FCS Daily Music Videos – ‘Le Freak’ Chic

Chic  is an American band that was organized in 1972 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards

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. The original refrain “Aaa, fuck off”, intended for the doormen of Studio 54, was replaced that night with “Aaa, freak out”, after trying a version with “Aaa, freak off”. The resulting single was a great success, scoring No. 1 on the US charts and selling more than six million copies

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One, two
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!Have you heard about the new dance craze?
Listen to us, I’m sure you’ll be amazed
Big fun to be had by everyone
It’s up to you, it surely can be doneYoung and old are doing it, I’m told
Just one try and you too will be sold
It’s called ‘Le Freak’, they’re doing it night and day
Allow us, we’ll show you the wayAh, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!All that pressure got you down
Has your head been spinning all around?
Feel the rhythm, check the rhyme
Come on along and have a real good time
Like the days of Stomping at the Savoy
Now we “freak, ” oh, what a joy
Just come on down to the fifty four
Find your spot out on the floorAh, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!Now freak
I said freak
Now freakAll that pressure got you down
Has your head been spinning all around?
Feel the rhythm, check the rhyme
Come on along and have a real good timeLike the days of Stomping at the Savoy
Now we “freak, ” oh, what a joy
Just come on down to the fifty four
Find your spot out on the floorAh, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!
Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!…

Don Matthews
January 2021