I'll Be There (Chic song)

"I'll Be There"
Single by Chic featuring Nile Rodgers
Released	March 20, 2015
Recorded	2014
Genre	Disco, dance-pop, electrofunk, house
Length	5:13
Label	Warner Bros Records
Songwriter(s)	Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers
Producer(s)	Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers
Chic singles chronology
""Get Lucky" (with Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams)" (2013) "I'll Be There" (2015) "Back In the Old School" (2015)
Nile Rodgers singles chronology
"Number 1" (2014) "I'll Be There" (2015) "Magic" (2015)

"I'll Be There" is a song by the band CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers. It was produced by Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. It was intended to be the lead single for the band's album It's About Time, but due to the deaths of Prince and David Bowie, the album changed over the following years. Since Rodgers is the act's founder and only original member, he received billing credit on the song.

Song background

The single pays tribute to the disco era and makes references to Chic-related songs and artists produced by the group. Among the referenced tracks (and acts) mentioned and sampled:

• "Got To Love Somebody" by Sister Sledge (using the song's multiple elements)
• "Everybody Dance" (sampled vocal lyrics)
• "Good Times" (sampled vocal lyrics)
• "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge (Sound effects from the extended version)

Chart performance

The song reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in its June 20, 2015 issue, and was the act's fourth number one overall, and their first number-one single in nearly 23 years when "Chic Mystique" peaked at number one, in 1992.[1]

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[2]	9
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[2]	27
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[3]	8
Belgium Dance Bubbling Under (Ultratop Wallonia)[3]	11
France (SNEP)[4]	78
Israel (Media Forest)[5]	1
Japan (ZIP Dance Hits 20)[6]	1
UK Singles (OCC)	68
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Position
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[8]	19

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 2015 (U.S.)

References

1. "Chart Highlights: Shawn Mendes Sews Up First Pop Songs Airplay Hit With 'Stitches'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
2. "Chic feat. Nile Rodgers – I'll Be There" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
3. "Chic feat. Nile Rodgers – I'll Be There" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
4. "Chic – I'll Be There" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
5. "Media Forest Week 14, 2015". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
6. "ZIP Dance Hits 20". Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
7. "Chic Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
8. "Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2021.

External links

• Official Video (US version) on YouTube