History YMMV / Chic

** Another, odder example of this trope regarding "Good Times" is the song's ''bassline'', which to casual music listeners is better associated with Music/{{Queen}}'s "Another One Bites the Dust" than with the Chic song that inspired it. The Queen song's bassline isn't an exact match apart from the first three notes, but the similarity is close enough to make the association instantaneous for most.

* SignatureSong: "Le Freak". They were also responsible for the signature songs of two other acts: Sister Sledge ("We Are Family") and Sheila & B. Devotion ("Spacer").

* SampledUp: Although it's a session remake rather than a direct sample, "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang effectively did this to "Good Times"... briefly. Though now the two songs are probably about equally well-known, not least because the rip-off is so infamous. Rodgers and Edwards actually liked "Rapper's Delight" and incorporated bits of it into their own live performances later on - they just didn't like not getting paid for it. It was all sorted out in the end.

** "Soup For One" was effectively RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap by the success of "Lady", and just like "Good Times"/"Rappers Delight", it's now unthinkable that they would play "Soup For One" ''without'' segueing into "Lady".

* AscendedFanon: Two songs that SampledUp Chic originals have ended up being incorporated back into the Chic tracks when played live:
** "Good Times" started being played as a medley with "Rappers Delight" almost as soon as the latter was released, and has been played that way ever since.
** A similar thing happened with Modjo's "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" being put into a medley with Chic's original "Soup For One" - the latter being Rescued From The Scrappy Heap as a result.
* AuthorExistenceFailure: Bernard Edwards passed away from complications of pneumonia shortly after their reunion concert in Japan. Nile has carried on the band ever since.

* BreakawayPopHit: They wrote and produced Carly Simon's hit "Why" for the film ''Soup For One''. The film and even the soundtrack album have long since slipped into obscurity, but the song remains familiar and has attracted quite a few cover versions.
* CareerResurrection: After the duo broke up, Nile's work did not sell as well and it wasn't until David Bowie heard his solo album that he commissioned Nile to write him a hit, resulting in "Let's Dance". The song renewed both their careers and Nile has remained an in-demand producer since, as well as reforming Chic and carrying on the band as a popular live act after Bernard's death.

* SignatureSong: "Le Freak". They were also responsible for the signature songs of two other acts: Sister Sledge ("We Are Family") and Sheila & B. Devotion ("Spacer").
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: They turned down the chance to produce Music/TheRollingStones early in their career; later, their record label nixed the idea of a collaboration with Music/ArethaFranklin. They also recorded an album with Johnny Mathis which was never released; it probably wouldn't have changed their fortunes significantly, but it's certainly a WhatCouldHaveBeen for Mathis.

** Alcazar's "Crying At the Discotheque" covered up "Spacer". According to PetShopBoys' Chris Lowe, "they took the backing track and wrote a better song over the top".

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Bernard White passed away from complications of pneumonia shortly after their reunion concert in Japan. Nile has carried on the band ever since.

* BreakawayPopHit: they wrote and produced Carly Simon's hit "Why" for the film ''Soup For One''. The film and even the soundtrack album have long since slipped into obscurity, but the song remains familiar and has attracted quite a few cover versions.

* SignatureSong: "Le Freak". They were also responsible for the signature songs of two other acts: Sister Sledge ("We Are Family") and Sheila & B. Devotion ("Spacer").

** Alcazar's "Crying At the Discotheque" covered up "Spacer". According to PetShopBoys' Chris Lowe, "they took the backing track and wrote a better song over the top".

** "Soup For One" was effectively RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap by the success of "Lady", and just like "Good Times"/"Rappers Delight", it's now unthinkable that they would play "Soup For One" ''without'' segueing into "Lady".

** Also "Soup For One", known to the rest of the world as Modjo's "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)".