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"8th Wonder"
Single by the Sugarhill Gang
from the album 8th Wonder
B-side"Sugar Hill Groove"
Released1980
GenreOld-school hip hop
Length
  • 3:56 (Album & 7" Version)
  • 7:21 (12" Version)
LabelSugar Hill
Songwriter(s)Cheryl Cook, Ronald LaPread[1]
Producer(s)Joey Robinson, Sylvia Robinson
The Sugarhill Gang singles chronology
"Rapper's Reprise (Jam Jam)"
(1980) 		"8th Wonder"
(1980) 		"Apache"
(1981)

"8th Wonder" is a 1980 single by the American hip hop trio the Sugarhill Gang, originally released on Sugar Hill. It was later included in the 1981 album 8th Wonder.

Chart performance

The song charted at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.[2]

Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 82
U.S. Billboard Disco Top 100[3] 38
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles[4] 15

In popular culture

Sampling

Samples Used

The song sampled two others:

Samples taken

The song, in turn, has been sampled over twenty times, including in:

References

  1. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 815.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 249.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 555.

External links

The Sugarhill Gang
Authority control databases
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