Everybody Dance : Chic and The Politics of Disco

Acknowledgements ix Preface: Happy Man With a Style of His Own xiii Introduction: Dancing Helps Relieve The Pain xvii Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits 25(10) The Village People 35(12) From Panthers ... To Muppets 47(6) Lose My Number 53(8) Doing Fine Now? 61(10) The Boys Are Back in Town 71(8) Night Owls 79(8) Turning Turtle 87(8) `An Uptown Booker T and the MGS' 95(10) Freak Out! 105(12) Just Can't Wait Til Saturday 117(16) Giving Love in a Family Dose 133(10) The Chic Organization Ltd. 143(6) Chic Cheer? 149(16) Delight 165(8) Upside Down 173(16) Take It Off 189(16) Why Does My Heart Hurt So Much? 205(10) Adventures in the Serious Moonlight 215(16) On Your Ladder, I'll Be Your Peg 231(8) We Want to Multiply 239(12) Crisp Cliches and Witty Words 251(12) Now You're Gone 263(10) My Feet Keep Dancing 273(12) Afterword: Lost In Music 285(2) Appendix I: Tony Thompson 287(2) Appendix II: Discography 289(10) Appendix III: Bibliography 299(4) Appendix IV: 1978--1979 303(4) Index 307