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"Good Times" is a disco soul song by American R&B band Chic, released in June 1979 by Atlantic Records as the first single from their third album, Risqué (1979). It ranks 68th on Rolling Stone ' s list of the " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ", [ 1 ] and has become one of the most sampled songs in music history, most notably in hip hop music .
Chic released four new albums during the 2000s (three compilations, and one live album): The Very Best of Chic (2000), Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (2005), A Night in Amsterdam (2006), and The Definitive Groove Collection (2006).
Risqué is the third studio album by American disco band Chic, released on Atlantic Records on July 30, 1979. One of the records that defined the disco era, [3] the album became highly influential not only within the movement, but also in other styles such as hip hop, art rock and new wave. [4]
Chic dissolved shortly after, but Anderson went on to sing backing vocals on many of the songs Rodgers wrote and produced, including ones by Diana Ross, Johnny Mathis, Bryan Adams, and Mick Jagger.
From there, Anderson would go on to record other notable hits like “Le Freak” and “Good Times,” bringing Chic to the mainstream. “Le Freak,” one of the band’s most successful singles
The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge is a compilation album of recordings by American R&B bands Chic and Sister Sledge, released by Rhino Records/Warner Music in 1999. An expanded two-disc edition of the compilation was released by Warner Music in 2005, under the title Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes.
A few weeks later, Rodgers was on the dance floor of New York club Leviticus and heard the DJ play a song which opened with Bernard Edwards' bass line from Chic's "Good Times". Rodgers approached the DJ who said he was playing a record he had just bought that day in Harlem. The song turned out to be an early version of "Rapper's Delight", which ...
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), BPI: Silver [12] Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Vol.1 Savoir Faire (box set, 2010, Rhino Records, reissued 2013)