Real People (album)

Real People
Studio album by Chic
Released	June 30, 1980
Recorded	1980
Studio	Power Station, New York City
Genre	Disco funk R&B
Length	37:03
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards
Chic chronology
Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979) Real People (1980) Take It Off (1981)
Singles from Real People
"Rebels Are We" Released: July 1980 [1] "Real People" Released: 1980 "26" Released: 1980

Real People is the fourth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1980. It includes the singles "Rebels Are We" (US R&B #8, Pop #61), "Real People" (#51 R&B, #79 Pop), and "26" (issued only in the UK).

The album was one of four written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers in 1980, the other three being Sister Sledge's Love Somebody Today, Sheila and B. Devotion's King of the World, and Diana Ross' multi-platinum selling album Diana.

The album peaked at #30 on the US Albums chart and #8 on the US R&B chart, a modest commercial success in comparison both to the Diana Ross project and their previous albums, most likely due to the so-called "anti-disco backlash". Though in spite of the backlash, all of the album cuts peaked at #29 on the American dance charts.^[2]

Real People was released on CD by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991. It was digitally remastered and reissued by Wounded Bird Records in 2003.