Dazz

Not to be confused with Dazz Band.

"Dazz"
Single by Brick
from the album Good High
B-side	"Southern Sunset" (7") "Music Matic" (12")
Released	July 6, 1976
Genre	Disco[1] jazz[1]
Length	5:35 (full version) 3:23 (radio edit)
Label	Bang
Songwriter(s)	Regi Hargis, Eddie Irons, Ray Ransom
Producer(s)	Jim Healy, Johnny Duncan, Robert E. Lee, Brick
Brick singles chronology
"Music Matic" (1976) "Dazz" (1976) "Dusic" (1977)

"Dazz" is a song by R&B/funk band Brick. "Dazz" is a combination of disco, funk and jazz, hence the title "Dazz", a combination denominator for "Disco Jazz".[2] Released in 1976 from their debut album Good High, it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart, while reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 41 on Billboard's year-end chart.[3] In Canada, it reached number 26.[4]

Another popular 1970s-era soul group, the Dazz Band, took their name from the song.[5] The song was featured in a house party scene in the 2016 action-comedy film The Nice Guys, set in 1977. It was also featured in a scene in the 2019 Elton John biopic, Rocketman.

Sampling

"Dazz" has been sampled by multiple artists (partial list):[6]

• "No Vaseline" by Ice Cube from his 1991 album Death Certificate, arguably the most well-known instance of the song's sampling, and considered by some to be the greatest diss track of all time.
• "Cinderfella Dana Dane" by Dana Dane from his 1987 album Dana Dane with Fame.
• "Jazzie's Groove" by Soul II Soul from their 1989 album Club Classics Vol. One.
• "Do You Wanna Get Funky" by C+C Music Factory from their 1994 album Anything Goes!
• "Search 4 the Lyte" by MC Lyte from her 1991 album Act Like You Know.
• "Lavish" by 415 from their 1990 album 41Fivin.

References

1. Morgan, Huey (November 4, 2014). "The 1970s: Brick - "Dazz". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
2. "Brick and Their Disco Hit "Dazz"". MentalItch.com. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 78.
4. "RPM Top 100 Singles - January 29, 1977" (PDF).
5. "The Dazz Band". SoulTracks.com. SoulTracks, LLC. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
6. "Samples of Dazz". WhoSampled.com. WhoSampled.com, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2023.