"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

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'' Disco Nights''. The song was produced by Larkin Arnold, Beau Ray and Fleming Jimmy Simpson. The original title is "(Rock-Freaks) Disco / Boogie". The single ranked No. 76 on the ''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979.

Charts

The single spent two weeks at number one on the

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chart during the spring of 1979, and was the first number-one soul hit for

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, and peaked at No. 12 on the pop chart in April of that year. The single also peaked at No. 3 on the

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chart. Outside the US, it peaked at No. 42 on the UK charts.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Sampling

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

References

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