Dazz

Not to be confused with Dazz Band.
"Dazz"
Single by Brick
from the album Good High
B-side "Southern Sunset" (7")
"Music Matic" (12")
Released July 6, 1976
Format 7" single, 12" single
Genre Disco, Funk, Jazz
Length

3:23 (radio edit)

5:35 (full version)
Label Bang
Writer(s) Regi Hargis
Eddie Irons
Ray Ransom
Producer(s) Jim Healy
Johnny Duncan
Robert E. Lee
Brick

"Dazz" is a hit song by R&B/funk band Brick. "Dazz" is a combination of disco, funk and jazz. Released in 1976 from their Good High album, it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart and reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1] This song has been heavily sampled by hip-hop artists including MC Lyte in her "Cold Rock A Party" single, Ice Cube's "No Vaseline", Dana Dane "Cinderfella Dana Dane" (1987) and Snoop Dogg in his song "Snoopafella" (1999).

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 78.

External links

Preceded by
"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single
November 27 - December 18, 1976
Succeeded by
"Car Wash" by Rose Royce


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