I'll Be There (Chic song)

{{Infobox song

| name = I'll Be There

| cover = I'll_Be_There_(Chic_song).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Chic featuring Nile Rodgers

| album =

| released = March 20, 2015

| recorded = 2014

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Disco, dance-pop, electrofunk, house

| length = 5:13

| label = Warner Bros Records

| writer = Bernard Edwards
Nile Rodgers

| producer = Bernard Edwards
Nile Rodgers

| chronology = Chic

| prev_title = "Get Lucky" (with Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams)

| prev_year = 2013

| next_title = Back In the Old School

| next_year = 2015

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Nile Rodgers

| type = single

| prev_title = Number 1

| prev_year = 2014

| title = I'll Be There

| year = 2015

| next_title = Magic

| next_year = 2015

}}

"I'll Be There" is a song by the band CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers. It was produced by Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. It was intended to be the lead single for the band's album It's About Time, but due to the deaths of Prince and David Bowie, the album changed over the following years. Since Rodgers is the act's founder and only original member, he received billing credit on the song.

Song background

The single pays tribute to the disco era and makes references to Chic-related songs and artists produced by the group. Among the referenced tracks (and acts) mentioned and sampled:

"Got To Love Somebody" by Sister Sledge (using the song's multiple elements)
"Everybody Dance" (sampled vocal lyrics)
"Good Times" (sampled vocal lyrics)
"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge (Sound effects from the extended version)

Chart performance

The song reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in its June 20, 2015 issue, and was the act's fourth number one overall, and their first number-one single in nearly 23 years when "Chic Mystique" peaked at number one, in 1992.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6590698/chart-highlights-shawn-mendes-sews-up-first-pop-songs-airplay|title=Chart Highlights: Shawn Mendes Sews Up First Pop Songs Airplay Hit With 'Stitches'|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=June 8, 2015|access-date=June 8, 2015}}

= Weekly charts =

scope="col"\| Chart (2015) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
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scope="row"\|Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders) \| 27
{{singlechart\|Wallonia Tip\|8\|artist=Chic feat. Nile Rodgers\|song=I'll Be There\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 28, 2015\|refname=Wallonia}}
scope="row"\|Belgium Dance Bubbling Under (Ultratop Wallonia) \| 11
{{singlechart\|France\|78\|artist=Chic\|song=I'll Be There\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=May 15, 2015}}
{{singlechart\|Israelairplay\|1\|year=2015\|week=14\|artist=Chic feat. Nile Rodgers\|song=I'll Be There\|accessdate=April 4, 2015\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Japan (ZIP Dance Hits 20){{cite web\|url= http://zip-fm.co.jp/program/zip_dance_hits20/\|title= ZIP Dance Hits 20\|access-date= 2015-05-24\|archive-date= 2017-09-01\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170901204825/http://zip-fm.co.jp/program/zip_dance_hits20/\|url-status= dead}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|1
scope="row"\|UK Singles (OCC) \| 68
{{singlechart\|Billboarddanceclubplay\|1\|artist=Chic\|song=I'll Be There\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 11, 2015}}

= Year-end charts =

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scope="col"\| Chart (2015) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/dance-club-songs\|title=Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2015\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=March 12, 2021}} \| 19

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scope="col"| Chart (2015)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/dance-club-songs|title=Dance Club Songs – Year-End 2015|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=March 12, 2021}}

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