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With a club-ready groove to swoon over, Rod Stewart’s 1978 disco-rock crossover, Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?, remains a timeless classic.

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From epic disco rhythms for Chic to sophisti-funk session work, the best Bernard Edwards basslines prove why he’s a master of funky grooves.

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A pure blast of floor-filling panache, Chic’s debut single, Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah), subverted disco’s escapism.

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Chic’s funky, upbeat music went beyond the dancefloor, bringing disco to the mainstream and leaving an influential legacy on pop culture.

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‘Elysium’ is perhaps one of the most personal Pet Shop Boys albums. Its release also marked a major turning point for the musical duo.

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Boasting one of the most-sampled hooks in history, Chic’s funky disco song Good Times made waves and kick-started the art of sampling.

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Recorded when he was still a teenager, ‘For You’ introduced Prince as a precocious young artist who was already ‘streets into the future’.

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For their follow-up to Le Freak, Chic’s dancefloor classic I Want Your Love aimed cupid's arrow straight at the heart of the disco scene.

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A delirious mix of funk and R&B with lyrical nods to UK art-rock, Chic’s self-titled debut album brought glamour to disco dancefloors.

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He made his name with Chic, but the best Nile Rodgers songs can be found scattered across records by Bowie, Madonna and more…

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