Chic discography

Chic discography
Studio albums	9
Soundtrack albums	1
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	12
Singles	22

American disco group Chic released a number of albums in the period 1977 to 1983. After 1983's Believer the group did not record a studio album until 1992's Chic-Ism. The band has since continued to tour and release live and compilation albums. The group's first studio album in 26 years, titled It's About Time was released in September 2018. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards produced for a series of artists in the years 1978 to 1982. They sometimes produced under the name 'The Chic Organization'.

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		US [1]	US R&B [2]	AUS [3]	AUT [4]	CAN [5]	GER [6]	NLD [7]	NOR [8]	SWE [9]	UK [10]
1977	Chic Released: November 22, 1977 Label: Atlantic	27	12	67	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold[11]
1978	C'est Chic Released: August 11, 1978 Label: Atlantic	4	1	18	21	5	10	9	20	16	2	RIAA: Platinum[11] BPI: Gold[12] MC: Platinum[13]
1979	Risqué Released: July 30, 1979 Label: Atlantic	5	2	75	—	15	—	—	—	37	29	RIAA: Platinum[11] BPI: Silver[12]
1980	Real People Released: June 30, 1980 Label: Atlantic	30	8	—	—	—	—	—	33	19	—
1981	Take It Off Released: November 16, 1981 Label: Atlantic	124	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982	Tongue in Chic Released: November 1, 1982 Label: Atlantic	173	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983	Believer Released: November 14, 1983 Label: Atlantic	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—	—
1992	Chic-ism Released: March 3, 1992 Label: Warner Bros.	—	39	—	—	—	55	44	—	42	—
2018	It's About Time Released: September 28, 2018 Label: Virgin EMI	—	—	—	—	—	72	66	—	—	10
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

• Live at the Budokan (1999)
• A Night in Amsterdam (2006)

Compilation albums

Charting compilations

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications
		US [1]	US R&B [2]	NLD [7]	UK [10]
1979	Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits Released: December 1979 Label: Atlantic	88	44	47	30
1987	Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge Released: 1987 Label: Atlantic/WEA	—	—	—	72
2013	Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Up All Night Released: 2013 Label: Rhino	—	—	—	2*	BPI: Gold[12]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

* Compilation albums chart.

Complete list

• Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979, Atlantic Records)
• Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988, Atlantic Records/WEA)
• Megachic: Best of Chic (1990, Warner Music/Atlantic Records)
• Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991, Atlantic Records/Rhino Records/Warner Music), BPI: Silver^[12]
• The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992, Atlantic Records/Rhino Records/Warner Music)
• Everybody Dance (1995, Rhino Records/Warner Music)
• Chic Freak and More Treats (1996, A440 Music Group)
• Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997, Rhino Records/Warner Music)
• The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999, Rhino Records/Warner Music)
• The Very Best of Chic (2000, Rhino Records/Warner Music)
• Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005, Warner Music)
• The Definitive Groove Collection (2006, Rhino Records/Warner Music), BPI: Silver^[12]
• Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Vol.1 Savoir Faire (box set, 2010, Rhino Records, reissued 2013)
• Original Album Series: Chic + C'est Chic + Risqué + Real People + Take It Off (2011, Rhino Records/Atlantic Records)
• Magnifique: The Very Best of Chic (2011, Music Club Deluxe)
• Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization: Up All Night (2013, Rhino Records)
• The Chic Organization, 1977–1979 (2018)^[14]

All of the combined Chic and Sister Sledge compilations also contain some Sister Sledge material without Chic's involvement. The two "Nile Rodgers presents The Chic Organization" collections contain "Chic Organization" productions for other artists alongside Chic's own material.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		US [15]	US R&B [16]	US Dan [17]	US CB [18]	AUS [3][19]	CAN [5]	GER [6]	IRE [20]	NLD [21]	UK [10]
1977	"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"	6	6	1	6	28	6	40	11	22	6	RIAA: Gold[11] BPI: Silver[12]	Chic
1978	"Everybody Dance"	38	12		49	—	45	—	6	—	9	BPI: Silver[12]
	"You Can Get By"	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Le Freak"	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	20	2	7	RIAA: 5× Platinum[11] BPI: Platinum[12] MC: 2× Platinum[13]	C'est Chic
	"I Want Your Love"	7	5		10	81	10	27	20	14	4	RIAA: Gold[11]
	"Chic Cheer"	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979	"Good Times"	1	1	3	1	48	2	36	21	17	5	RIAA: Gold[11] BPI: Silver[12]	Risqué
	"My Forbidden Lover"	43	33		—	—	—	47	28	23	15
	"My Feet Keep Dancing"	101	42		—	—	—	—	18	—	21
1980	"Rebels Are We"	61	8	29	77	—	—	—	—	—	—		Real People
	"Real People"	79	51		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Chip off the Old Block"		—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981	"Stage Fright"	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Take It Off
1982	"Soup for One"	80	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Soup for One
	"Hangin'"	—	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	40	64		Tongue in Chic
1983	"Give Me the Lovin'"	—	57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Believer
1984	"You Are Beautiful"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—
	"Party Everybody"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	43	—
	"Chic Cheer" (1984 Mix)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	81		—
1987	"Jack Le Freak"	—	—	15	—	—	—	—	13	6	19		—
1988	"Good Times" (New Single Mix '88)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	63	—		—
1990	"MegaChic - Chic Medley"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58		—
1992	"Chic Mystique"	—	48	1	—	82	—	25	—	19	48		Chic-Ism
	"Your Love"	—	—	3	—	—	—	91	—	73	80
2015	"I'll Be There"	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	68		—
2018	"Till the World Falls" (featuring Mura Masa, Cosha and Vic Mensa)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		It's About Time
	"Sober" (featuring Craig David and Stefflon Don)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured performer

Year	Title	Artist	Peak chart positions			Album
			FIN [22]	NLD [6]	UK [10]
1982	"Together"	Odyssey	—	—	—	Happy Together
2006	"Sensitivity"	Shapeshifters	18	21	40	Sound Advice
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

• "Happy Together" is written and played by Rodgers and Edwards, with regular Chic member Robert Sabino also appearing, but produced by Jimmy Douglass.
• "Sensitivity" samples an unreleased Chic track, "Love and Be Loved", with additional guitar by Rodgers.

Artists produced by Chic

Albums

Year	Artist	Album details	Peak chart positions [23][24][25][26]			Certifications (sales thresholds)
			US	US R&B	UK
1978	Norma Jean Wright	Norma Jean Label: Bearsville/Warner Bros.	—	—	—
1979	Sister Sledge	We Are Family Label: Cotillion/Atlantic	3	1	7	RIAA: Platinum[27] BPI: Gold[28]
1980	Sheila and B. Devotion	King of the World Label: Mirage/Atco/Atlantic	—	—	—
	Sister Sledge	Love Somebody Today Label: Cotillion/Atlantic	31	7	—
	Diana Ross	diana Label: Motown/MCA	2	1	12	RIAA: Platinum[29] BPI: Gold[30]
1981	Debbie Harry	Koo Koo Label: Chrysalis/CBS	28	—	6	RIAA: Gold[31] BPI: Silver[32]
	Johnny Mathis	I Love My Lady Label: Columbia/CBS Recorded 1981, released 2017	—	—	—
1982	Fonzi Thornton	Untitled Label: Unreleased	—	—	—
	Various Artists (soundtrack album)	Soup for One Label: Warner Bros.	168	42	—

The title of the Fonzi Thornton album is given by several websites as Frostbite, though there is no known official source for this.

The core members of Chic (Edwards, Rodgers and Thompson, together with keyboard player Robert Sabino) also performed together on Madonna's 1984 album Like a Virgin, which was produced by Rodgers, though it is not officially a Chic Organization work.

Singles

Year	Artist	Title	Peak chart positions [23][25][24][26]					Album
			US	US R&B	US Dan	US A/C	UK
1978	Norma Jean Wright	"Saturday"	—	15	10	—	—	Norma Jean
1979	Sister Sledge	"He's The Greatest Dancer"	9	1	1	—	6	We Are Family
		"We Are Family"	2	1		30	8
		"Lost in Music"	—	35		—	17
	Norma Jean Wright	"High Society"	—	19	92	—	—	—
1980	Sheila & B. Devotion	"Spacer"	—	28	44	—	18	King of the World
	Sister Sledge	"Got to Love Somebody Today"	64	6	34	—	34	Love Somebody Today
		"Reach Your Peak"	—	21		—	—
		"Let's Go on Vacation"	—	63	—	—	—
	Diana Ross	"Upside Down"	1	1	1	18	2	diana
		"I'm Coming Out"	5	5		—	13
		"My Old Piano"	—	—	—	—	5
1981	Debbie Harry	"Backfired"	43	71	29	—	32	Koo Koo
		"The Jam Was Moving"	82	—	—	—	—
1982	Diana Ross	"Tenderness"	—	—	—	—	73	diana
	Carly Simon	"Why"	74	—	—	—	10	Soup for One
1984	Sister Sledge	"Thinking of You"	—	—	—	—	11	We Are Family
		"Lost In Music" (1984 Remix by Nile Rodgers)	—	—	—	—	4
		"We Are Family" (1984 Remix by Bernard Edwards)	—	—	—	—	33
1993		"Thinking of You" ('93 Mixes by RAMP)	—	—	—	—	21	The Very Best of Sister Sledge (1973–1993)
		"Lost In Music" (Sure Is Pure Remixes)	—	—	—	—	14
		"We Are Family" ('93 Mixes by Sure Is Pure)	—	—	31	—	5

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External links

• Chic discography at Discogs