EP146: Adeline on Chaka Khan’s “Naughty” (1980)

Episode notes

Chaka Khan proved she was more than capable of holding her own when she released her debut solo album, Chaka back in 1978. Before that, she was in the band Rufus and stood out from her contemporaries with her powerful voice and ability to swing from one genre to the other while still being unmistakably Chaka. She continued working with Rufus, but started venturing out and doing more solo work, and eventually released her follow up Naughty in 1980.

Singer/bassist Adeline sits down with us to talk about Naughty, Chaka’s voice, the funky bass lines throughout the record, and the stellar lineup Chaka was able to wrangle.

More on Adeline

More on Chaka

Trailer for The Greatest Ears in Town
Chaka Khan’s Naughty Turns 40 (Albumism)
Why Chaka Khan’s Naughty Still Matters 40 Years Later (Soul Tracks)

Song Tracklisting (all songs from Naughty unless otherwise indicated):

Get Ready, Get Set
Adeline: After Midnight
What You Did
Clouds
So Naughty
Chaka Khan: Stronger Than Before
Chaka Khan: Caught in the Act
Our Love’s in Danger
Too Much Love
Prince: I Feel For You
Chaka Khan: So Not To Worry
Chaka Khan: And The Melody Still Lingers On (Night In Tunisia)
Chaka Khan: Roll Me Through the Rushes
Chaka Khan: Better Days
Get Ready, Get Set
Nothing’s Gonna Take You Away
Move Me No Mountain
Nothing’s Gonna Take You Away
So Naughty
Bionic Boogie: Hot Butterfly
Papillon
David Bowie: Underground
Get Ready, Get Set
So Naughty
Natalie Cole: I’ve Got Love On My Mind
Natalie Cole: I Can’t Breakaway (From You)
Minnie Riperton: Inside My Love

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find there

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In this episode...

Oliver Wang

Host

Morgan Rhodes

Host

Christian Dueñas

Producer

Guests

Adeline

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