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8th Wonder (song)

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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

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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
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  • A slowed down version of the music from this song is used in the DVD menus for the series Trailer Park Boys, as the backing of a song performed by the character of Tyrone.
  • The song was also featured in the 1983 PBS documentary Style Wars.

Sampling

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Samples Used

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The song sampled two others:

  • "Ever Ready" by Johnnie Taylor (1978)
  • "Daisy Lady" by 7th Wonder (1979)

Samples taken

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

References

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  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.
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