Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits

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Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits
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Compilation album by
Released1997
Recorded1977–1982
Genre Disco, funk, R&B
Label Rhino
Warner
Producer Nile Rodgers,
Bernard Edwards

Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits is a compilation album by American R&B band Chic, released by Rhino Records/Warner Music in 1997. The album is a re-release of 1995's Everybody Dance with the tracks in re-arranged order and new artwork.

Track listing

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

  1. "Le Freak" - 5:31
  2. "Rebels Are We" (7" Edit) - 3:20
  3. "Soup for One" (7" Edit) - 3:07
    • Original version appears 1982 soundtrack album Soup For One
  4. "Everybody Dance" - 6:40
    • From 1977 album Chic
  5. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 8:22
    • From 1977 album Chic
  6. "Good Times" - 8:13
  7. "My Forbidden Lover" - 4:42
  8. "Real People" (7" Edit) - 3:46
  9. "Chip off the Old Block" - 5:00
  10. "I Want Your Love" - 6:55

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