Tongue in Chic

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Tongue In Chic
Studio album by Chic
Released	November 1 1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Disco / Funk / R&B / Jazz / Samba
Length	32:42
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Chic chronology
Soup For One (1982) Tongue In Chic (1982) Believer (1983) Alternate cover Real People + Tongue In Chic 2006 reissue.

Tongue In Chic is the sixth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in late 1982. The album includes the single "Hangin'" (R&B #48). Tongue In Chic was the second Chic album to peak outside Billboards 100 chart (#173), it did however reach #47 on the R&B chart.
The album was the second of two projects to be written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers in 1982, the other being the soundtrack to movie Soup For One.
The Tongue in Chic album was transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991.
Tongue In Chic coupled with 1980s album Real People was digitally remastered and reissued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006.

Contents 1 Tracklisting 2 Personnel 2.1 Production 2.2 US Singles

[edit] Tracklisting

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

1. "Hangin'" - 5:12 Listen (help·info)
2. "I Feel Your Love Comin' On" - 6:52
3. "When You Love Someone" - 5:06

Side B:

1. "Chic (Everybody Say)" - 4:46
2. "Hey Fool" - 3:40
3. "Sharing Love" - 2:40
4. "City Lights" - 4:26

[edit] Personnel

• Alfa Anderson - vocals
• Dolette McDonald - vocals
• Fonzi Thornton - vocals
• Jocelyn Brown - vocals
• Luci Martin - vocals
• Michelle Cobbs - vocals
• Bernard Edwards - vocals, bass guitar
• Nile Rodgers - vocals, guitar
• Marty Celay - guitar
• Tony Thompson - drums
• Raymond Jones - keyboards
• Rob Sabino - keyboards
• Sammy Figuerora - percussion
• Robert Arron - saxophone
• Ray Maldonado - trumpet
• Gene Orloff - strings

[edit] Production

• Bernard Edwards - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
• Nile Rodgers - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
• Bill Scheniman - sound engineer
• Jason Corsaro - sound engineer
• Scott Litt - sound mix
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Recorded and mixed at Power Station NYC.
• Mastered at Atlantic Studios NYC.

[edit] US Singles

"Hangin'"

• "Hangin'" (7" Edit) - 3:35 / "City Lights" - 4:26 (Atlantic 7" 89954 October 12 1982)
  
• "Hangin'" - 5:13 / "Hangin'" (7" Edit) - 3:35 (Atlantic promo 12" DMD 371, 1982)
  

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