Perfect example of “when everybody does their part on the group project” The bass, guitar, drums, violins, keyboard, singers, just the entire way this song was composed, it’s got 70s disco written all over it 👏🏾👌🏾👏🏾
R.I.P Alfa. Thank you for your iconic voice and gorgeous presence in one of the greatest bands in music history. ❤ Also, R.I.P Tony and Bernard. One of the most iconic rhythm sections in music.
Yes indeed ❤ & look @ the ladies clothes, didn't need 😂to be to be half naked either ❤ Nile Rodgers is on guitar! Jammin out! New generation take note ❤
l'important dans le funk et le disco c'est la musique qui est derrière qui est hyper recherché et qui pourtant semble simple et limpide juste pour nous faire danser... très intéressant c ' etait ...
Bernard Edwards not only managed to play that sick bass line, but he did so in a business suit. The man should have his own wing in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for pulling that off.
not taking anything away from bernard’s great bass line, but in this film they’re all miming to their own prerecorded studio track and not playing what we’re hearing… perhaps he wore the suit in the studio when they recorded it… 🤷♂️
One of my all time favorite songs...I am a child of the 70s, born in the 60s...I'm now in my 50s...If I live fifty more years, I will still want to get down and move to this beat...Life furnishes the RHYTHM...
Same, born in the late 60’s. I remember grooving to this song at skateway roller disco, had my own skates, with hand painted markings on them. For a few years we lived on our skates.
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Couldn’t agree with you MORE!!!!!! Remember the days of dancing to this song!!!!!! What an incredible and most memorable time of my life!!! Couldn’t wait for this song to be played at the discos! You would automatically jump up, and dance!!!!!!!!😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
you bet,,,,,, he's one cool cat,,,, with really cool crafty bass lines,,, not in just this song, but all of his stuff. he's a master bass man. class act.
I'm 55 yrs old now and still remember getting my groove dance on when I was like 12 to this song !! I would dance so much over & over to it I would be out of breath ... Awesome music !!❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯💯💯
I remember people couldn't get enough of this one. It debuted in Nov, 1978 and was in the top 40 for almost five months and number 1 for 6 non-consecutive weeks. A great time and memories for me and still listen to all the music from that era.
This one was one of several "Christmas Gift Singles." People bought them as gifts too. Check the charts and so many songs stayed #1 in December because of gift sales. This one was an absolute monster though!
One of the real masterpieces of late 70s funk/R&B. Songs like this at this time shot across all the divides and reminded us that we all belong to the same family.
After long (years) of deliberation, one must come to the conclusion that this is the DEFINITIVE disco track. Competition was hard (disco inferno a.o.), but if asked in 100 years "what was disco?", then this song must be played.
One of the best surprise hits of all time...I think this came out in 1978 when I was 13...the whole damned nation thrilled to the beat and rhythm of Chic's Le Freak...
I was 17... I was in the hospital. I had been a passenger in a car wreck that broke my back. 😔 This song came on and it was still pretty new. I was up dancing in my hospital room.... I was doing the freak.... and by the end of the song.... me and two nurses and the guy who delivered food was getting DOWNNN in my hospital room. LOL Yeah yeah I know... they shoulda been working and not dancing... but I assure you... that little dance healed me as much as the 6 hour surgery. Thank U Good Sam hospital employees from July of 1979ish 🖐🥰 xo xo
@@abbiewhite2767 you know I really do believe music soothes the soul. If I’m in a bad mood but I hear one of my favorite songs it really lifts my spirits. I wish you lived next door we could open our windows and blast some REAL good music. I’m in my 60’s so I got some songs you wouldn’t think was even legal ! lol @myself again hunny bunny ROFLMBO have a great night. Sweet dreams.
If they hadn't been turned down at Studio 54 from getting in after Grace Jones invited them, then this song would have never existed. The Bouncer deserves our thanks.
@@SaneTheBro Oh of course, only Rock and Roll allowed, like... Gladys Knight, Joni Mitchell, The Mamas and the Papas, James Taylor, Isaac Hayes, Percy Sledge, Miles Davis, Leonard Cohen, Run D.M.C., Public Enemy, Donna Summer, Hall & Oates, Linda Ronstadt, Bill Withers, N.W.A., Joan Baez, Tupac Shakur, Nina Simone, Janet Jackson... did I forget any true R & R artists?!
everything from the outfits, the fashions, colors, the rhythms, violins.. actually the entire presentation.. it just doesn't get any closer to perfect than this.
As far as I’m concerned this was the sound of the late 1970’s and early 80’s . . . my god Chic were superb and with Nile Rogers on rythum guitar and Bernie Edwards on that superb bass you couldn’t lose . . long live the 1970’s because if you were a teenager at this point it was a fantastic time to be alive.
So many memories associated with this song. Heard it first time on the high school disco dance floor. Also met my future wife that night. So many happy memories with her. Thanks for all the love, Honey. You're still my rock.
RIP Alfa Anderson. Thank you for being the voice that brought Nile and Bernard’s incredible music to life.
The absolute and untouchable definition of cool ❤
I’m 65 and the 70’s and 80’s music always bring back such great memories. So glad we will always have this music.
no doubt about it im 59
Happy listening
I'm 63, and I just love music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Idemmm
I am 70, have this long player lp and like that groove 😀😀🎸🎉🇩🇪
Rest in Peace Alfa Anderson. Co-Lead Vocalist of Chic 2024 ❤!
Perfect example of “when everybody does their part on the group project”
The bass, guitar, drums, violins, keyboard, singers, just the entire way this song was composed, it’s got 70s disco written all over it 👏🏾👌🏾👏🏾
yeah it's because it's a 70's disco song, who would have thought?
I hear the funk!
👍
My favourit bass line ever, whos on the Bass ?
and they have clothes on!!!!!!
B.Edwards and N.Rodgers are genius¡¡That bass line is amazing¡¡
When you've got Bernard on bass, Nile on guitar and Tony on drums, you just cannot fail. One of the greatest rhythm sections of all time.
💯% you got that right brother. It’s perfect in its’ style, integrity & simplicity.
C'est Chic was the first LP I ever bought, and I still have it to this day, and play it on occasion!!
I totally agree
As Diana Ross,Madonna and others found to their "cost"
I'm TELLING you! Three of the most talented musicians this world has ever seen, and they never get their due.
R.I.P Alfa. Thank you for your iconic voice and gorgeous presence in one of the greatest bands in music history. ❤
Also, R.I.P Tony and Bernard. One of the most iconic rhythm sections in music.
Le Freak is super disco music!
I could listen to that groove for 24 hours straight and not get bored. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards are incredible.
I know right.
Sho you right June 19,2024🎤🏆
Now THAT´S a bass line, ladies and gents.
Bernard Edwards was THE man. Learned a lot from figuring out his bass lines. R.I.P. Bernard.
Nard' was the man - thank you brother - RIP
I agree
Its funny to see none are plugged in, ahhhh the old days.
And the rest of it aint too shabby either!
Chic is the Best group of All
RIP Alfa Anderson
Thank you for All the beautiful moments 🙏🙏
You have no idea how big this song was in Nigeria. This defined our youth. Thanks Nile Rogers and Chic, for Le Freak.
Really?
Nice! It's Nile Rogers that brought me here.
Nice! It's Nile Rogers that brought me here.
I am 65 years and I grew up this music during the 70's and 80's. I will never get tired listening this music.
Me too!
Me 3
I thought this song wet out in 1997, at least that what google says
Yeah. Serious groove!
Me too 🎶🎶❤️🎶🎶
I can't explain how much I love classic 70's/80's funk songs.
Ok so is this R&B, Disco, Funk or Soul?
I hear you.
@@unclegardener It's Chiiiccc.
@Fonz Goose. 👍🤣
Must explore p funk
Damnnn, that bass is off the chain!
Preach!!😂😂
Jesus H. Christ, Bernard was an absolute MASTER on that bass! May he rest in peace. He certainly left his mark in this world.
Dont say the Lord's name in vain
@@vortex900enterprise4 Sorry! I didn't mean to offend.
@@vortex900enterprise4 Jesus Christ is fake
Yes he did!
I really don't think he used Bernards name in vain here.
NOW this is REAL music. Anyone else?
sheeeeeeiiiit u awready kno
Very few songs can stand the test of time.
@@Tinytunes-25
Dance in the feckin train ?!
Beat!
I'm 75 years old and this brings me memories of the 1970s my favorite decades.
You should listen to: La Toya Jackson - My Love Has Passed You By (1980) 🌹
Wish you were close, we would dance up a storm
I miss the70's!❤
20 yrs behind you feel the same way! Good music takes us there its magic!
😢the 70s were the best years for me. I am 70 now.
Atlantic records biggest selling single to this very day. A monster tune. This is real Disco music. Chic changed the dance game.
That bass line.
Ayy
Gods
What a slapper, big pp
Bernard Edwards
A clue: Token Black from South Park.
One of the greatest bands ever. Pure magic.
Lo mejor de lo mejor ❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Happy listening
Don't stop enjoying
This music will never get old.
When music was MUSIC!❤
👍Verdade, concordo com você plenamente
Lovely.. My first disco.. Paris
Yes indeed ❤ & look @ the ladies clothes, didn't need 😂to be to be half naked either ❤ Nile Rodgers is on guitar! Jammin out! New generation take note ❤
God himself Was with us on earth.
Yes!!
I wish Disco never died.
The coolest thing that happend
There's a way to revive it,by opening up a disco only club.
@@dimensionexo. If people are ever allowed to gather in big groups again.
@@franklofarojr.2969 Indeed.
Is not dead yet darling 😎
This song still sounds good 42 years later. I remember listening to this in 1979 when I was in High School. Good music never gets old.
Yessir! That was my official theme song in High School too!
Me too! This was popular when I was a senior in high school. It was SO cool then - still is!
Do you remember the line dance that we danced to
Same here. I was a junior when this came out. Fantastic era for music.
That bass is a relentless groove
Im leaving a comment so that after a month or a year or a decade when someone likes it i get a reminder to listen to this beautiful song again.!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😱😱😱😱😱😱😱👌👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
Get back in here! lol And be ready to shake yer a$$ (cuz it’s impossible not to)
One year passed.
😂
Done!!
Can't get no better than 70's R&B, Funk, and Soul!!!
Nile Rodgers is an incredible talent. I'm happy I got to be alive at the same time as the greatest funk guitarist of all time.
He's funk IQ is insane
kikikiki
No not just one of the greatest funk guitarists just one of the best guitarists full stop that's all a great man
l'important dans le funk et le disco c'est la musique qui est derrière qui est hyper recherché et qui pourtant semble simple et limpide juste pour nous faire danser... très intéressant c ' etait ...
Don’t forget Bernard Edwards
The man is a bassist out of this world!😅
Late Bernard Edwards left his mark with this.
Nile Rodgers really deserves to be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame. Also so cool that a song with violins actually has violin players in the video!
Love that ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I remember being surprised to see that, the first time I saw he video.
We need music like this again
Bernard Edwards not only managed to play that sick bass line, but he did so in a business suit. The man should have his own wing in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for pulling that off.
You're right that is a great bass line.
This was a time when people did use clothes, Mr Bernard looks very good in his suit...
not taking anything away from bernard’s great bass line, but in this film they’re all miming to their own prerecorded studio track and not playing what we’re hearing… perhaps he wore the suit in the studio when they recorded it… 🤷♂️
One of the greatest vibrations ever created in the universe! This video deserve at least 10 billion views!
100%
Best bass line ever! Bernard Edward is a beast! The best disco song ever! ❤
The instrumentation in the music of the 70's was unbeatable and there was no choice but to dance and freak out!
You should listen to: La Toya Jackson - My Love Has Passed You By (1980) 🌹
Man the bassist is one of the best!! Plays so clean!!
@@boywonderrr717n
One of my all time favorite songs...I am a child of the 70s, born in the 60s...I'm now in my 50s...If I live fifty more years, I will still want to get down and move to this beat...Life furnishes the RHYTHM...
I was born in 1975 but i wish if if lived in 1950s , 1960s and 1970
hit song of my schooldays..
love the memories it brings...
Same, born in the late 60’s. I remember grooving to this song at skateway roller disco, had my own skates, with hand painted markings on them. For a few years we lived on our skates.
Ah freakout
This is one of the best disco hit's of all time, classic record
I cannot believe i saw Chic at the Liverpool Empire in 1978, so cool.
Oyeeee que biennn... para mi eso era un sueño que nunca cumplí 😞
The smoothest. Ever. Now this is REAL DISCO...OFTEN IMITATED, BUT CAN'T BE DUPLICATED.
One of the classiest disco hits ever! Very sophisticated yet so danceable. One of my all-time favorites.
Life was so much better in the 70's 😍 Great music, dancing and the fantastic clothes 🥰
Good old days
That string arrangement, those progressions are FIRE!!,
Yeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!
Absolutely Agree.
It sure does!
Greetings from new zealand 🇳🇿 55 yr old kiwi, disco lives forever, music is freedom 🌏 🎵
The bass-lead instrumental part from 1:40 to 2:44 is absolute magic! If your foot doesn't tap, you must be already dead.
The best👍
to get a whole minute dance break in a short track is how i like it. awesome stuff
Alan ! I liked your information . 👍
You're absolutely right!!!!
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30 yrs of listening to Le Freak. Never tired of jiving. After so much listening, the structure of the song is amazing.
I LOVE it!
Incredible bass line
One of the greatest songs ever made. Hands down
Maybe back then but I can’t agree with you
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Couldn’t agree with you MORE!!!!!!
Remember the days of dancing to this song!!!!!!
What an incredible and most memorable time of my life!!!
Couldn’t wait for this song to be played at the discos! You would automatically jump up, and dance!!!!!!!!😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Enjoy
Keep on enjoying
Agreed 😂
Everything about this music clip is pure perfection 🎉
One of the best funk tracks ever
Most people don’t give the drummer some but the drummer is killer and deserves credit and recognition as well!
The great Tony Thompson who later played for the Power Station.
Agreed
@@mediasawdust2458 that one off album was awesome way back in 1985 !!!
He is the real MVP! Love it!
Tony Thompson...a bad man!
I’m not a big fan of disco but this song is definitely the best of the genre. The guitar riff and the baseline is some of the best of all time
Nah you’re a fan of disco. Everybody is.
The best Disco songs have unforgettable basslines🎶🎶🎸
シックのオシャレフリーク懐かしいの一言ですね❗新宿のディスコで良く踊りました❗
何時聞いても新鮮ですね！聞いてると自然にステップを踏んでますよ🎉
I don’t know which one I love more.
That killer bass from Bernard Edwards.
Or that classic, amazing guitar playing by Nile Rodgers. So goooooood!!!
Nile Rogers: legend. He combines rock-'n'-roll, funk, & classical all in one song. Thank you Let Chic!
The best bassline ever
“Good Times” would like a word with you. 😆👍🏻
Na toy story
I am in love with the lady singer in the purple! Great beat. The Bass player is a beast.
One of the greatest disco hits for ever
That Guitar Riff!!! It's in my bones!!! Disco hips and pointing is imminent!
Bernard Edwards, My man slammin that bassline! RIP
you bet,,,,,, he's one cool cat,,,, with really cool crafty bass lines,,, not in just this song, but all of his stuff. he's a master bass man. class act.
Yes! One of the greatest bassists of all time. Such sick grooves.
Is he the one wearing glasses?
It ashemd that bernard left us in 1996
He was a genius. And Nile Rogers. All of chics hits are absolute classics.
So sad that my generation today isn’t like this :(
What do u mean? You are like this. Forget the rest
This band has the most underrated bass player.
He was not underrated!! EVERYBODY.... knew Bernard Edwards was the best with Louis Johnson as well!
Not true...
That's not true at all!!!!
Yes, and Tony Thompson was an underated Drummer. Hard to believe this was inspired because they weren't allowed in Studio 54.
Not true, everyone related to this genre knew who Bernard Edwards was, an absolute legend on the bass🔥
I'm 55 yrs old now and still remember getting my groove dance on when I was like 12 to this song !! I would dance so much over & over to it I would be out of breath ... Awesome music !!❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯💯💯
I have vinyl record of chic
55 may
You got your vibe early
I'm 57 I danced my ass off to it as well.😍
You want to Die ? Wtf
This was a era of time music was just pure gold …hell YESSS..
WELL said!
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Still grooving in 2024!
Yes baby
Yes indeed💃🏾🕺🏾
Trés grosse performance
November 5
Dealing with chronic illness listening this to kick it ass and raise above it.
I remember people couldn't get enough of this one. It debuted in Nov, 1978 and was in the top 40 for almost five months and number 1 for 6 non-consecutive weeks. A great time and memories for me and still listen to all the music from that era.
HUGE
This one was one of several "Christmas Gift Singles." People bought them as gifts too. Check the charts and so many songs stayed #1 in December because of gift sales. This one was an absolute monster though!
One of the real masterpieces of late 70s funk/R&B. Songs like this at this time shot across all the divides and reminded us that we all belong to the same family.
Lol Danced and Skated to this endlessly ❤❤❤💯❤️✌🏾
The bass line is legendary. Very groovy. Bernard Edwards is a bass legend. R.I.P
No knock on Niles, but Bernard on the bass made the song.
This baasse line is epic & hot!
@@benoitserrano9193 I play bass and I love to play this song. The bass line is really epic.
killing it!!!!
This is a masterpiece. The bass note bend during the solo and the diminished chord at the "Savoy" part. They knew what they were doing.
46 YEARS OLD. PURE CLASSIC. NOVEMBER 2024
When I was a young boy (growing up in Africa), this song was played every weddings!
Am 56 years old I listened this song 80s till now oh its sweet!!!❤
I’m 63! I still sing this song!
You should give a try to the remaster by bbno$ he used a sample from this song and it sounds really good
Me too, I'm 43.
48 still loving it....freak😂
That bass guitar ! 🎸 😍
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you make great quality popular music with class and talent. A lesson, really.
This music is actually of my parent's time, but I've been obsessed since I was a kiddo. Still a banger today!
After long (years) of deliberation, one must come to the conclusion that this is the DEFINITIVE disco track. Competition was hard (disco inferno a.o.), but if asked in 100 years "what was disco?", then this song must be played.
One of the best surprise hits of all time...I think this came out in 1978 when I was 13...the whole damned nation thrilled to the beat and rhythm of Chic's Le Freak...
The musical chemistry between Nile Rogers & Bernard Edwards is undeniable.
One of the best bass lines in the business, the solo bass part in the song is priceless,,
Never tired of listening to this timeless classic!
2 - SOUL DISCO MUSIC GENIUSES - MASTERS - ICONS - STARS - LEGENDS - STYLES.
Wow! They don't write music like this anymore! The 70's was the best decade for music, in my humble opinion.
Incredible hit, who’s still here ?
It's 2021 already.
this qurantine.
No one cares what year just be happy your still listening to it
😋
i just found this song
I was 17... I was in the hospital. I had been a passenger in a car wreck that broke my back. 😔
This song came on and it was still pretty new. I was up dancing in my hospital room.... I was doing the freak.... and by the end of the song.... me and two nurses and the guy who delivered food was getting DOWNNN in my hospital room. LOL
Yeah yeah I know... they shoulda been working and not dancing... but I assure you... that little dance healed me as much as the 6 hour surgery.
Thank U Good Sam hospital employees from July of 1979ish 🖐🥰 xo xo
I requested that this song be played while having a spinal MRI a few years ago. Listening to this music made me happy during the procedure.
@@abbiewhite2767 I know exactly what you mean lol
@@abbiewhite2767 you know I really do believe music soothes the soul. If I’m in a bad mood but I hear one of my favorite songs it really lifts my spirits. I wish you lived next door we could open our windows and blast some REAL good music. I’m in my 60’s so I got some songs you wouldn’t think was even legal ! lol @myself again hunny bunny ROFLMBO have a great night. Sweet dreams.
LOVE this story
What a great story! Good music is timeless and even healing 😊
I loved me some Chic back in the day.
Bernard Edwards was a great bass player.May he R.I.P .🙏
Opera D'Arte!!Nile Rodgers talento IMMENSO!!Gruppo top the CHIC!!
If they hadn't been turned down at Studio 54 from getting in after Grace Jones invited them, then this song would have never existed. The Bouncer deserves our thanks.
They're killin' it!! What a groove!!
My lord... groove is unstoppable
one of the best most positive songs ever..gets you moving, feelin funky
I can’t stop🕺🏻
The origins of the sons weren’t so positive, the chorus was “f*** off! Lol
@@craigmcadams4221 But they make it non vulgar at all.
That bass !!!! Kicks ass 😮😮😮
That was the late, great Bernard Edwards.
With this song alone they deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
this is disco though
@@SaneTheBro
Oh of course, only Rock and Roll allowed, like...
Gladys Knight, Joni Mitchell, The Mamas and the Papas, James Taylor, Isaac Hayes, Percy Sledge, Miles Davis, Leonard Cohen, Run D.M.C., Public Enemy, Donna Summer, Hall & Oates, Linda Ronstadt, Bill Withers, N.W.A., Joan Baez, Tupac Shakur, Nina Simone, Janet Jackson... did I forget any true R & R artists?!
@@DerEchteBold ABBA, Bee Gees, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jacksons 5, Nile Rogers from Chic (notice from Chic) are in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame too.
@@victor1978100
Haha, Nile Rodgers actually is?!
I was kinda scanning through the list, must've missed that, thanks!
you mean the disco funk hall
everything from the outfits, the fashions, colors, the rhythms, violins.. actually the entire presentation.. it just doesn't get any closer to perfect than this.
What a band.Nile Rogers is a genius and a legend.
Nile Rogers is still going strong in the music industry
Saw him a few months ago in Sydney,, Awesome.
As far as I’m concerned this was the sound of the late 1970’s and early 80’s . . . my god Chic were superb and with Nile Rogers on rythum guitar and Bernie Edwards on that superb bass you couldn’t lose . . long live the 1970’s because if you were a teenager at this point it was a fantastic time to be alive.
Yep, we were BLESSED!
So true!
It was a total joy to experience these times. So glad to have lived these special moments in music.
Can't forget Alfa and Luci.
F’n right my friends and I went to the disco’s every night best time I ever had.
These brothers was handling those instruments.
I like how the theme is "freak out!" Yet, everyone in this video is super cool, professional, and collected - not freaking out at all.
One of the top 10 dance songs of the '70's!
So many memories associated with this song. Heard it first time on the high school disco dance floor. Also met my future wife that night. So many happy memories with her. Thanks for all the love, Honey. You're still my rock.
i've been searching for this song's name for a long long time and today, i made it. happy as f man
Totally underrated this band deserves to be in the R&R Hall of Fame the bass and guitar riffs are classics