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Soup for One (soundtrack)
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Soup For One is a soundtrack album
to the movie Soup For One
by American R&B
band Chic
et al., released on the label WEA in 1982, the first Chic album not to be issued on Atlantic Records
. The album reached # 168 on Billboard's Album Chart and #42 on the R&B chart.
Besides three previously released tracks, Chic's "I Want Your Love" from 1978 album C'est Chic
, Sister Sledge's "Let's Go On Vacation" from 1980s Love Somebody Today
and "Jump, Jump" from Debbie Harry
's Koo Koo
, the album contains five songs specifically written and produced by Bernard Edwards
and Nile Rodgers
for the movie.
Chic's title track lead single stalled at #80 on the US Pop Chart but was a Top 20 hit on the R&B Singles chart, peaking at #14 - making it their best R&B chart entry since 1980s "Rebels Are We".
"Why" with vocals by Carly Simon
was only moderately successful on its initial release in the US (Pop #74, September 1982), the song however turned out to be a surprise hit in Europe, where it reached #10 on the singles charts in the UK in early 1983, and later the extended 12" remix - featuring additional vocals by Chic's Alfa Anderson and Luci Martin - also became something of an underground club classic in the US. Along with "You're So Vain", "Nobody Does It Better", "Coming Around Again" and "Let The River Run", "Why" is in fact one of the biggest commercial successes of Simon's career and regularly included on 'greatest hits' compilations with the singer.
The Soup For One album also includes Chic's one and only collaboration with legendary soul singer Teddy Pendergrass
, the ballad "Dream Girl". Pendergrass had a cameo role as a nightclub singer performing the song in the movie, it was however never issued as a single.
Longstanding Chic vocalist Fonzi Thornton's track "I Work For A Livin'" is taken from what was planned to be his first solo project. The album entitled "Frostbite" was recorded in 1981/82, and was written and produced by Bernard Edwards
and Nile Rodgers
, but remains unreleased.
Chic also wrote the track "Riding" , sung by Fonzi, which appeared in the film, but was not included on the soundtrack album. This track was originally intended for Fonzi Thornton's unreleased solo project.
"Tavern On The Green" is an acoustic guitar piece and another instrumental Chic track, "Open Up" from 1980s Real People
, also appeared in the film but was not included on the soundtrack album. Paradoxically, Carly Simon's "Why", the biggest hit single from the album, was not featured in the actual movie.
A Tribe Called Quest
sampled "Why" for their 1990 hit "Bonita Applebum
", as did British rapper Glamma Kid
in 1999, taking the song back up to #10 on the UK charts. Chic's "Soup For One" was sampled by French dance act Modjo
for their 2000 song "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)", a #1 hit in most of Europe.
The Soup For One album in its entirety remains unreleased on compact disc.
Side A
Side B
1 This song was finally released on June 1, 2009.
7" Chic: "Soup For One". Mirage Records (US)/WEA Records (Europe), July 1982.
12" Chic: "Soup For One". Mirage/WEA, July 1982.
7" Carly Simon: "Why". Mirage/WEA, August 1982.
12" Carly Simon/Chic: "Why". Mirage/WEA, August 1982.
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
to the movie Soup For One
Soup For One (film)
Soup For One is a 1982 sexually-themed romantic comedy that was directed and written by Jonathan Kaufer and produced by Marvin Worth. The R-rated film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures...
by American R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
band Chic
Chic (band)
Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"...
et al., released on the label WEA in 1982, the first Chic album not to be issued on Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
. The album reached # 168 on Billboard's Album Chart and #42 on the R&B chart.
Besides three previously released tracks, Chic's "I Want Your Love" from 1978 album C'est Chic
C'est Chic
C'est Chic is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978. C'est Chic includes the band's classic hit "Le Freak" which topped the US Hot 100 chart, US R&B, and US Club Play in October 1978, selling six million copies in the US alone and is to date both...
, Sister Sledge's "Let's Go On Vacation" from 1980s Love Somebody Today
Love Somebody Today
Love Somebody Today is a 1980 album by Sister Sledge. The album which, just like 1979's highly successful We Are Family, was both written and produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of the band Chic and includes three due to the anti-disco backlash largely overlooked single releases; "Got To...
and "Jump, Jump" from Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
's Koo Koo
Koo Koo
KooKoo is the debut solo album by the American singer Debbie Harry, released in 1981.-Album information:KooKoo was made while Harry and boyfriend Chris Stein were taking a year long break from the band Blondie...
, the album contains five songs specifically written and produced by Bernard Edwards
Bernard Edwards
Bernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:...
and Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
for the movie.
Chic's title track lead single stalled at #80 on the US Pop Chart but was a Top 20 hit on the R&B Singles chart, peaking at #14 - making it their best R&B chart entry since 1980s "Rebels Are We".
"Why" with vocals by Carly Simon
Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
was only moderately successful on its initial release in the US (Pop #74, September 1982), the song however turned out to be a surprise hit in Europe, where it reached #10 on the singles charts in the UK in early 1983, and later the extended 12" remix - featuring additional vocals by Chic's Alfa Anderson and Luci Martin - also became something of an underground club classic in the US. Along with "You're So Vain", "Nobody Does It Better", "Coming Around Again" and "Let The River Run", "Why" is in fact one of the biggest commercial successes of Simon's career and regularly included on 'greatest hits' compilations with the singer.
The Soup For One album also includes Chic's one and only collaboration with legendary soul singer Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade...
, the ballad "Dream Girl". Pendergrass had a cameo role as a nightclub singer performing the song in the movie, it was however never issued as a single.
Longstanding Chic vocalist Fonzi Thornton's track "I Work For A Livin'" is taken from what was planned to be his first solo project. The album entitled "Frostbite" was recorded in 1981/82, and was written and produced by Bernard Edwards
Bernard Edwards
Bernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:...
and Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
Nile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
, but remains unreleased.
Chic also wrote the track "Riding" , sung by Fonzi, which appeared in the film, but was not included on the soundtrack album. This track was originally intended for Fonzi Thornton's unreleased solo project.
"Tavern On The Green" is an acoustic guitar piece and another instrumental Chic track, "Open Up" from 1980s Real People
Real People (album)
Real People is the fourth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1980, including the singles "Rebels Are We" and "Real People"...
, also appeared in the film but was not included on the soundtrack album. Paradoxically, Carly Simon's "Why", the biggest hit single from the album, was not featured in the actual movie.
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...
sampled "Why" for their 1990 hit "Bonita Applebum
Bonita Applebum
"Bonita Applebum" was the second single from A Tribe Called Quest's debut album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. It is believed to be based on an actual young woman from the group's high school...
", as did British rapper Glamma Kid
Glamma Kid
Iyael Iyases Tafari Constable better known as Glamma Kid, is a British ragga and dancehall toaster and former Royal Air Force trainee of part Jamaican descent.-Career:...
in 1999, taking the song back up to #10 on the UK charts. Chic's "Soup For One" was sampled by French dance act Modjo
Modjo
Modjo was a French house/pop musical duo made up of producer Romain Tranchart and vocalist Yann Destagnol . It had major success with its hit single "Lady ".-Biography:...
for their 2000 song "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)", a #1 hit in most of Europe.
The Soup For One album in its entirety remains unreleased on compact disc.
Tracklisting
All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers unless otherwise noted.Side A
- ChicChic (band)Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"...
- "Soup For OneSoup for One (song)"Soup For One" is a song performed by the band Chic. It is featured on the soundtrack album Soup For One. In 2000, it was sampled by the French house/pop duo Modjo for their single "Lady "....
" - 5:35 - Carly SimonCarly SimonCarly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
- "WhyWhy (Carly Simon song)"Why", by Carly Simon, was one of a string of film-inspired singles from a less successful period in her career . Following her much publicized break-down on stage in 1980, it was recorded for the movie Soup For One in 1982. The movie flopped but the soundtrack was a success.The song, like all of...
" - 4:06 - Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassTheodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade...
- "Dream Girl"1 - 4:10 - Fonzi Thornton - "I Work For A Livin'" - 3:31
Side B
- Chic - "I Want Your Love" - 6:58
- Sister SledgeSister SledgeSister Sledge is an American musical group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1972 and consisting of four sisters: Kim Sledge Debbie Sledge , Joni Sledge , and Kathy Sledge . They are granddaughters of the former opera singer Viola Williams. The sisters used to perform under the name of "Mrs...
- "Let's Go On Vacation" - 5:09 - Chic - "Tavern On The Green" - 2:15
- Deborah HarryDebbie HarryDeborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
- "Jump, Jump" (Harry, Stein) - 4:04
1 This song was finally released on June 1, 2009.
Personnel
- Alfa Anderson - vocals
- Luci Martin - vocals
- Bernard EdwardsBernard EdwardsBernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:...
- vocals - Fonzi ThorntonFonzi ThorntonFonzi Thornton, is an American singer, song writer/producer, stage performer and radio personality.Thornton has provided background vocals on albums by artists which include Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Chic, Sheena Easton, Mariah Carey, David Bowie, Michael Jackson,...
- vocals - Michelle Cobbs - vocals
- Jocelyn BrownJocelyn BrownJocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...
- vocals - Diva Gray - vocals
- Robin ClarkRobin ClarkRobin Clark is an American vocalist best known for her 1985 work with UK band Simple Minds in Once Upon A Time album and tour. She has also performed vocals on numerous other tours and albums, including work with David Bowie and Luther Vandross amongst others...
- vocals - Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassTheodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade...
- vocals - Carly SimonCarly SimonCarly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...
- vocals - Deborah HarryDebbie HarryDeborah Ann "Debbie" Harry is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers...
- vocals - Sister SledgeSister SledgeSister Sledge is an American musical group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1972 and consisting of four sisters: Kim Sledge Debbie Sledge , Joni Sledge , and Kathy Sledge . They are granddaughters of the former opera singer Viola Williams. The sisters used to perform under the name of "Mrs...
- vocals - Bernard EdwardsBernard EdwardsBernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Nile RodgersNile RodgersNile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Tony ThompsonTony ThompsonAnthony T. "Tony" Thompson was a session drummer best known as a member of Chic. He was raised in the middle-class community of Springfield Gardens, in Queens, NY.-Chic:...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Raymond Jones - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Andy Schwartz - keyboards
- Sammy FigueroaSammy FigueroaSammy Figueroa is an American percussionist born in The Bronx, New York. At 18 he joined the band of bassist Bobby Valentín and also co-led the Brazilian/Latin fusion group Raices....
- percussion - Meco Monardo - hornsHorn sectionIn music, a horn section can refer to several groups of musicians. It can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play the horn . In a British-style brass band it refers to the tenor horn players. In popular music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a...
- Robert Millikan - horns
- Edward Daniels - horns
- José Rossi - tubular bellTubular bellTubular bells are musical instruments in the percussion family. Each bell is a metal tube, 30–38 mm in diameter, tuned by altering its length. Its standard range is from C4-F5, though many professional instruments reach G5 . Tubular bells are often replaced by studio chimes, which are a smaller...
s - Chic Strings - stringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
Production
- Bernard EdwardsBernard EdwardsBernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:...
- record producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
for Chic Organization Ltd. - Nile RodgersNile RodgersNile Gregory Rodgers is an American musician, producer, composer, arranger, and guitarist.-Biography:...
- producer for Chic Organization Ltd. - Bob ClearmountainBob ClearmountainBob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen , The Rolling Stones , Bryan Adams , Robbie Williams Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He...
- sound engineer - Bill Scheniman - engineer
- Scott LittScott LittScott Litt is an American record producer who mostly works with artists in the alternative rock genre and is best known for producing six R.E.M. albums.-Biography:...
- engineer - Jason Corsaro - assistant engineer
- Jeff Hendrickson - assistant engineer
- Josh Abbey - assistant engineer
- Dave Greenberg - assistant engineer
- Barry Bongiovi - assistant engineer.
- Recorded and mixed at Power Station NYC.
- Mastered at Atlantic Studios NYC.
Single releases
All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.7" Chic: "Soup For One". Mirage Records (US)/WEA Records (Europe), July 1982.
- "Soup For One" (7" Edit) - 3:08 / "Burn Hard" (7" Edit) - 3:39
12" Chic: "Soup For One". Mirage/WEA, July 1982.
- "Soup For One" (12" Mix) - 7:58 / "Burn Hard" (Album Version) - 5:12
7" Carly Simon: "Why". Mirage/WEA, August 1982.
- "Why" (7" Edit) - 3:33 / "Why" (7" Instrumental) - 3:33
12" Carly Simon/Chic: "Why". Mirage/WEA, August 1982.
- Carly Simon: "Why" (12" Mix) - 8:11 / Chic: "Why" (12" Instrumental) - 7:06