Stage Fright (Chic song)

"Stage Fright" is the first and only single taken from Chic's fifth studio album Take It Off. The song, featuring a solo lead vocal by Luci Martin, is a highlight of CHIC's post-Disco offerings; showcasing the funk ensemble at its most stripped down and rawest. Though widely ignored upon its release; just missing Billboard's Hot 100 chart but faring better on Billboard's Hot Soul/Black Singles chart, the track remains a much sampled and interpolated tune in the CHIC arsenal.

"Stage Fright"
Single by Chic
from the album 'Take It Off'
Released1981
Recorded1981
GenreFunk
Length3:39
LabelAtlantic 3887
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bernard Edwards
  • Nile Rodgers
Chic singles chronology
"Real People"
(1980)
"Stage Fright"
(1981)
"Soup for One"
(1982)

Chart positions

Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[1] 34

Track listings

Atlantic 7" 3887, 1981
  • A. "Stage Fright" (7" Edit) - 3:39
  • B. "So Fine" - 4:10
Atlantic promo 12" DMD 306, 1981
  • A. "Stage Fright" 3:55
  • B. "So Fine" - 4:10

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 116.
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