''Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits''

Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Chic
Released December 1979
Recorded 1977–79
Genre Disco, funk, R&B, jazz, samba
Length 38:44
Label Atlantic
Producer Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Chic chronology
Risqué
(1978)Risqué1978		 Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits
(1979)		 Real People
(1980)Real People1980

Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits, also known as The Best of Chic, is a greatest hits album by the American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in late 1979. It includes the biggest hits from their first three albums: Chic (1977), C'est Chic (1978) and Risqué (1979).

The seven-track album, which omits the 1979 hit single "My Forbidden Lover" and replaces it with "Chic Cheer" and also combines three 7-inch edits and one extended 12-inch mix with three album versions, was the only compilation to be released during the band's six years on Atlantic. It reached #88 on the US charts and #30 in the UK in early 1980. Non-US editions dropped "Chic Cheer" for "My Forbidden Lover". The compilation was the first time that the 12" mix of "Everybody Dance" was made generally available, having previously been issued only as a promotion.

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Track listing

All tracks produced and written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, except "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" co-written by Kenny Lehman.

Side one
No.TitleAlbumLength
1."Le Freak" (7" Edit)C'est Chic3:30
2."I Want Your Love" (7" Edit)C'est Chic3:28
3."Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (7" Edit)Chic3:40
4."Everybody Dance" (12" Mix)Chic8:25

Personnel

Production

  • Bernard Edwards - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
  • Nile Rodgers - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
  • Kenny Lehman - co-producer (track A4)
  • Jackson Schwartz - engineer
  • Jeff Hendrickson - engineer
  • Jim Galante - engineer
  • Peter Robbins - engineer
  • Ray Willard - engineer
  • Burt Szerlip - engineer
  • Dennis King - mastering
  • All songs recorded and mixed at Power Station in New York. Mastered at Atlantic Studios, N.Y.

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