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"Le Freak" is a 1978 funk-disco song by American R&B band Chic. It was the band's third single and first Billboard Hot 100 and R&B number-one hit song. [2] [3] Along with the tracks "I Want Your Love" and "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak" scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks. [4]
During late 1978, the band released the album C'est Chic, containing one of its better-known tracks, "Le Freak". It was created in a jam session in Edwards' apartment, after they had failed on New Year's Eve 1977 to meet with Grace Jones at New York's nightclub Studio 54 .
C'est Chic includes the band's signature hit "Le Freak", which topped the US Hot 100 chart, US R&B, and US Club Play in October 1978, [4] selling six million copies in the US. The album also contains the hit single "I Want Your Love" (number 5 R&B, [4] number 7 Pop, [4] number 4 UK [5]).
Alfa Anderson, the disco queen who was an integral member of Nile Rodgers' influential band Chic, died Dec. 16 at 78.. Her publicist, Tonya Hawley, confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly and ...
Related: Watch Nile Rodgers Surprise Roller-Skating Fans Listening to Chic's 'Le Freak' in London's Hyde Park In recent years, Anderson released Music from My Heart in 2017, her very first full ...
The Chic Organization, 1977–1979 (2018) [14] 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.
"I Want Your Love" is a song by American band Chic from their second studio album C'est Chic (1978). Featuring a solo lead vocal by Alfa Anderson, the song became a very successful follow-up to their hit single "Le Freak".
The Very Best of Chic is a compilation album of recordings by American R&B band Chic, released by Rhino Records/Warner Music in 2000. The compilation covers the band's hits and best-known album tracks recorded between the years 1977 and 1982. All selections are original full-length album versions.