Sugarhill Gang – "Rapper's Delight"

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sugarhill_Gang_–_"Rapper's_Delight"
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:song
gptkbp:album gptkb:Sugarhill_Gang
gptkbp:artist gptkb:Sugarhill_Gang
gptkbp:B-side gptkb:Sugarhill_Groove
gptkbp:chartPosition gptkb:UK_Singles_Chart_#3
US Billboard Hot 100 #36
gptkbp:coveredBy gptkb:Erasure
gptkb:Def_Squad
Weird Al Yankovic (parody)
gptkbp:genre hip hop
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sugarhill Gang – "Rapper's Delight"
gptkbp:inductedInto Grammy Hall of Fame (2014)
gptkbp:label gptkb:Sugar_Hill_Records
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy credited with introducing hip hop to a wider audience
gptkbp:length 14:35 (album version)
6:30 (single version)
gptkbp:musicVideo no official music video
gptkbp:notableFor first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit
gptkbp:producer gptkb:Sylvia_Robinson
gptkbp:releaseDate 1979
gptkbp:sampledBy gptkb:Chic_–_"Good_Times"
gptkbp:writer gptkb:Nile_Rodgers
gptkb:Bernard_Edwards
Guy O'Brien (Master Gee)
Henry Jackson (Big Bank Hank)
Michael Wright (Wonder Mike)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chic_–_"Good_Times"
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8