"Dazz" is a song by R&B/

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...

band

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. "Dazz" is a combination of

disco Disco is a music genre, genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightclub, nightlife, particularly in African Americans, African-American, Italian-Americans, Italian-American, LGBTQ ...

, funk and

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

, hence the title "Dazz", a combination denominator for "Disco Jazz". Released in 1976 from their debut album ''

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'', it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the

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, while reaching number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 41 on ''

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''s year-end chart. In Canada, it reached number 26. Another popular 1970s-era soul group, the

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, took their name from the song. The song was featured in a house party scene in the 2016 action-comedy film ''

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'', set in 1977. It was also featured in a scene in the 2019

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biopic, '' Rocketman''.

Sampling

"Dazz" has been sampled by multiple artists (partial list): *"

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" by

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from his 1991 album ''

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'', arguably the most well-known instance of the song's sampling, and considered by some to be the greatest

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of all time. *"Cinderfella Dana Dane" by

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from his 1987 album ''

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''. *"Jazzie's Groove" by

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from their 1989 album '' Club Classics Vol. One''. *" Do You Wanna Get Funky" by

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from their 1994 album '' Anything Goes!'' *"Search 4 the Lyte" by

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from her 1991 album ''

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''. *"Lavish" by

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from their 1990 album ''41Fivin.''

References

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