Up All Night (The Chic Organization Album)
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''Up All Night'' is a
compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...
by
Nile Rodgers Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. The co-founder of Chic, he has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 750 million albums and 1 ...
and The Chic Organization, released in 2013. It contains recordings written, played and produced by Rodgers and
Bernard Edwards Bernard Edwards (October 31, 1952 – April 18, 1996) was an American bassist and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco with musician Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic. In 2017, Edwards was selected as the 53rd greates ...
for various artists including
Sister Sledge Sister Sledge was an American musical vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed in 1971, the group consists of sisters Joni, Kim, Debbie, and Kathy Sledge. The siblings achieved international success at the height of the disco era. I ...
,
Diana Ross Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown Records", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown#Major divisions, Motown's most suc ...
, Sheila & B. Devotion, Deborah Harry,
Norma Jean Wright Norma Jean Wright (born July 15, 1950) is an American singer and was the lead vocalist of the American group Chic, a soul, R&B and disco band, from 1977 to 1978. Early life Norma Jean Wright was born in Ripley, Tennessee. At young age, she relo ...
,
Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Billboard Hot 100, top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation (song), Anticipatio ...
,
Johnny Mathis John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer. Starting his 69-year career with singles of standard (music), standard music, Mathis is one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century and became highly popular as ...
and their own group
Chic Chic (; ), meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion. It was originally a French word. Etymology '' Chic'' is a French word, established in English since at least the 1870s. Early references in English dictionaries classified ...
. In its original form, the album included every UK Top 40 hit single produced by Chic, excepting remixes. The Johnny Mathis track was widely publicised as being previously unreleased, though it had in fact appeared on Mathis' own ''Ultimate Collection'' CD in 2011. The album was released in the UK and Europe at a time when interest in Rodgers and CHIC was high for various reasons: the publication of Rodgers' autobiography in 2011, the appearance of BBC television and radio documentaries about him, the popularity of his collaboration with
Daft Punk Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining house music, funk, disco, tech ...
, " Get Lucky" (which is referenced in the compilation's title and sleeve art), and a series of acclaimed live performances including one televised from the
Glastonbury Festival The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (commonly referred to as simply Glastonbury Festival, known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts held near Pilton, Somerset, England, in most su ...
on the weekend before the album's release. Most of the tracks featured are 12" versions and are mastered to match the pitch and tempo of the original vinyl releases; this resulted in some tracks having slightly shorter running times than on other CD issues. ''Up All Night'' reached number 2 in the UK Compilation Albums Chart for the week ending 13 July 2013.


Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and are the original album versions unless otherwise noted.


CD1

# "
Le Freak "Le Freak" is a funk-disco song by American disco band Chic, released in September 1978 by Atlantic Records as the first single from their second album, '' C'est Chic'' (1978). It was written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, a ...
" – Chic # "
He's The Greatest Dancer "He's the Greatest Dancer" is a disco song by the American vocal group Sister Sledge. Released on February 3, 1979, the song was written and composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and recorded for the group's successful 1979 album '' We A ...
" – Sister Sledge # " Upside Down" – Diana Ross # " Everybody Dance" (12" Version) – Chic # " We Are Family" – Sister Sledge # "Spacer" (12" Version) – Sheila & B. Devotion # " I Want Your Love" – Chic # " Lost In Music" – Sister Sledge # "Saturday" – Norma Jean Wright # "
Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" is a song by American R&B band Chic. It was the group's first single, a hit in the United States (reaching number 6 on both the pop and R&B charts), as well as in the United Kingdom and Canada. In ...
" – Chic # "Got To Love Somebody" – Sister Sledge # " My Feet Keep Dancing" – Chic


CD2

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Good Times ''Good Times'' is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans (actor), Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was televis ...
" – Chic # "
I'm Coming Out "I'm Coming Out" is a song recorded by American singer Diana Ross. It was written and produced by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and released on August 22, 1980 by Motown, as the second single from Ross' self-titled eleventh ...
" – Diana Ross # "
Why Why may refer to: * Causality, a consequential relationship between two events * Reason (argument), a premise in support of an argument, for what reason or purpose * Grounding (metaphysics), a topic in metaphysics regarding how things exist in v ...
" (12" Version) – Carly Simon # " My Forbidden Lover" (12" Version) – Chic # " Thinking Of You" – Sister Sledge # "I Love My Lady" – Johnny Mathis # " Backfired" (12' Remix) – Debbie Harry # " Soup for One" (12" Version) – Chic # "High Society" (12" Version) – Norma Jean Wright # "Reach Your Peak" (12" Version) – Sister Sledge # "Your Love Is Good" (12" Remix Version) – Sheila # " My Old Piano" – Diana Ross # "Chic Cheer" – Chic


''The Disco Edition''

A second version of the album was released in October 2013, omitting some of the less well-known tracks in favour of three UK number one hits produced by Nile Rodgers, a new megamix and a live medley taken from Chic's performance at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival.


CD1

# "
Le Freak "Le Freak" is a funk-disco song by American disco band Chic, released in September 1978 by Atlantic Records as the first single from their second album, '' C'est Chic'' (1978). It was written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, a ...
" – Chic # "
He's The Greatest Dancer "He's the Greatest Dancer" is a disco song by the American vocal group Sister Sledge. Released on February 3, 1979, the song was written and composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and recorded for the group's successful 1979 album '' We A ...
" – Sister Sledge # " Upside Down" – Diana Ross # " Everybody Dance" (12" Version) – Chic # " We Are Family" – Sister Sledge # "Spacer" (12" Version) – Sheila & B. Devotion # " I Want Your Love" – Chic # "Saturday" – Norma Jean Wright # "
Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" is a song by American R&B band Chic. It was the group's first single, a hit in the United States (reaching number 6 on both the pop and R&B charts), as well as in the United Kingdom and Canada. In ...
" – Chic # " Lost In Music" – Sister Sledge # " My Feet Keep Dancing" – Chic # " My Old Piano" – Diana Ross # "Chic Cheer" – Chic


CD2

# "
Good Times ''Good Times'' is an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons on CBS, from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans (actor), Mike Evans and developed by executive producer Norman Lear, it was televis ...
" – Chic # "
I'm Coming Out "I'm Coming Out" is a song recorded by American singer Diana Ross. It was written and produced by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, and released on August 22, 1980 by Motown, as the second single from Ross' self-titled eleventh ...
" – Diana Ross # "
Why Why may refer to: * Causality, a consequential relationship between two events * Reason (argument), a premise in support of an argument, for what reason or purpose * Grounding (metaphysics), a topic in metaphysics regarding how things exist in v ...
" (12" Version) – Carly Simon # " My Forbidden Lover" (12" Version) – Chic # " Thinking Of You" – Sister Sledge # "I Love My Lady" – Johnny Mathis # "Your Love Is Good" (12" Remix Version) – Sheila # " Like a Virgin" (Extended Dance Mix) – Madonna # " Frankie" – Sister Sledge # " The Reflex (7″ Remix)" – Duran Duran # "The Chic MiniMix" – The Chic Organization # "Medley: Lady (Hear Me Tonight)/Like a Virgin/ Notorious/ Let's Dance/
Rapper's Delight "Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 rap song that serves as the debut single of American hip-hop trio the Sugarhill Gang, produced by Sylvia Robinson. Although it was shortly preceded by the Fatback Band's " King Tim III (Personality Jock)", "Rapper ...
/Good Times" (Live at Glastonbury 2013) – Chic featuring Nile Rodgers {{Authority control Chic (band) compilation albums Albums produced by Nile Rodgers Albums produced by Bernard Edwards 2013 compilation albums