Catalog Number: R1-585394

Condition Details:

Record Store Day Limited Edition of 5,500 copies. HYPE-STICKERS on front. 12" Single. Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. (Not a cut-out.)


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About The Record:

Le Freak is a song by Chic. It was the band's third single and first Billboard Hot 100 and R&B No. 1 song. Le Freak scored No. 1 on the disco charts for seven weeks. The single achieved sales of 7 million and also scored No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. Billboard magazine ranked it as the No. 3 song for 1979. The song was ranked No. 21 on Billboard magazine's top 100 songs of the first 55 years of the "Hot 100" chart. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant." The lyrics mention Stompin' at the Savoy, a 1933 song composed by Edgar Sampson. They also invite the listener to Come on down to 54, that is, Studio 54, a popular nightclub in New York City at the time. MC Lyte sampled the song Woo Woo (Freak Out) featuring Nicci Gilbert of the group Brownstone, which first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1998 movie Woo and also included on her album Seven & Seven, titled Woo Woo (Party Time), which released three months later. Le Freak was the first song to score the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 three separate times. In 1987, an acid house-styled re-mix was issued under the title Jack Le Freak. It reached No. 18 in the United Kingdom, becoming Chic's last top 40 hit to date in that country. In 2010, Le Freak was covered by the electronica band Millionaires for the MTV movie Turn the Beat Around. The bass line from the song was used by American industrial rock group My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult for their track, Waiting for Mommie on the Confessions of a Knife... album that was released in 1990 by Wax Trax! Records. The song is also used in the films Heavy Weights, The Last Days of Disco, Mystery Men, 102 Dalmatians, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Shrek 2, It's Pat!, Son of the Mask, Roll Bounce, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Furry Vengeance, Toy Story 3, Super 8, Buddy, and Think Like a Man Too. The song was used in the second episode of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. It was performed by contestants Alaska and Katya, each seeking to win $10,000 and the power to eliminate a competitor. Le Freak was featured in the game Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party.