Chic (album)

Chic is the debut album by Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1977. The cover art featured two models, Valentine Monnier (left) and Alva Chinn (right), uncredited in a photograph taken by Frank Laffitte.

Chic
Studio album by Chic
Released	November 22, 1977 (1977-11-22)
Recorded	1977
Studio	Electric Lady, New York City Power Station, New York City
Genre	Disco R&B
Length	38:33
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards Kenny Lehman
Chic chronology
Chic (1977) C'est Chic (1978)
Singles from Chic
"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" Released: 30 September 1977 "Everybody Dance" Released: March 1978

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B−
Pitchfork	7.6/10

Release

It includes the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - originally released on Buddah Records - (US Hot 100 #6, R&B #6, US Club Play #1, UK #6) and "Everybody Dance" (US Hot 100 #38, R&B #12, US Club Play #1, UK #9). Chic's debut album reached #27 on the US Pop charts, #12 on the R&B charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA, selling more than half a million copies.

Chic was released on compact disc by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991. The album was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006 and by Warner Music Japan in 2011.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, except "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "São Paulo" by Edwards, Rodgers and Kenny Lehman.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"	8:21
2.	"São Paulo"	5:01
3.	"You Can Get By"	5:36

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Everybody Dance"	6:41
2.	"Est-ce que c'est Chic?"	3:53
3.	"Falling in Love with You"	4:29
4.	"Strike Up the Band"	4:32

Personnel

• Norma Jean Wright - Lead vocals (B1, B2, B3)
• Bernard Edwards - Lead vocals (A3), bass guitar
• Nile Rodgers - guitar, vocals
• Tony Thompson - drums
• Luther Vandross - vocals
• Alfa Anderson - vocals
• David Lasley - vocals
• Robin Clark - vocals
• Diva Gray - vocals
• Kenny Lehman - woodwinds
• David Friedman - orchestral bells, vibraphones
• Raymond Jones - keyboards
• Robert Sabino - keyboards
• Andy Schwartz - keyboards
• Tom Coppola - keyboards
• Jeremy Wall - keyboards
• George Young - flute, tenor saxophone
• Vito Rendace - flute, tenor saxophone on "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
• Jon Faddis - trumpet
• Jay Beckenstein - saxophone on São Paulo
• Barry Rogers - trombone
• Gerardo Velez - percussion
• Sammy Figueroa - percussion
• Alfred Brown - strings contractor
• Gloria Agostini - harp
• Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Kenny Lehman - arrangements

Production

• Bernard Edwards - record producer
• Nile Rodgers - producer
• Kenny Lehman - co-producer (track B1)
• Bob Clearmountain - sound engineer
• Bob Drake - engineer
• Michael Frondelli - engineer
• Ron Johnsen - engineer
• Tom Savarese - engineer
• Marc Kreiner, Tom Cossie - executive producers
• Bob Defrin - art direction
• Lynn Dresse Breslin - design
• Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York; vocals and mixed at Power Station, New York

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–1978)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	27
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Position
US Billboard 200	37
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	34

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.