6. Various Artists- "Soup For One" (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1982)

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Photos courtesy of Discogs
Released: May 2, 1982
Recorded: 1978-1982
Label: Mirage Records

Side 1
1. Soup For One (By: Chic)*
2. Why (By: Carly Simon)
3. Dream Girl (By: Teddy Pendergrass)
4. I Work For a Livin' (By: Fonzi Thornton)

Side 2
1. I Want Your Love (By: Chic)
2. Let's Go On Vacation (By: Sister Sledge)
3. Tavern On The Green (By: Chic)
4. Jump, Jump (By: Deborah Harry)

*- Questlove- "Probably my all-time favorite Chic song and underrated because it's on a soundtrack.  It's the Chic song that I play to let my fellow nerds figure that I know the deep cuts.  Of course, the other nerds use it too."

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