Soup for One (song)

"Soup for One"
"Soup for One"
Single by Chic
from the album Soup for One (soundtrack)
B-side	"Burn Hard"
Released	1982
Genre	Funk, post-disco
Length	5:36
Label	Mirage
Songwriter(s)	Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers
Producer(s)	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Chic singles chronology

"Soup for One" is a song performed by the band Chic. The song is written in A minor and is featured on the soundtrack album Soup for One. "Soup For One" went to #14 on the Billboard Soul singles chart and #80 on the Hot 100^[1]

Samples[]

In 2000, it was sampled by the French house duo Modjo for their single "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)".^[2] In live performances, Chic usually plays "Soup for One" in a medley with "Lady".
In 2017, it was sampled by American singer Katy Perry for her single "Chained to the Rhythm" from her 4th studio album, Witness.
In 2020, it was sampled by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her single "Magic" from her fifteenth studio album, Disco.

Track listings[]

USA Mirage 7", WTG 4032 (1982)

A. "Soup for One" (edit) - 3:08
B. "Burn Hard" (edit) - 3:39

USA Mirage 12", DM 4827 (1982)

A. "Soup for One" (extended) - 7:58
B. "Burn Hard" (album version) - 5:12

References[]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 116.
^ https://www.whosampled.com/Chic/Soup-for-One/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links[]

Discogs entry

[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 116.

[2] ttps://www.whosampled.com/Chic/Soup-for-One/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers Tony Thompson Alfa Anderson Luci Martin Norma Jean Wright Fonzi Thornton Michelle Cobbs Omar Hakim Robert Sabino Sylver Logan Sharp Luther Vandross Diva Gray Robin Clark
Studio albums	Chic (1977) C'est Chic (1978) Risqué (1979) Real People (1980) Take It Off (1981) Soup For One (1982) Tongue in Chic (1982) Believer (1983) Chic-ism (1992) It's About Time (2018)
Live albums	Live at the Budokan (1999) A Night in Amsterdam (2006)
Produced by Chic	Norma Jean Wright: Norma Jean (1978) Sister Sledge: We Are Family (1979) Sheila and B. Devotion: King of the World (1980) Sister Sledge: Love Somebody Today (1980) Diana Ross: diana (1980) Debbie Harry: KooKoo (1981) Johnny Mathis: I Love My Lady (1981, unreleased)
Main compilations	Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979) Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988) Megachic: Best of Chic (1990) Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991) The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992) Everybody Dance (1995) Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997) The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999) The Very Best of Chic (2000) Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005) The Definitive Groove Collection (2006) Up All Night (2013)
Notable singles	"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" "Everybody Dance" "Le Freak" "I Want Your Love" "Good Times" "My Forbidden Lover" "My Feet Keep Dancing" "Rebels Are We" "Real People" "Stage Fright" "Soup for One" "Hangin'" "Chic Mystique" "I'll Be There"
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