8th Wonder (song)
{{About||the song by Lemon Demon|Eighth Wonder (Lemon Demon song)|other uses|Eighth Wonder (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = 8th Wonder
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Sugarhill Gang
| album = 8th Wonder
| B-side = Sugar Hill Groove
| released = 1980
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Old-school hip hop, Rage
| length = {{unbulleted list|3:56 (Album & 7" Version)|7:21 (12" Version)}}
| label = Sugar Hill
| writer = Cheryl Cook, Ronald LaPread{{cite web|title=discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Sugarhill-Gang-8th-Wonder/release/80293|website=discogs.com|accessdate=May 19, 2021}}
| producer = Joey Robinson, Sylvia Robinson
| prev_title = Rapper's Reprise (Jam Jam)
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Apache
| next_year = 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.{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=815}}
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!Chart (1981) !Peak |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|82 |
| U.S. Billboard Disco Top 100{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=249}}
|align="center"|38 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=555}}
|align="center"|15 |
In popular culture
- 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
=Samples Used=
The song sampled two others:
- "Ever Ready" by Johnnie Taylor (1978)
- "Daisy Lady" by 7th Wonder (1979)
=Samples taken=
The song, in turn, has been sampled over twenty times, including in:
- "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1981)
- "Public Enemy No.1" by Public Enemy (1987)
- "Shake Your Rump" by Beastie Boys (1989)
- "Rap Promoter" by A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
- "Back Up Off Me!" by Dr. Dre and Ed Lover feat. T-Money (1994)
- "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" by Busta Rhymes (1996)
- "Never Mind" by 112 (1998)
- "Gangster Trippin'" by Fatboy Slim (1998)
- "K.O.B.E." by Kobe Bryant ft Tyra Banks (2000)
- "I'm Gonna Be Alright" by Jennifer Lopez (2001)
References
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External links
- {{discogs master|124350|8th Wonder}}
{{The Sugarhill Gang}}
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