"Dazz" | ||||
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Single by Brick | ||||
from the album Good High | ||||
B-side |
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Released | July 6, 1976 | |||
Genre | Disco, funk, jazz | |||
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". [1] 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. [2] In Canada, it reached number 26. [3]
Another popular 1970s-era soul group, the Dazz Band, took their name from the song. [4] 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.
Dazz has been sampled by multiple artists (partial list): [5]