Rapper’s Delight

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Annotation

Note: I linked all edits to the long version, but DJ-mixes, remixes, samples, mash-ups and lists to the 5-minute-version (and not the long version).

Annotation last modified on 2026-10-09 13:29 UTC.

Relationships

writer:Bernard Edwards (American bassist and record producer)
Guy O'Brien (US rapper Guy Anthony O’Brien)
Henry Jackson
Michael Wright
Sylvia Robinson
Nile Rodgers
publisher:Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/21318 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1077 [info]
Wikidata:Q944039 [info]
later parody versions:Rappers’ Plight
later translated parody versions:Hitlers Delight
Rapper's Deutsch
is based on:Good Times
is the basis for:Rappers Delight (Hip Hop Remix ’89)
lyrics quoted in:Breakadawn
Hotel Room Service
Smokin’ That Shit
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Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1979-08-02Idiots / Rapper’s Delight (part of “The Warehouse Project: Fatboy Slim in Manchester, Nov 22, 2024” DJ‐mix)Devid Dega / The Sugarhill Gang4:07
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (part of “Ben Liebrand: Grandmix, The Disco Edition” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang1:44
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (part of “Roadblock! Ultimate Party Jams” DJ‐mix)The Sugarhill Gang7:02
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (part of “Tom Joyner's: The Old School Mix Returns” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang4:56
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (part of “Kaufleuten Disco 70's To 80's” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang3:21
1979-08-02Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:01
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (edit)The Sugarhill Gang5:22
1979-08-02Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang13:43
1979-08-02Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:36
1979-08-02Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:38
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “DJ Lenno: Vol. 2-R N B” DJ-Mix)The Sugarhill Gang3:46
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “Ben Liebrand: Grandmix, The Summer Edition” DJ-Mix)The Sugarhill Gang1:42
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “FetenMix: 80 Party-Klassiker im Megamix” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang1:26
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “Sugar Hill Mix” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang4:28
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “RFM Night Fever: Fever Mix” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang3:33
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “The Mix of the Century” DJ‐mix)The Sugarhill Gang1:41
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “Bodystyling: Funky Dance Grooves” DJ-Mix)The Sugarhill Gang2:56
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “The Wedding Mixer” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang0:56
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (original mix)The Sugarhill Gang4:57
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “MoS: Throwback Hip Hop” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang4:01
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “The Ultimix Medley Collection, Volume 4” DJ-mix)Sugarhill Gang?:??
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (12″ version)The Sugarhill Gang7:09
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (edit)The Sugarhill Gang5:02
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (single version)The Sugarhill Gang3:57
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “La plus grande soirée Mixée” DJ‐mix)The Sugarhill Gang3:53
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “70’s Soul Mix” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang4:53
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “Funky Mix Party 2” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang4:20
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “MoS: 80s Mix” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang3:52
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “Night Club Guide to… Breakbeat” dj‐mix)The Sugarhill Gang2:57
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “Grandmaster Party 9” DJ‐mix)The Sugarhill Gang?:??
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “Pure Grooves” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang4:12
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (part of “Suprême Hip-Hop, Vol. 1”’s DJ Goldfingers DJ‐mix)The Sugarhill Gang3:48
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (long single version)The Sugarhill Gang7:06
1979-08-02Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang4:51
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (5.1 mix)The Sugarhill Gang7:07
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (Ben Liebrand DMC remix)The Sugarhill Gang7:05
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (Ben Liebrand DMC remix) (5.1 mix)The Sugarhill Gang7:02
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (Ben Liebrand Hip Hop remix '89)The Sugarhill Gang7:03
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (Hip Hop remix '89)The Sugarhill Gang3:58
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (long version)The Sugarhill Gang14:32
1979-08-02Rapper's Delight (original mix) (part of “Mastercuts: Bar Social 2” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang6:29
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (Roonie’s Rock the Spot mix)The Sugarhill Gang5:48
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (short version)The Sugarhill Gang6:30
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight (The TKC Old School Future remix)The Sugarhill Gang6:50
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight Hip Hop Remix, Part I (part of "Rapper’s Delight" DJ mega-mix)Sugar Hill Gang5:00
1979-08-02Rapper’s Delight Hip Hop Remix, Part II (part of "Rapper’s Delight" DJ mega-mix)Sugar Hill Gang5:11
1979-08-02Rappers Delight (part of “The Very Best of 100% Pure Groove” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang3:40
1979-08-02Rappers Delight (part of “The Big Dawg” DJ‐mix)The Sugarhill Gang12:44
1979-08-02Rappers Delight (part of “The Carwash Experience” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang4:17
1979-08-02Rappers Delight (part of a “FabricLive 14: DJ Spinbad” DJ‐mix)The Sugarhill Gang3:30
1979-08-02Rappers Delight (Country Style) (part of “How to Cut and Paste: Country & Western Edition” DJ‐mix)The Sugarhill Gang1:37
1979-08-02Rappers Delight (The original mix)Sugarhill Gang8:44
1979-08-02Rappers Delight (TKC Old Skool Future remix) (Part of "Elements: 1st Testament" DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang6:57
1979-08-02Rappers’ Delight (part of “Carwash” DJ-mix)The Sugarhill Gang4:20
1996-04Good Times / Rapper’s Delight (live, 1996‐04: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan)live and medleyChic7:11
2000-09-29Rapper's Delightcover and livePhish5:12
2013-07-08Good Times (with Rapper’s Delight) (live, 2013‐07‐08: Jazz à Vienne, Théâtre Antique, Vienne, France)cover and liveChic feat. Nile Rodgers15:23
2019-09-28(banter) (live, 2019-09-28: Rock in Rio Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)cover, instrumental, live and partialFoo Fighters?:??
2022-06-22Rapper's Delightcover and liveGalactic with DJ Logic2:33
2023-10-25Nile Rodgers & CHIC: Tiny Desk Concertcover, live and medleyNile Rodgers & CHIC30:08
Babas DelightcoverJazzkantine4:03
History of RapmedleyJimmy Fallon feat. Justin Timberlake2:28
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang4:28
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:38
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang0:53
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang6:55
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang4:17
Rapper's Delightcover and liveNile Rodgers & Chic5:45
Rapper's DelightcoverCB45:36
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:24
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:36
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang7:28
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang7:12
Rapper's DelightSugarhill Gang2:50
Rapper's Delight (live)The Sugarhill Gang3:21
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang1:28
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang4:16
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang4:51
Rapper's DelightThe Sugarhill Gang6:44
Rapper's DelightcoverJordan Hébert3:39
Rapper's DelightliveThe Sugarhill Gang & Angie Stone7:18
Rapper's DelightcoverLove And Music?:??
Rapper's DelightcoverThe Hit Crew5:00
Rapper's Delightcover and liveKeller Williams6:09
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:29
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang5:52
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang4:01
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:53
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang4:43
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:29
Rapper’s DelightSugarhill Gang6:17
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang5:16
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:29
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang4:31
Rapper’s DelightSugarhill Gang4:31
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:38
Rapper’s DelightSugarhill Gang3:59
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:56
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang3:30
Rapper’s DelightThe Sugarhill Gang7:06
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