Chic discography
| Chic discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 12 |
| Singles | 22 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
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. The group's first studio album in 23 years, titled It's About Time will be released in June 2015. 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 Organization'.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [4] |
GER [5] |
NLD [6] |
NOR [7] |
SWE [8] |
UK [9] | |||||
| 1977 | Chic
|
27 | 12 | 67 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| ||
| 1978 | C'est Chic
|
4 | 1 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 16 | 2 | |||
| 1979 | Risqué
|
5 | 2 | 75 | — | 15 | — | — | — | 37 | 29 | |||
| 1980 | Real People
|
30 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 19 | — | |||
| 1981 | Take It Off
|
124 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | Tongue in Chic
|
173 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | Believer
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | |||
| 1992 | Chic-ism
|
— | 39 | — | — | — | 55 | 44 | — | 42 | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
- Live at the Budokan (1999)
- A Night in Amsterdam (2006)
Compilation albums
- Charting compilations
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] |
NLD [6] |
UK [9] | |||||||||||
| 1979 | Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits
|
88 | 44 | 47 | 30 | |||||||||
| 1987 | Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge
|
— | — | — | 72 | |||||||||
| 2013 | Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Up All Night
|
— | — | — | 2* | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
* Compilation albums chart.
- Complete list
- Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979, Atlantic Records)
- Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988, Atlantic Records/WEA)
- Megachic: Best of Chic (1990, Warner Music/Atlantic Records)
- Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991, Atlantic Records/Rhino Records/Warner Music)
- The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992, Atlantic Records/Rhino Records/Warner Music)
- Everybody Dance (1995, Rhino Records/Warner Music)
- Chic Freak and More Treats (1996, A440 Music Group)
- Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997, Rhino Records/Warner Music)
- The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999, Rhino Records/Warner Music)
- The Very Best of Chic (2000, Rhino Records/Warner Music)
- Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005, Warner Music)
- The Definitive Groove Collection (2006, Rhino Records/Warner Music)
- Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Vol.1 Savoir Faire (box set, 2010, Rhino Records, reissued 2013)
- Original Album Series: Chic + C'est Chic + Risqué + Real People + Take It Off (2011, Rhino Records/Atlantic Records)
- Magnifique: The Very Best of Chic (2011, Music Club Deluxe)
- Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Up All Night (2013, Rhino Records)
All of the combined Chic and Sister Sledge compilations also contain some Sister Sledge material without Chic's involvement. The two "Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization" collections contain "Chic Organization" productions for other artists alongside Chic's own material.
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] |
US R&B [13] |
US Dan [13] |
US A/C [13] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
CAN [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [14] |
NLD [15] |
NZ [16] |
NOR [7] |
UK [9] | |||
| 1977 | "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" | 6 | 6 | 1 | — | 28 | — | 6 | 40 | 11 | 22 | 15 | — | 6 | Chic |
| "Everybody Dance" | 38 | 12 | — | — | — | 45 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 9 | |||
| "You Can Get By" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1978 | "Le Freak" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | C'est Chic |
| "I Want Your Love" | 7 | 5 | 9 | 81 | — | 10 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 15 | — | 4 | |||
| "Chic Cheer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1979 | "Good Times" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 48 | — | 2 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 8 | — | 5 | Risqué |
| "My Forbidden Lover" | 43 | 33 | — | — | — | — | 47 | 28 | 23 | — | — | 15 | |||
| "My Feet Keep Dancing" | 101 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | 21 | |||
| 1980 | "Rebels Are We" | 61 | 8 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Real People |
| "Real People" | 79 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Chip off the Old Block" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 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" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | |
| "Party Everybody" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | ||
| "Chic Cheer" (1984 Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | Non-album single | |
| 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 | — | — | 20 | — | 25 | — | 19 | — | — | 48 | Chic-Ism |
| "Your Love" | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 91 | — | 73 | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | "I'll Be There" | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | It's About Time |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
As featured performer
| Year | Title | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN | NLD | UK | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | "Together" | Odyssey | — | — | — | Happy Together | ||||||||
| 2006 | "Sensitivity" | Shapeshifters | 18 | 21 | 40 | Sound Advice | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
- "Happy Together" is written and played by Rodgers and Edwards, with regular Chic member Robert Sabino also appearing, but produced by Jimmy Douglass.
- "Sensitivity" samples an unreleased Chic track, "Love and Be Loved", with additional guitar by Rodgers.
Artists produced by Chic
Albums
| Year | Artist | Album details | Peak Chart positions [17][18][19][20] |
Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK | ||||
| 1978 | Norma Jean Wright | Norma Jean
|
— | — | — | |
| 1979 | Sister Sledge | We Are Family
|
3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1980 | Sheila and B. Devotion | King of the World
|
— | — | — | |
| Sister Sledge | Love Somebody Today
|
31 | 7 | — | ||
| Diana Ross | diana
|
2 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 1981 | Debbie Harry | Koo Koo
|
28 | — | 6 | |
| Johnny Mathis | I Love My Lady
|
— | — | — | ||
| 1982 | Fonzi Thornton | Untitled
|
— | — | — | |
| Various Artists (soundtrack album) | Soup for One
|
168 | 42 | — | ||
The title of the Fonzi Thornton album is given by several websites as Frostbite, though there is no known official source for this.
The core members of Chic (Edwards, Rodgers and Thompson, together with keyboard player Robert Sabino) also performed together on Madonna's 1984 album Like a Virgin, which was produced by Rodgers, though it is not officially a Chic Organization work.
Singles
| Year | Artist | Title | Peak chart positions [18][20][27][28] |
Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Dan | US A/C | UK | ||||
| 1978 | Norma Jean Wright | "Saturday" | 103 | 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" | — | 35 | — | 17 | ||||
| Norma Jean Wright | "High Society" | — | 19 | 92 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 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 | ||||
| "My Old Piano" | 109 | — | — | — | 5 | |||
| 1981 | Debbie Harry | "Backfired" | 43 | 71 | 29 | — | 32 | Koo Koo |
| "The Jam Was Moving" | 82 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | Diana Ross | "Tenderness" | — | — | — | — | 73 | diana |
| Carly Simon | "Why" | 74 | — | — | — | 10 | Soup for One | |
| 1984 | Sister Sledge | "Thinking of You" | — | — | — | — | 11 | We Are Family |
| "Lost In Music" (1984 Remix by Nile Rodgers) | — | — | — | — | 4 | |||
| "We Are Family" (1984 Remix by Bernard Edwards) | — | — | — | — | 33 | |||
| 1993 | "Thinking of You" ('93 Mixes by RAMP) | — | — | — | — | 21 | The Very Best of Sister Sledge (1973–1993) | |
| "Lost In Music" (Sure Is Pure Remixes) | — | — | — | — | 14 | |||
| "We Are Family" ('93 Mixes by Sure Is Pure) | — | — | 31 | — | 5 | |||
References
- 1 2 3 4 "US Albums Charts > Chic". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- 1 2 David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- 1 2 "AUT Charts > Chic". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- 1 2 "CAN Charts > Chic". RPM. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
- 1 2 "GER Charts > Chic". Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- 1 2 "NL Charts > Chic". MegaCharts. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- 1 2 "NOR Charts > Chic". VG-lista. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- ↑ "Swedish Charts > Chic". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- 1 2 3 "UK Charts > Chic". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
- 1 2 3 "US Certifications > Chic". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ↑ "CAN Certifications > Chic". Music Canada. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- 1 2 "UK Certified Awards Search > Chic". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- 1 2 3 4 "US Singles Charts > Chic". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
- ↑ "IRE Charts Search > Chic". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ↑ "NL Singles Charts > Chic". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
- ↑ "NZ Charts > Chic". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- ↑ "US Albums Charts > Sister Sledge". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- 1 2 "UK Charts >Sister Sledge". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ↑ "US Albums Charts > Diana Ross". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- 1 2 "UK Charts >Diana Ross". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ↑ "US Certifications > Sister Sledge". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ↑ "UK Certified Awards Search > Sister Sledge". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ↑ "US Certifications > Diana Ross". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ↑ "UK Certified Awards Search > Diana Ross". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ↑ "US Certifications > Debbie Harry". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ↑ "UK Certified Awards Search > Debbie Harry". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ↑ "US Singles Charts > Sister Sledge". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ↑ "US Singles Charts > Diana Ross". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
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