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| Single by Chic | ||||
| from the album C'est Chic | ||||
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| Released | September 21, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | January 1978 | |||
| Studio | Power Station, New York City | |||
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"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.[2][3] Along with the tracks "I Want Your Love" and "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak" scored number one on the disco charts for seven weeks.[4] The single achieved sales of 7 million[5] and also scored number seven in the UK Singles Chart.
Billboard magazine ranked it as the number 3 song for 1979.[6] The song was ranked number 21 on Billboard magazine's top 100 songs of the first 55 years of the "Hot 100" chart.[7] In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[8]
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Disco Fever, Vol. 2 [SPG] on Allmusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
disco hits like Chic's "Le Freak,"
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 116.
- ^ "Chic > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2009.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 56.
- ^ Haden-Guest, Anthony (February 24, 1986). New York Magazine: "Jewel of a Nile", p. 49. New York Magazine. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
- ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979
- ^ Bronson, Fred (August 2, 2013). "Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ "National Recording Registry Reaches 500". Library of Congress. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.