| 8th Wonder | |
|---|---|
| Single by | The Sugarhill Gang (rap group) |
| from the album | 8th Wonder (The Sugarhill Gang album) |
| Released | 1980 |
| B-side | Sugar Hill Groove |
| Format | |
| Recorded | |
| Genre/Style | Hip-Hop |
| Length | |
| Label | Sugar Hill Records (record label) |
| Producer(s) | Joey Robinson, Sylvia Robinson |
| Directed by | |
| Writer(s) | Cheryl Cook, Ronald LaPread |
| Certification | |
| Last single | Bad News |
| This single | 8th Wonder (The Sugarhill single) |
| Next single | Hot Hot Summer Day |
"8th Wonder" is a 1980 single by the American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang, originally released on Sugarhill Records. It was later made part of their 1982 album 8th Wonder. The song charted at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
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)
- "Dane Diggy" by Tasc 4orce (1995)
- "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" by Busta Rhymes (1996)
- "Never Mind" by 112" (1998)
- "Gangster Trippin'" by Fatboy Slim (1998)
- "Whoo!! Whoo!!" by Sottotono (1999)
- "I'm Gonna Be Alright" by Jennifer Lopez (2001)
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