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	September 1976
Format	7" single, 12" single
Genre	disco, jazz
Length	3:23 (radio edit) 5:35 (full version)
Label	Bang
Writer(s)	Regi Hargis Eddie Irons Ray Ransom
Producer	Jim Healy Johnny Duncan Robert E. Lee Brick

"Dazz" was a hit song by R&B/funk band Brick. "Dazz" is a combination of disco 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]

Samples

• Rapper Dana Dane sampled the keyboard riff in his 1988 hit song, "Cinderfella Dana Dane".
• Ice Cube sampled the keyboard riff and lyric "Well alright" in his 1991 rap song, "No Vaseline".

Use in other media

(Ordered chronologically)

• Reportedly this song inspired Flint, Michigan broadcaster, Vernon Merritt, to tag the new FM radio station he started in 1979 with the call letters WDZZ (with, fittingly, a format of disco and jazz). The station still broadcasts today with a successful R&B format.^{[citation needed]}
• In the family reunion scene of Tyler Perry's 2005 film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, the family does a line dance to the song.
• In The Sopranos 6x7 episode, "Luxury Lounge" (2006), the song is playing at the bar where Ahmed and Muhammad purchase stolen credit card numbers.

References

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

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