah 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)