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"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" is a song written by Emanuel LeBlanc, Herb Lane, Keith Crier and Paul Service and performed by American band GQ, from their 1979 debut studio album Disco Nights. The song was produced by Larkin Arnold, Beau Ray and Fleming Jimmy Simpson.[1] The original title is "(Rock-Freaks) Disco / Boogie".[2]

"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)"
Single by GQ
from the album Disco Nights
B-side	"Boogie Oogie Oogie"
Released	February 1979
Recorded	December 17, 1978 Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	Disco
Length	3:58 (Single Version) 5:51 (Album Version) 8:43 (12" Version)
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Emanuel LeBlanc Herb Lane Keith Crier Paul Service
Producer(s)	Beau Ray Fleming Jimmy Simpson
GQ singles chronology
"Zone" (1976) "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" (1979) "Make My Dreams a Reality" (1979)

The single ranked No. 76 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979.[3]

Charts

The single spent two weeks at number one on the soul chart during the spring of 1979, and was the first number-one soul hit for Arista Records, and peaked at No. 12 on the pop chart in April of that year.[4] The single also peaked at No. 3 on the disco chart.[5]

Weekly Charts

Year-end chart (1979)	Peak
Australian Kent Music Report[6]	97

Year-end Charts

Year-end chart (1979)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[7]	76

Sampling

Kon Kan sampled the song in their 1988 song "I Beg Your Pardon".

References

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