Stage Fright (Chic song)

"Stage Fright"
Single by Chic
from the album Take It Off
Released	December 1981 [1]
Recorded	1981
Genre	Funk
Length	3:39
Label	Atlantic 3887
Songwriter(s)	Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers
Producer(s)	Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers
Chic singles chronology
"Real People" (1980) "Stage Fright" (1981) "Soup for One" (1982)

"Stage Fright" is the first and only single taken from Chic's fifth studio album Take It Off . The song features a solo lead vocal by Luci Martin.

Reception

Record World said that "the recurring chorus hook and a kinetic rhythm section surround Luci Martin's lead vocal enthusiasm." ^[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles [3]	34

Track listings

Atlantic 7" 3887, 1981

• A. "Stage Fright" (7" Edit) - 3:39
• B. "So Fine" - 4:10

Atlantic promo 12" DMD 306, 1981

• A. "Stage Fright" 3:55
• B. "So Fine" - 4:10

References

1. "Chic singles".
2. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 19, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 116.