Chic – Le Freak (1978)

Quite simply one of the best dance and guitar tracks of all time.

Nile Rodgers is probably my favourite ever guitarist and Bernard Edwards pretty much my favourite bass player.

Over the years, I’ve tried to learn the Nile Rodgers guitar style but always fall a million miles short. Somehow, it always sounds like Niall Quinn and Bernard Matthews when I try this ….

Three versions for you: 12 inch version; 7 inch/LP version; then a live version from 1996 with Slash from Guns’N'Roses playing the guitar solo – no really! Slash arrives around 2 mins 50 for those unable to wait …