Dance Classics of Chaka Khan

Dance Classics of Chaka Khan is a compilation album of recordings by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan released on the Warner Bros. Records label in Japan in 1999.

Dance Classics of Chaka Khan
Greatest hits album by
Chaka Khan
ReleasedFebruary 24, 1999
GenreR&B
LabelWarner Bros., Japan
Chaka Khan chronology
Come 2 My House
(1998)		 Dance Classics of Chaka Khan
(1999)		 ClassiKhan
(2004)
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As the title suggests the compilation mainly focuses on the dancefloor friendly part of Khan's repertoire from the late 1970s to mid 1980s, including classic single cuts like "I'm Every Woman", "Fate", "Eye To Eye", "Clouds", "I Feel for You" as well as album tracks like "Pass It On (Sure Thing)" and "A Woman in a Man's World".

Dance Classics is however mainly notable for the inclusion of two rarities: the original 12" Long Vocal Mix and 12" Instrumental Version of the 1982 hit single "Tearin' It Up", both mixed by legendary D.J. Larry Levan and as yet only available on this compilation. The original version of "Tearin' It Up" appears on the eponymous Chaka Khan album which incidentally also remains unreleased on CD in both the United States and Europe.

The Dance Classics of Chaka Khan set also features both the original 1978 version and the 1989 remix of "I'm Every Woman" (from Life is a Dance - The Remix Project) and concludes with the 1984 ballad "Through the Fire"

Track listing
  1. "Tearin' It Up" (Long Vocal Mix) (Lumibao, Sigler) - 7:23
  2. "I'm Every Woman" (Ashford, Simpson) - 4:06
  3. "Pass It On (A Sure Thing)" (Maiden, Washburn) - 5:03
  4. "Clouds" (Ashford, Simpson) 4:26
  5. "Fate" (Bugatti, Musker) - 3:15
  6. "Eye to Eye" (Freeman, Sembello, Sembello, Sembello) - 4:39
  7. "I Feel for You" Prince 5:45
  8. "A Woman in a Man's World" (Kastner, McNally) - 3:58
  9. "What Cha' Gonna Do for Me" (Doheny, Stuart) - 3:53
  10. "I Know You, I Live You" (Khan, Mardin) - 4:29
  11. "I'm Every Woman" (Remix Version By Dancin' Danny D.) (Ashford, Simpson) - 8:21
  12. "Tearin' It Up" (Instrumental) (Lumibao, Sigler) - 8:08
  13. "Through the Fire" (Foster, Keane, Weil) - 4:45

Personnel
  • Michel Comte – Photography
  • David Foster – Producer
  • Larry Levan – Remixing
  • Arif Mardin – Producer
  • Russ Titelman – Producer
  • Glenn Wexler – Cover Photo
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