Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)

"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)"
Single by GQ
from the album Disco Nights
Released 1979 (1979)
Genre Disco
Length 5:51 (LP version)
3:56 (7" version)
Label Arista
Writer(s) Emanuel LeBlanc, Herb Lane, Keith Crier, Paul Service
GQ singles chronology
"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)"
(1979)
"I Do Love You"
(1979)

"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" was a hit song for soul/disco group GQ. Released from the album of the same name, the song spent two weeks at #1 on the R&B singles chart during the spring of 1979 - becoming the first #1 R&B hit for Arista Records - and peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in April of that year.[1] The single also peaked at number three on the disco charts (now known as Hot Dance Club Songs).[2]

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 223.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 112.
Preceded by
"I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" by Instant Funk
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
April 14–21, 1979
Succeeded by
"Reunited" by Peaches & Herb


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