1978 Chic – Le Freak (US:#1 UK:#7)
“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. 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 achieved sales of 7 million and also scored number seven in the UK Singles Chart.
Billboard magazine ranked it as the number 3 song for 1979. The song was ranked number 21 on Billboard magazine’s top 100 songs of the first 55 years of the “Hot 100” chart. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or artistically significant.”
Album
C’est Chic is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978. 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, selling six million copies in the US. The album also contains the […]
Muscians (album credits)
| Bass | Bernard Edwards |
| Drums | Tony Thompson |
| Guitar | Nile Rodgers |
| Clavinet | Rob Sabino |
| Electric Piano | Rob Sabino |
| Fender Rhodes | Raymond Jones |
| Piano | Rob Sabino |
| Sax | Alex Foster |
| Sax | Jean Fineberg |
| Trombone | Barry Rogers |
| Trumpet | Ellen Seeling |
| Trumpet | Jon Faddis |
| Tubular Bells | Jose Rossy |
| Percussion | Sammy Figueroa |
| Vocals | Alfa Anderson |
| Vocals | Bernard Edwards |
| Vocals | David Lasley |
| Vocals | Diva Gray |
| Vocals | Luci Martin |
| Vocals | Luther Vandross |
Produced By
Bernard Edwards
Nile Rodgers
Songwriters
Bernard Edwards
Nile Rodgers
Charts
US:# 1
UK:# 7