History Music / Chic

* ''C'est Chic'' (1978)

* Johnny Mathis ''I Love My Lady'' (1981, but not released until 2017)

* ''C'est Chic'' (1978) (TheOneWith "Le Freak" and "I Want Your Love")
* ''Risque'' (1979) (TheOneWith "Good Times")

Rodgers and Edwards were the group's songwriters and producers; both went on to produce other acts, most notably Sister Sledge (of "We Are Family" fame) and Music/DavidBowie. Rodgers' work with Bowie is especially crucial to note, as he credited 1983's ''Music/LetsDance'' for helping him break free of the [[CondemnedByHistory stigma]] against {{disco}} music and anything that sounded vaguely like it in the early 1980's, writing extensively about the experience and its impact in a 2018 essay included in the booklet for Bowie's posthumous ''Loving the Alien [1983-1988]'' BoxedSet. Since then Rodgers has been an in-demand producer and collaborator for a wide variety of artists, and even reunited with Bowie in 1992 to produce the latter's CareerResurrection album ''Music/BlackTieWhiteNoise'', released the following year.

Rodgers and Edwards were the group's songwriters and producers; both went on to produce other acts, most notably Sister Sledge (of "We Are Family" fame) and Music/DavidBowie. Rodgers' work with Bowie is especially crucial to note, as he credited 1983's ''Music/LetsDance'' for helping him break free of the [[DeaderThanDisco stigma]] against {{disco}} music and anything that sounded vaguely like it in the early 1980's, writing extensively about the experience and its impact in a 2018 essay included in the booklet for Bowie's posthumous ''Loving the Alien [1983-1988]'' BoxedSet. Since then Rodgers has been an in-demand producer and collaborator for a wide variety of artists, and even reunited with Bowie in 1992 to produce the latter's CareerResurrection album ''Music/BlackTieWhiteNoise'', released the following year.

** "Deep Hidden Meaning": in fact, the meaning was often neither deep nor hidden, but the idea was that a song should have a ''point'' and stick to it.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: "Le Freak" began as a jam between Bernard and Nile when the two were repeatedly turned away from Studio 54 after Grace Jones had personally invited them there. They went to their studio across the street, started jamming towards the window and singing "Awwww, FUCK YOU!" This being an age before parental advisory stickers and songs censored for radio play, their producer advised them to keep the tune, but lose the profanity.

** "Le Freak" was originally a riposte to the door staff at Studio 54, who turned them away from a party Grace Jones invited them to. Nile and Bernard went to their studio across the street and started jamming out the window singing "Awwwww FUCK YOU!"

Rodgers and Edwards were the group's songwriters and producers; both went on to produce other acts, most notably Sister Sledge (of "We Are Family" fame).

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: [=BerNARD=] Edwards[[note]]this is the standard pronunciation of the name in American English[[/note]]

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: [=BerNARD=] Edwards.

** Their one studio cover was Sam Cooke's "Having a Party", on Norma Jean Wright's solo album.

Also unreleased projects with Johnny Mathis and Fonzi Thornton.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Bernard and Nile. In a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming (with just a little bit of HoYay), on the ''Live at Budokan'' album (their last performance together), Rodgers actually introduces Edwards as "My partner in music and my partner in life".

* IAmTheBand: Previously a RevolvingDoorBand, but since Bernard Edwards' death in 1996, Chic has been Nile Rodgers and whoever is on stage with him at the time. Other than Nile, the only regular remaining from the Edwards days is lead vocalist Sylver Logan Sharp, who joined in 1991.

* RevolvingDoorBand: They now fit the IAmTheBandTrope, but were formerly this up to the mid-1990s when Thompson's retirement and Edwards' death left Rodgers as the sole permanent member.

* ShouldersUpNudity: The 1977 SelfTitledDebut and the 2018 CareerResurrection ''It's About Time'' have deliberately similar sleeve photos employing this.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: "Le Freak" began as a jam between Bernard and Nile when the two were repeatedly turned away from Studio 54 after Grace Jones has personally invited them there. They went to their studio across the street, started jamming towards the window and singing "Awwww, FUCK YOU!" This being an age before parental advisory stickers and songs censored for radio play, their producer advised them to keep the tune, but lose the profanity.

* DianaRoss ''Diana'' (1980)

* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: TruthInTelevision for Nile Rodgers. His autobiography doesn't shy away from telling us about his prodigious drugtaking (both legal and illegal).

* TakeThat: Quite often against elitists and posers in the disco scene. "Real People" is an obvious example, and famously "Le Freak" was a riposte to the door staff at Studio 54 after they were turned away from a New Year's party hosted by Grace Jones. "My Feet Keep Dancing" is a jab at racism.

* CoveredUp: Nowadays, Chic themselves play "Good Times" in a medley with the vastly more popular rap version "Rapper's Delight" with Nile Rodgers doing the rapping. Then again, so does probably every single cover band out there that plays "Good Times" (with someone else rapping, obviously).

* TakeThat: Quite often against elitists and posers in the disco scene. "Real People" is an obvious example, and famously "Le Freak" was a riposte to the door staff at Club 54 after they were turned away from a party hosted by Grace Jones. "My Feet Keep Dancing" is a jab at racism.

* StrictlyFormula: A weak example, but they developed three rules for writing a hit song:

Rodgers and Edwards were the group's songwriters and producers; both went on to produce other acts.

* IAmTheBand: Previously a RevolvingDoorBand, but since Bernard Edwards' death in 1996, Chic has been Nile Rodgers and whoever is on stage with him at the time. Other than Nile, the only regular reamining from the Edwards days is lead vocalist Sylver Logan Sharp, who joined in 1991.