C'est Chic

***C'est Chic*** is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978.

## Release

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*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 hit single "I Want Your Love" (number 5 R&B, number 7 Pop, number 4 UK).

*C'est Chic* was the band's most commercially successful album, reaching number 4 on *Billboard*'s album chart and topping the US R&B chart for eleven weeks. *C'est Chic* was *Billboard*Template:'s 1979 R&B Album of the Year, claiming the number one spot on *Billboard*Template:'s Year End Review. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over a million copies. In the UK it peaked at number 2 and has been certified Gold by the BPI.

The European version was originally called *Très Chic*, with the cover featuring a woman wrapped around a neon light tube. It was withdrawn and replaced with the *C'est Chic* version with a less risqué cover. *Très Chic* had a different track listing.

*C'est Chic* was released on compact disc by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991 (catalogue number 7567-81552-2). The album has been digitally remastered and re-issued twice: first in 2011 by Warner Music Japan and then in 2018 at Abbey Road Studios by Atlantic.

## Track listing

All songs written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers; except where indicated.

### *C'est Chic*

Side one
1. "Chic Cheer" – 4:42
2. "Le Freak" – 5:27 Template:Audio
3. "Savoir Faire" – 5:01
4. "Happy Man" – 4:17

Side two
1. "I Want Your Love" – 6:55 Template:Audio
2. "At Last I Am Free" – 7:08
3. "Sometimes You Win" – 4:26
4. "(Funny) Bone" – 3:41
	* (LP only hidden track- moog solo)

### *Très Chic*

Side one
1. "Chic Cheer" – 4:42
2. "Le Freak" – 5:23 Template:Audio
3. "I Want Your Love" – 6:55 Template:Audio
4. "Happy Man" – 4:17
5. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Edwards, Kenny Lehman, Rodgers) – 3:35

Side two
1. "Savoir Faire" – 5:01
2. "At Last I Am Free" – 7:08
3. "Sometimes You Win" – 4:26
4. "(Funny) Bone" – 3:41
5. "Everybody Dance" - 3:22

## Personnel

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Musicians
* Alfa Anderson – lead vocals (A2, B1, B2, B3)
* Diva Gray – lead vocals (A2)
* David Lasley – vocals
* Luci Martin – vocals
* Luther Vandross – vocals
* Robin Clark – backing vocals on "Dance, Dance, Dance" and "Everybody Dance"
* Nile Rodgers – guitar, vocals
* Raymond Jones – Fender Rhodes electric piano
* Robert Sabino – clavinet, acoustic piano, electric piano
* Andy Schwartz – clavinet, acoustic piano, electric piano on "At Last I Am Free"
* Bernard Edwards – bass guitar; lead vocals (A4, B3)
* Tony Thompson – drums
* Sammy Figueroa – percussion
* Jon Faddis – trumpet
* Ellen Seeling – trumpet
* Alex Foster – saxophone
* Jean Fineberg – saxophone
* Barry Rogers – trombone
* Jose Rossy – tubular bells
* The Chic Strings:
	+ Marianne Carroll – strings
	+ Cheryl Hong – strings
	+ Karen Milne – strings
* Gene Orloff – concert master

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Production
* Bernard Edwards – producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
* Nile Rodgers – producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
* Marc Kreiner, Tom Cossie – associate producers
* Bob Clearmountain – sound engineer
* Burt Szerlip – engineer
* Jeff Hendrickson – assistant engineer
* Ray Willard as "Positively No Way Ray (Willard?)" – assistant engineer
* Bob Defrin – art direction
* Joel Brodsky – photography
* All songs recorded and mixed at Power Station in New York. Mastered at Atlantic Studios, N.Y.

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## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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### Year-end charts

 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (*Billboard*) | 1

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## Certifications and sales

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## See also

* List of number-one R&B albums of 1978 (U.S.)
* List of number-one R&B albums of 1979 (U.S.)
* Billboard Year-End

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Template:Cite magazine
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 UK Charts > Chic. Official Charts Company. Retrieved on September 11, 2010.
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4. ↑ US Certifications > Chic. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on February 8, 2012.
5. ↑ UK Certified Awards Search > Chic. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on February 8, 2012.
6. ↑ Jaaroverzichten – Album 1979. Retrieved on June 10, 2021.
7. ↑ Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1979. *Billboard*. Retrieved on June 10, 2021.
8. ↑ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1979. *Billboard*. Retrieved on June 10, 2021.