Le Freak

"Le Freak"
"Le Freak"
	One of the US editions
Single by Chic
from the album C'est Chic
B-side	"You Can Get By"; "Savoir Faire";
Released	September 21, 1978
Recorded	January 1978
Studio	Power Station, New York City
Genre	Disco; funk;
Length	5:23 (LP version); 3:30 (7-inch edit);
Label	Atlantic (3519);
Songwriter(s)	Bernard Edwards; Nile Rodgers;
Producer(s)	Bernard Edwards; Nile Rodgers;
Chic singles chronology
Music video
	"Le Freak" on YouTube

"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.

[1] Phares, Heather. "Disco Fever, Vol. 2 [SPG] on Allmusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2013. disco hits like Chic's "Le Freak,"

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 116.

[allmusic-3] "Chic > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2009.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 56.

[wwsales-5] Haden-Guest, Anthony (February 24, 1986). New York Magazine: "Jewel of a Nile", p. 49. New York Magazine. Retrieved February 27, 2012.

[6] Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979

[Bronson_2-7] Bronson, Fred (August 2, 2013). "Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2013.

[8] "National Recording Registry Reaches 500". Library of Congress. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

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