Le Freak

〈Le Freak〉是美国R&B乐队Chic于1978年创作的一首放克迪斯科歌曲。这是该乐队的第三首单曲，也是第一首告示牌百大单曲榜和R&B（英语：Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs）排名第一的热门歌曲。^[2]^[3] 与曲目〈I Want Your Love〉和〈Chic Cheer〉一起，〈Le Freak〉在迪斯科排行榜上连续七周排名第一。^[4]这首单曲的销量达到 700 万张，并在英国单曲排行榜上排名第七。^[5]

告示牌杂志将其评为1979年排名第三的歌曲。^[6]这首歌在告示牌杂志‘百强单曲榜’前55年的百强歌曲中排名第21位。^[7]2018 年，它被美国国会图书馆选入国家录音登记处（英语：National Recording Registry）保存，理由是它“具有文化、历史或美学意义”。^[8]

曲目列表

Atlantic 7" 3519, September 21, 1978

A. "Le Freak" (7" Edit) – 3:30
B. "Savoir Faire" – 4:57

Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 131, 1978 / Atlantic 12" DK 4700, 1978

A. "Le Freak" – 5:23
B. "Savoir Faire" – 4:57

Atlantic 12" DK 4620, 1978 / Atlantic Oldies promo 12" DSKO 178, 1979

A. "Le Freak" – 5:23
B. "You Can Get By" – 5:36

排行榜

周榜

成绩 (1978–1979)	峰值排位
澳大利亚 (Kent Music Report)	1
奥地利（Ö3四十强单曲榜）^[9]	6
比利时佛兰德（Ultratop五十强单曲榜）^[10]	2
加拿大热门单曲 (RPM)^[11]	1
加拿大 (RPM Adult Contemporary)^[12]	1
加拿大 (RPM Dance Songs)^[13]	1
加拿大 (RPM Top 15 12inch)^[14]	1
法国 (SNEP)^[15]	2
爱尔兰 (IRMA)^[16]	20
荷兰（荷蘭四十強單曲榜）^[17]	2
荷兰（百强单曲榜）^[18]	5
新西兰（新西兰官方音乐榜）^[19]	1
挪威（VG-lista單曲榜）^[20]	9
南非 (Springbok Radio)^[21]	1
瑞典（瑞典最熱榜）^[22]	6
瑞士（瑞士热门音乐榜）^[23]	2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[24]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	1
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)^[3]	1
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[3] (with "I Want Your Love" and "Chic Cheer")	1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[25]	48
US Cash Box Top 100^[26]	1
西德（Official German Charts）^[27]	5

成绩 (1987) (Jack Le Freak)	峰值排位
Irish Singles Chart^[16]	13
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[24]	19
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[3]	15
US Dance/Electronic Singles Sales (Billboard)^[3]	21
成绩 (2013)	峰值排位
法国（法國唱片出版業公會單曲榜）^[28]	192

年终榜

成绩 (1978)	排位
Canada RPM Top Singles^[29]	132

成绩 (1979)	排位
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[30]	8
Canada RPM Top Singles^[31]	42
New Zealand^[32]	8
South Africa (Springbok Radio)^[33]	8
US Billboard Hot 100^[34]	3
US Cash Box ^[35]	1

全时段榜

成绩 (1958–2018)	排位
US Billboard Hot 100^[36]	24

销售认证


地區	认证	认证单位/销量
加拿大（加拿大音乐协会）^[38]	2× 白金	448,000^[37]
法国（法國唱片出版業公會）^[39]	金	500,000^*
意大利（意大利音乐产业联盟）^[40]	金	50,000^‡
英国（英国唱片业协会）^[41]	白金	600,000^‡
美国（美國唱片業協會）^[43]	5× 白金	4,000,000^[42]
總計
全球	—	7,000,000^[5]
^*僅含認證的實際銷量 ^‡僅含認證的流媒体+實際銷量

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Bronson, Fred. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. Billboard Books. 1997. ISBN 9780823076413. 含有內容需登入查看的頁面 (link)

外部链接

Chic

伯纳德·爱德华兹
尼尔·罗杰斯
托尼·汤普森（英语：Tony Thompson (drummer)）
阿尔法·安德森（英语：Alfa Anderson）
露西·马丁 (Luci Martin)
诺玛·吉恩·赖特（英语：Norma Jean Wright）

Fonzi Thornton
Michelle Cobbs
Nathaniel S. Hardy, Jr.
Omar Hakim
Robert Sabino
Sylver Logan Sharp
Luther Vandross

Diva Gray
Robin Clark

录音室专辑

Chic (1977)
C'est Chic (1978)
Risqué (1979)
Real People (1980)
Take It Off (1981)
Soup For One (1982)
Tongue in Chic (1982)
Believer (1983)
Chic-ism (1992)
It's About Time (2018)

现场专辑

Live at the Budokan (1999)
A Night in Amsterdam (2006)

合辑

Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979)
Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988)
Megachic: Best of Chic (1990)
Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991)
The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992)
Everybody Dance (1995)
Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997)
The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999)
The Very Best of Chic (2000)
Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005)
The Definitive Groove Collection (2006)
Up All Night (2013)