Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)

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"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)"
Single by GQ
from the album Disco Nights
B-side "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
ReleasedFebruary 1979
RecordedDecember 17, 1978
Studio Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre Disco
Length3:58 (single version)
5:51 (album version)
8:43 (12" version)
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
  • Emanuel LeBlanc
  • Herb Lane
  • Keith Crier
  • Paul Service
Producer(s)
  • Beau Ray Fleming
  • Jimmy Simpson
GQ singles chronology
"Zone"
(1976)		"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)"
(1979)		"Make My Dreams a Reality"
(1979)

"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" (also titled "(Rock-Freaks) Disco / Boogie" [1] ) is a song written by Emanuel LeBlanc, Herb Lane, Keith Crier and Paul Service and performed by American band GQ, from their 1979 debut studio album Disco Nights . [2] The song was produced by Larkin Arnold, Beau Ray and Fleming Jimmy Simpson. [3]

Contents

The single ranked No. 76 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979. [4]

Charts

The single spent two weeks at number one on the soul chart during the spring of 1979, and was the first number-one soul hit for Arista Records, and peaked at No. 12 on the pop chart in April of that year. [5] The single also peaked at No. 3 on the disco chart. [6] Outside the US, it peaked at No. 42 on the UK charts. [7]

Weekly charts

Year-end chart (1979)Peak
Australian Kent Music Report [8] 97

Year-end charts

Year-end chart (1979)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard) [9] 76

Sampling

Kon Kan sampled the song in their 1988 song "I Beg Your Pardon".

References

  1. ↑ "G.Q.* - (Rock-Freaks) Disco". Discogs. 17 December 1978. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  2. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  3. ↑ "GQ, "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" Single Release" . Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1979" . Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 223.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 112.
  7. ↑ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  8. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 120. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  9. ↑ "1979 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 51. December 22, 1979. p. TIA-10.


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