The Definitive Groove Collection

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The Definitive Groove Collection
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ReleasedAugust 8, 2006
Recorded1977–1992
Genre Disco, funk, R&B
Length155:40
Label Rhino/Warner Music
Producer Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
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The Definitive Groove Collection is a compilation album of recordings by American R&B band Chic, released by Rhino Records/Warner Music in 2006. The Definitive Groove Collection is the first two-disc Chic compilation to be released and contains all the band's hits and best known album tracks from 1977's Chic to 1992's Chic-Ism in (near) chronological order.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers unless otherwise noted.

Disc one:

  1. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 8:21
  2. "Everybody Dance" - 6:42
  3. "Strike Up the Band" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 4:34
    • Tracks 1-3 from 1977 album Chic
  4. "Le Freak" - 5:31
  5. "Savoir Faire" - 5:04
  6. "Chic Cheer" - 4:44
  7. "At Last I Am Free" - 7:13
  8. "I Want Your Love" - 6:56
  9. "Good Times" - 8:15
  10. "My Forbidden Lover" - 4:42
  11. "What About Me" - 4:13
  12. "My Feet Keep Dancing" - 6:41
    • Tracks 9-12 from 1979 album Risqué
  13. "Chip off the Old Block" - 5:00

Disc two:

  1. "Rebels Are We" (7" Edit) - 3:21
  2. "Real People" (7" Edit) - 3:45
  3. "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" - 4:09
  4. "26" - 4:06
  5. "You Can't Do It Alone" - 4:47
  6. "Stage Fright" (7" Edit) - 3:39
  7. "Just out of Reach" - 3:47
  8. "Flash Back" - 4:29
  9. "Your Love Is Cancelled" - 4:16
  10. "Soup for One" - 5:36
  11. "When You Love Someone" - 5:09
  12. "Hangin'" (7" Edit) - 3:38
  13. "Give Me the Lovin'" (7" Edit) - 3:32
  14. "Believer" - 5:07
  15. "You Are Beautiful" - 4:37
  16. "Chic Mystique" (Edwards, Princesa, Rodgers) - 6:39
  17. "Your Love" - 5:57
    • Tracks 16 & 17 from 1992 album Chic-ism

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