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Chic - Mount Fuji Concert Live
Founded by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards in New York in 1977 Chic was seen by many as the premier disco band
This concert captures the band live at the 2003 Mount Fuji Festival in Japan and the band also features superstar drummer Omar Hakim
1. Le Freak
2. Dance Dance Dance
3. I Want Your Love
4. Everybody Dance
5. I'm Coming Out
6. Upside Down
7. He's The Greatest Dancer
8. Chic Cheer
9. My Forbidden Lover
10. We Are Family
11. Good Times
Chic - Le Freak
"Le Freak" is a successful 1978 disco song by the disco band Chic. It was the band's third single album and first Billboard Hot 100 and soul music number-one song. Along with the tracks, "I Want Your Love" and "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak" scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks. The single album has the distinction of being the best selling record ever for Atlantic Records company, and the best-selling single ever for Warner Music Group until it was displaced during 1990 (by the singer Madonna's song "Vogue").
The single achieved sales of more than four million and also scored number seven in the UK singles chart.
The song was ranked number 19 on Billboard Magazine's top 100 songs of the first 50 years of the "Hot 100" chart.
Chic - Live Concert
1. EVERYBODY DANCE 7:50
2. DANCE, DANCE, DANCE 7:24
3. I WANT YOUR LOVE 11:15
4. MEDLEY: I'M COMING OUT / UPSIDE DOWN HE'S THE GREATEST DANCER WE ARE FAMILY 15:58
5. AT LAST I AM FREE 12:18
6. I'M THINKING OF YOU 4:46
7. MEET THE BAND / JAM WITH CHIC 24:20
8. FORBIDDEN LOVER 5:55
9. LE FREAK 9:28
10. GOOD TIMES 10:58
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 1:50:12
CHIC -- BONUS FOOTAGE
ON THE ROAD WITH CHIC
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE POLE-POLE FESTIVAL
NILE RODGERS INTERVIEW
CHIC DISCOGRAPHY
NILE RODGERS BIO
PHOTO GALLERY
END CREDITS
Chic - Good Times (1979)
"Good Times" is a 1979 song composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. It was first recorded by their band Chic, for their 1979 album "Risqué". The lyrics are largely based on Milton Ager's "Happy Days Are Here Again". It also contains lines based on lyrics featured in "About A Quarter To Nine" made famous by Al Jolson. Nile Rodgers has stated that these depression-era lyrics were used as a hidden way to comment on the then-current economic depression in the United States. In August of that year, it became the band's second number one single on both the Billboard Hot 100 and soul singles chart. Along with the tracks, "My Forbidden Lover", and "My Feet Keep Dancing", "Good Times" reached number three on the disco charts. The song has become one of the most sampled tunes in music history, most notably in the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang. Other artists who have sampled "Good Times" or used its bassline for inspiration include Queen, Daft Punk, The Beastie Boys, Joe Budden, Vaughan Mason, Kool & The Gang, Mick Jagger, Busta Rhymes, Digital Underground, Change, Will Smith, Indeep, Public Enemy, INXS, Grandmaster Flash, Blondie, Kurtis Blow, Fugees, Justin Timberlake, De La Soul, LL Cool J, and many others. The song is ranked #224 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Chic (pronounced 'sheek', sometimes fully capitalized as CHIC) is an American disco and R&B band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards.
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