# The Definitive Groove Collection

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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Definitive Groove Collection
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [Chic](/source/Chic_(band))
| cover      = Chic - The Definitive Groove Collection.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 8, 2006
| recorded   = 1977–1992
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Disco](/source/Disco), [funk](/source/funk), [R&B](/source/R%26B)
| length     = 155:40
| label      = [Rhino](/source/Rhino_Records)/[Warner Music](/source/Warner_Music)
| producer   = [Nile Rodgers](/source/Nile_Rodgers), [Bernard Edwards](/source/Bernard_Edwards)
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{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r847420|pure_url=yes}}]}}

'''''The Definitive Groove Collection''''' is a [compilation album](/source/compilation_album) of recordings by American [R&B](/source/R%26B) band [Chic](/source/Chic_(band)), released by [Rhino Records](/source/Rhino_Records)/[Warner Music](/source/Warner_Music) in 2006. ''The Definitive Groove Collection'' is the first two-disc Chic compilation to be released and contains all the band's hits and best known album tracks from 1977's ''[Chic](/source/Chic_(album))'' to 1992's ''[Chic-Ism](/source/Chic-Ism)'' in (near) chronological order.

==Track listing==
''All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers unless otherwise noted.''

'''Disc one:'''
#"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 8:21
#"Everybody Dance"  - 6:42
#"Strike Up the Band" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 4:34
#* Tracks 1–3 from 1977 album ''[Chic](/source/Chic_(album))''
#"Le Freak"  - 5:31
#"Savoir Faire"  - 5:04
#"Chic Cheer"  - 4:44
#"At Last I Am Free"  - 7:13
#"I Want Your Love"  - 6:56
#* Tracks 4–8 from 1978 album ''[C'est Chic](/source/C'est_Chic)''
#"Good Times"  - 8:15
#"My Forbidden Lover"  - 4:42
#"What About Me"  - 4:13
#"My Feet Keep Dancing"  - 6:41
#* Tracks 9–12 from 1979 album ''[Risqué](/source/Risqu%C3%A9_(album))''
#"Chip off the Old Block"  - 5:00
#* From 1980 album ''[Real People](/source/Real_People_(album))''

'''Disc two:''' 
#"Rebels Are We" (7" Edit) - 3:21
#"Real People"  (7" Edit) - 3:45
#* Tracks 1 & 2 from 1980 album ''[Real People](/source/Real_People_(album))''
#"Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)"  - 4:09
#* From 1979 album ''[Risqué](/source/Risqu%C3%A9_(album))''
#"26" - 4:06
#"You Can't Do It Alone"  - 4:47
#* Tracks 4 & 5 from 1980 album ''[Real People](/source/Real_People_(album))''
#"Stage Fright"  (7" Edit) - 3:39
#"Just out of Reach"  - 3:47
#"Flash Back"  - 4:29
#"Your Love Is Cancelled"  - 4:16
#* Tracks 6–9 from 1981 album ''[Take It Off](/source/Take_It_Off_(album))''
#"Soup for One"  - 5:36
#* From 1982 album ''[Soup For One (soundtrack)](/source/Soup_For_One_(soundtrack))''
#"When You Love Someone"  - 5:09
#"Hangin'" (7" Edit)  - 3:38
#* Tracks 11 & 12 from 1982 album ''[Tongue in Chic](/source/Tongue_in_Chic)''
#"Give Me the Lovin'" (7" Edit) - 3:32
#"Believer"  - 5:07
#"You Are Beautiful"  - 4:37
#* Tracks 13–15 from 1983 album ''[Believer](/source/Believer_(Chic_album))''
#"Chic Mystique"  (Edwards, Princesa, Rodgers) - 6:39
#"Your Love"  -  5:57
#* Tracks 16 & 17 from 1992 album ''[Chic-ism](/source/Chic-ism)''

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''The Definitive Groove Collection''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Chic|title=The Definitive Groove Collection|type=album|award=Silver|relyear=2007|certyear=2022|id=18589-1185-2|access-date=December 18, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments= true|nosales=true}}

== References ==
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Category:Albums produced by Nile Rodgers
Category:Albums produced by Bernard Edwards
Category:2006 compilation albums
Category:Rhino Entertainment compilation albums

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