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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 ]
C'est Chic includes the band's signature hit "Le Freak", which topped the US Hot 100 chart, US R&B, and US Club Play in October 1978, [4] selling six million copies in the US. The album also contains the hit single " I Want Your Love " (number 5 R&B, [ 4 ] number 7 Pop, [ 4 ] number 4 UK [ 5 ] ).
During late 1978, the band released the album C'est Chic, containing one of its better-known tracks, "Le Freak". It was created in a jam session in Edwards' apartment, after they had failed on New Year's Eve 1977 to meet with Grace Jones at New York's nightclub Studio 54 .
Chic dissolved shortly after, but Anderson went on to sing backing vocals on many of the songs Rodgers wrote and produced, including ones by Diana Ross, Johnny Mathis, Bryan Adams, and Mick Jagger.
From there, Anderson would go on to record other notable hits like “Le Freak” and “Good Times,” bringing Chic to the mainstream. “Le Freak,” one of the band’s most successful singles ...
"I Want Your Love" is a song by American band Chic from their second studio album C'est Chic (1978). Featuring a solo lead vocal by Alfa Anderson, the song became a very successful follow-up to their hit single "Le Freak". [1]
"Le Freak", featuring Anderson on the lead vocals, was inducted into the 2015 Grammy Hall of Fame. [23] In 2018, the song was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. [6] [24] In 2018, Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. of Augusta, Georgia gave Anderson the Keys to the City and declared May 5 as Alfa Anderson Day. [6] [25]
In 1970, Hunter S. Thompson campaigned to become Sherriff of Aspen, Colorado as part of the "Freak Power" movement, and used this symbol to represent Freaks The freak scene was originally a component of the bohemian subculture which began in California in the mid-1960s, associated with (or part of) the hippie movement.