Rapper’s Delight (7″ single version)

~ Recording by Sugarhill Gang

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Rapper’s Delight (7″ single version)5:03Sugarhill GangSmithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap (explicit)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2021-08-20
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)SFW CD 40230

Relationships

producer:Sylvia Inc.
recording of:Rapper’s Delight

Rapper’s Delight

writer:Bernard Edwards (American bassist and record producer)
Guy O'Brien (US rapper Guy Anthony O’Brien)
Henry Jackson
Michael Wright
Sylvia Robinson
Nile Rodgers
publisher:Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
later parody versions:Rappers’ Plight
later translated parody versions:Hitlers Delight
Rapper's Deutsch
is based on:Good Times
is the basis for:Rappers Delight (Hip Hop Remix ’89)
lyrics quoted in:Breakadawn
Hotel Room Service
Smokin’ That Shit
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