Dazz
| "Dazz" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Brick | ||||
| from the album Good High | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | July 6, 1976 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:23 (radio edit) 5:35 (full version) | |||
| Label | Bang | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Regi Hargis, Eddie Irons, Ray Ransom | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Healy, Johnny Duncan, Robert E. Lee, Brick | |||
| Brick singles chronology | ||||
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"Dazz" is a song by R&B/funk band Brick. "Dazz" is a combination of disco, funk and jazz, hence the title "Dazz", a combination denominator for "Disco Jazz".[2] Released in 1976 from their debut album Good High, it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart, while reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 41 on Billboard's year-end chart.[3] In Canada, it reached number 26.[4]
Another popular 1970s-era soul group, the Dazz Band, took their name from the song.[5] The song was featured in a house party scene in the 2016 action-comedy film The Nice Guys, set in 1977. It was also featured in a scene in the 2019 Elton John biopic, Rocketman.
Sampling
"Dazz" has been sampled by multiple artists (partial list):[6]
- "No Vaseline" by Ice Cube from his 1991 album Death Certificate, arguably the most well-known instance of the song's sampling, and considered by some to be the greatest diss track of all time.
- "Cinderfella Dana Dane" by Dana Dane from his 1987 album Dana Dane with Fame.
- "Jazzie's Groove" by Soul II Soul from their 1989 album Club Classics Vol. One.
- "Do You Wanna Get Funky" by C+C Music Factory from their 1994 album Anything Goes!
- "Search 4 the Lyte" by MC Lyte from her 1991 album Act Like You Know.
- "Lavish" by 415 from their 1990 album 41Fivin.
References
- ^ a b Morgan, Huey (November 4, 2014). "The 1970s: Brick - "Dazz". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
- ^ "Brick and Their Disco Hit "Dazz"". MentalItch.com. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 78.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - January 29, 1977" (PDF).
- ^ "The Dazz Band". SoulTracks.com. SoulTracks, LLC. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Samples of Dazz". WhoSampled.com. WhoSampled.com, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
