I'm 55 and keepin' it live! I remember this song echoing off the houses as we walked by carrying the over-sized, 12 battery takin' boom box! I think that's why my right arm is bigger than my left to this day!
That's a real good excuse 😉 for your right arm being bigger than the left 😁😆. Real party music and a real throw back!!! Those days are forever with us. I'm 53 l will be 54 in 13 dayz
When my 53 yr old ass hears this I'm transported back to a NYC street corner wearing my red Adidas track suit with my shell tops with the fat red laces (cos u already know it all had to match) standing in a b-boy stance. Best days ever! #FRESH ☺
Hey bro, four years after your comment I’m now 58, and I memorized this entire rap when it came out during my senior year in high school. We used to play it during our track meets and it lit a fire in us!!
Also, after 40 years, I finally know what Big Bank Hank was saying in his interlude: “See it’s up my back, it’s around my neck *hoohah* got you all in check.” All the time before, I thought he was saying: “She had sucked my back it’s around my neck.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Busta rhymes got whoo ha! Got you all in check from The Sugar Hill Gang from their classic song The 8th Wonder Busta payed homage to The Sugar Hill Gang Nuff Respect Busta Bus RIP Big Bad Hank true hip hop
2 Timothy 2:15..AMEN🦅 HAPPY BIRTHDAY🎉Jason Kelce, and I hope that you enjoyed your day with all of your brothers and loved ones💚God bless you💚 Congratulations to my birds on another win😊..And I want to take this time to Thank the Lord Jesus Christ for each and everyone of you for being a blessing to your families and us fans..Philly is so peaceful and green when you all play..I just watched the highlights and that was an awesome game.. 💙💚 Forreal..Dak and the Cowboys Thank you for coming🙋🏾♀️ Year after year God has been shining through the Philadelphia Eagles so..Keep him first and carry on being Obedient and blessed young men..Blankenship I saw you 😊..God Bless you all💚 *We 8-1 yall*
I'm 56 and this is stilly favorite song. We had these songs to end up to swearing degrading our women and thinking selling drugs and gang life is where is supposed to be.
On this day in 1981 {May 16th} the Sugarhill Gang performed "8th Wonder" on the nationally syndicated television program, 'Soul Train'... Ten weeks earlier it had peaked at #15 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart... Between 1979 and 1983 the New Jersey group had seven records on the Hot Soul Singles chart, one made the Top 10, "Rapper's Delight", it peaked at #4 {for 2 weeks} on November 25th, 1979... Besides the above two records, their five other charted records were "Apache" {#53 in 1981}, "Showdown"* {#49 in 1981}, "The Lover in You" {#55 in 1982}, "The Word Is Out" {#71 in 1983}, and "Kick It Live from 9 to 5" b/w "The Lover in You" {#50 in 1983}... R.I.P. Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012}... * The record label for "Showdown" read 'The Furious Five Meet The Sugarhill Gang'...
I think that some props should also go out to Alabama group 7th Wonder for their song ”Daisy Lady”, which is creating the hook that this gem is resting on. Which also explains the title. Enjoy... ua-cam.com/video/zz1t7Spzzkc/v-deo.html
I’m 57 and every time I hear this song(FAVORITE by Sugarhill Gang)my mind instantly goes back to Christmas 1980. I was 14 with my sister/aunt and friend Vernell.After a visit with my grandmother we were headed back to DC on the bus with a boombox I got from my grandma for Christmas………. Let’s just say this song came on and we were the ONLY THREE on that LONG ride since it was just 1 bus that ran every TWO hours so basically a “round trip” and we got on it cuz we were soooo COLD. My sister/aunt and I were dancing up and down the aisle to this having a BALL 🎉🥳💃🏽💃🏽and the bus driver let us while he laughed and just drove that A12…the GOOD OLE DAYS that I MISS so bad. R.I.E.P Eileen and Vernell 🙏🏽🙏🏽🕊️🕊️♥️❣️♥️
This track was so hooky; from the horn arrangement to the 'Woohah'!!! This wasn't just a great Hip Hop record, it was simply a great record period. Respect and RIP to Henry 'Big Bank Hank' Jackson.
It’s 11/6 2020 I’m 53 and still listening to good rap. Reminds me of high school when this stuff first came out and we was poppin and lockin. Good times good times
I don't think I'm bad don't box or know karate just an MC to put the boogie in your body I'm 47, so I missed their heyday, but I still love it too. This is my favorite Sugar Hill Gang joint, for sure.
Now lemme say, this is when rap made sense. No lude content, no cussing. just straight-up good rap dance music that still lives on to this very day. But these young cats today, have no clue. They need to step back and listen to the creators and founders of Rap. That's right, it's the Sugarhill Gang, followed by Kurtis Blow. But this will never get old. Last night I was bumpin' this in my car to the gas station and these young cats came up and stopped and was bobbin' they heads and then asked, "who is that?" I said, "awww yeah, you like that huh?" "This The Sugarhill gang." And immediately dude was lookin' it up on his phone. Simply sayin', "this will neva get old!" Holla... I'll holla.....!
I'm be 60 soon and this song always make me think of the roof dance in the 1962 version of West Side Story and makes me dance like that. When I was younger danced my behind off to this. ❤
I stayed up half the night trying to hum this song i to sound hound to see if it would bring it up. But I finally found it this morning. Use to Jam skate to this and have boogie contests at the rink in the late 80s! Im 46 ahhh the memories
I remember coming out of the club or a party ringing wet from dancing from the time I went in the door, I never sat down because Sugar Hill, Furious 5, Grandmaster flash and all the rap songs we could rap with and understand, they not rapping about their guns , some girl they calling a bitch or Hoe or sucking on them and no type of rhythm or dance beat today they are jumping up and down like they in aroebic class or scoping out some dude they either gonna rob or kill them before the night is over I loved the era of time when I was growing up partying....
Saw them in 79 and that was the first time I saw a rap group. I was not a fan of rap at the time, but after their amazing performance, I was converted! The band that backed them up was second to none. Those dudes could play a washboard and drain pipe and make it sound good!
Yasssss, this was my uncle Ricky’s jawn! RIP 🥲🥲 uncle Ricky. Gone but def Not forgotten... #Philly - shout out to the Philly cops 👮♂️ from the 80’s who was side by side by my uncle... 9th District Philly- Ricardo Rodriguez 🙏🙏
On this day in 1981 {September 5th} the Sugarhill Gang perform "8th Wonder" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'... Earlier in 1981 on February 1st the song entered Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #98, seven weeks later it would peak at #82 {for 1 week} and it spent 9 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #15 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart... The group had two other Top 100 records, "Rapper's Delight"* {peaked at #36 in 1980} and "Apache" {reached #53 in 1982}... *Rapper's Delight" has the distinction of being the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Top 100...
Hey, this was the jam!!! 1980 something. Lol. I used to know all the lyrics... this was when music was simple. Now, I can't even keep up with the music these days.
Clap your hands everybody And everybody just clap your hands Ahh fly girls, clap your hands Ahh fly guys, clap your hands Well if you're feeling alright and you think you're on Ah-somebody let me know Well everybody in the place, put a whistle in your face Scream it out and say *whistle* yooo, hit it! You don't stop A-rock the rhythm that makes your finger pop I said ah, hip-hop, ah thanks a lot Ah c'mon everybody gimme whatcha got I'm gonna tell you a little story about the Sugarhill Gang With the pow pow boogie and a big bang bang And if you want to rap to the Sugarhill to the beat Gotta rap in the key of are-A-P Now that is over I'm ready to jam Want all you people, to clap your hands Tonight we're gon-na, scream and shout We're gonna turn this motha -- sucka out To all of you people that are ready to jam Scream it out and say, I am! (I AM!) Some-body! (SOME-BODY!) Now you know you're hot Ah see I met this girl and I said to her, "Honey if you want to be my baby you got ta gimme money!" Turned around, didn't mean no harm I knocked her out, with my vicious charm I said, "No no baby it's not like that Ya see I'm all about makin' that cold cold cash" Started jivin' around, started messin' wit her head And next thing I know, she wanted to go to *whistle* But to turn me on, you got to be the best 'Cause I'm the Master G, I don't take no mess Like T-N-T, I'm dynamite Ya see I rock your body to the early light And when you wake up in the morning you'll see I'm gone And check it out girl, you're all alone 'Cause you just been hit by the Capricorn King I rocked you gentle, I rocked you/me I rocked you in and I rocked you out You made me scream but I made you shout *whistle* Go dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy See it's up my back, it's around my neck Woo-HAH! Got them all in check See it's up my back, it's around my neck Woo-HAH! Got them all in check Ah let's scream, and let's shout And let's turn this function out and keep keep it on, but you don't rush Ah let's make this party the real Cold Crush Let's scream, and let's shout Ah let's turn this function out and keep keep it on, but you don't quit Let's make the party the sure *whistle* Once upon a time not long ago everybody had on their radio And then the fella came on with a groovy noise to put the wiggle in the women and girls and boys The word got around about three cool cats who put the foot, BACK, in the pack And let me tell you party people just who we be With the help of Big Bank and the Master G So get up Throw down We're funkward bound Hey the Sugarhill Gang is in your town Now baby doll And all you daddy-o's You better get ready to move your toes So get up Throw down We're funkward bound Hey the Sugarhill Gang is in your town Now baby doll And all you daddy-o's Scream it out and say yoooo, hit it! Shake it, but don't break it 'Cause I know we can make make it And if you're ready to party and you're dressed to kill Somebody say, Sugarhill! (SUGARHILL!) Sugarhill! (SUGARHILL!) Ahh ahh, and let your worries take a chill pill You go ahh, ahh, ah ahh oh ooh Chicka-pow! Ha-ha-ha-ha-haa -- hoo hoo! (Hey could somebody turn their ?butt?) Shake your body down, chicka-pow! A get, a get, a get ready What you see is what you get And you ain't seen nothin' yet I don't think I'm bad don't box in no karate Just an MC to put the boogie in your body go, back and forth then forth and back We're the Sugarhill Gang we take no slack Don't wear diamond rings or drive big cars But the people just treat us like movie stars We go dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy It's up my back, it's around my neck Woo-HAH! Got them all in check See it's up my back, it's around my neck oo-HAH! Got them all in check Ah let's scream, ah let's shout Ah let's turn this function out and keep keep it on, but you don't rush Let's make this party the real Cold Crush Let's scream, ah let's shout Ah let's turn this function out and keep keep it on, but you don't quit Ah let's make this party the sure *whistle* Well I'm the Master G, and I'm the best Well the ladies say my voice is rated X I'm a touch of lightning, a taste of fire Well I'm the Master G, and I'm your desire Young ladies, I said I rock the nation 'Cause I got my own, transportation I can rock just about, any age So let your fingers do the walkin' through the yellow pages Shake it, ah don't break it 'Cause I know we can make make make it You go ah, ahh, ah ah oh ooh And if you're ready to party and you're ready to jam Scream it out and say, I am! (I AM!) Some-body! (SOME-BODY!) Now you know you're hot You go ah, ahh, ah ah oh ooh Shake your body down! Chicka-pow! Woooooeeeee! Oooaah oooaah! Ah huh hah hah! *wolf whistle* I see you girl, c'mon wit it now I want to rock your world Get it, so get get it, get ready for this C'mon! Closer closer, oooaaah oooaaah! All the girls Aight baby I like to move it mama ahhahaha A-hah-hah-hah-haa Rrrrrah! C'mon, yeah, closer Wooo-hah! See that girl there? To the beat beat beat *whistle* Ah hah hah *wolf whistle* Chicka-pow, ah huh huh huh huh huh, rrrrh, rrrrrrah! There you go, hah hah hah! Ahh, ahh girl, yeah baby To rock your world, oooaaah, oooaaah Pick it up, bring it up get down Hoo, hah, hoo, hah Rrrrrrah! They definitely gotta be groovin' now Aight baby I like to move it mama ahhahaha Say say say, ha ha Say the bass was in your face The hah's make you, made you rock 'Ello m'love can I have this dance y'know? Ahahahah-ha-hah We got the groove to make you move Oh me like it so, me like it so Sugarhill Sugarhill And you know that! Everywhere *wolf whistle* Shake it up, shake it up
2017 and I have this on a compilation CD (track 10) in my car right now. Too bad my transmission went bad, though. The CD is actually ejected from the player but hanging by its edge (it came out when I disconnected the battery). The beat is great. Woohaa!
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I like what You doing
You're welcome...
When we said phrases like funky fresh, and yo kid u buggin and a whole lot more lol
Your pleasure my bro man.
You can call after you get here and I'll come out and grab some food 😋
This was my Jammm.. Classic party starter in the 80,s
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I'm 57 This is one of my favorites !! ❤️
I'm 70 and this my introduction to rap. Be getting sweaty on this one!
This is the real essence of hip hop. We're missing the fun in it today
I'm 55 now and this jam was the boom in those eighties.
Yeeeeeah, it was.
Now this is Hip Hop I remember , Couldn't wait to get to the house parties, So much fun , good memories !! ❣️
I'm 55 and keepin' it live! I remember this song echoing off the houses as we walked by carrying the over-sized, 12 battery takin' boom box! I think that's why my right arm is bigger than my left to this day!
Lol. Word
Great times we had back then
Lol.....great times i indeed.....this has to be one of rap's biggest hit ever
That's a real good excuse 😉 for your right arm being bigger than the left 😁😆. Real party music and a real throw back!!! Those days are forever with us. I'm 53 l will be 54 in 13 dayz
🎛️ Ugh!! The batteries 4 our boom boxes back then!🎛️😄
Still crankin up these funky tunes, at 58 years old, real true to life FUNK!
Real hip hop just having fun not talking about killing nobody!!!!!
Same, soon to be 59 years young! Had most of Sugar Hill hits. The real rap!
When my 53 yr old ass hears this I'm transported back to a NYC street corner wearing my red Adidas track suit with my shell tops with the fat red laces (cos u already know it all had to match) standing in a b-boy stance. Best days ever! #FRESH ☺
I’d pay to see you find a piece of broken down cardboard and get to work
@@vinniethegooch7830 Lol now at 53 there would be a lot more poppin and lockin than windmills and back spins 😂
You know it
65, and Im all the way live.
Played CBGB in my punk rock phase
But nothing can top those funky fresh days!
I’m 55 and LOVE this song! Rapper’s Delight was my introduction to The Sugar Hill Gang. Will always be my favorite music! ❤
Best Sugar Hill record ever
Busta Rhymes Wooooo Hahhhh shoutout to the legendary Sugar hill gang 🔥🔥
Real rap music!!! Miss the 80's!!!
I can actually karaoke this, takes a hell of a lot of wind doing all 3 parts … a fun damn tune!! Love the horns movements!!
The original "woo-hah;gotchu All in check"😳😤
Now this is real rap music 🎶
Haven't heard this song in 40 years. I still know the lyrics adlibs .
Priceless 🔥
Nice post my friend on that 8th wonder. My blue toorh just said battery low. Long way from my boom! box with the lights on. And I'm still jamming it!!
Tonight we're gonna scream and shout / gonna turn this mutha sucka out
Back when rappers made songs with a live band......
Still crankin up these funky tunes, at 58 years old, real true to life FUNK!
Had a urge to hear this this evening cooking my evening meal and it took me back...... waaaaay back💯💥💯
Still crankin up these funky tunes, at 58 years old, real true to life FUNK!
@@MrPollywalnuts IAM LA DREAM TEAM IN THE HOUSE ,Deejay Mario Martinez.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇺🇸🇲🇽🇲🇽☝️✌😊🎼🎵🎧🥁🥁🎶🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🎶🎶🎶🎶👍♥️🙏
Yes indeed
Hey bro, four years after your comment I’m now 58, and I memorized this entire rap when it came out during my senior year in high school. We used to play it during our track meets and it lit a fire in us!!
Also, after 40 years, I finally know what Big Bank Hank was saying in his interlude:
“See it’s up my back, it’s around my neck *hoohah* got you all in check.”
All the time before, I thought he was saying:
“She had sucked my back it’s around my neck.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Where does the synth trumpet sample come from? Is it original?
Busta rhymes got whoo ha! Got you all in check from The Sugar Hill Gang from their classic song The 8th Wonder Busta payed homage to The Sugar Hill Gang Nuff Respect Busta Bus RIP Big Bad Hank true hip hop
I'm 52 yrs old & still cranking this jam in the Pandemic!! I AM SOMEBODY!! You all are somebody GREAT!!! God BLESS
2 Timothy 2:15..AMEN🦅
HAPPY BIRTHDAY🎉Jason Kelce, and I hope that you enjoyed your day with all of your brothers and loved ones💚God bless you💚
Congratulations to my birds on another win😊..And I want to take this time to Thank the Lord Jesus Christ for each and everyone of you for being a blessing to your families and us fans..Philly is so peaceful and green when you all play..I just watched the highlights and that was an awesome game..
💙💚 Forreal..Dak and the Cowboys Thank you for coming🙋🏾♀️
Year after year God has been shining through the Philadelphia Eagles so..Keep him first and carry on being Obedient and blessed young men..Blankenship I saw you 😊..God Bless you all💚
*We 8-1 yall*
One of the greatest jams of all time...80's original. Sunset Park hooky sets
Who's listening in 2024?
California is listening loud and clear!!!
New York is always listening'!
@@taylahs.3808
Me. 🔥🔥
@@MaccabeeMike
Boogie down right here
With the pow pow boogie and the Big Bang bang
Powerful horns in freestyle rap hip hop funky era, what more could we ask for!!! Miss the 80’s
When a DJ drops this on the club....all i can say for me is.....No dancefloor is safe.
I don’t understand why people hate Sugarhill gang
The absolute architects of an entire movement!
Back when music was fun and indivisible.
I'm 56 and this is stilly favorite song. We had these songs to end up to swearing degrading our women and thinking selling drugs and gang life is where is supposed to be.
Why is this song so f****ing good
On this day in 1981 {May 16th} the Sugarhill Gang performed "8th Wonder" on the nationally syndicated television program, 'Soul Train'...
Ten weeks earlier it had peaked at #15 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart...
Between 1979 and 1983 the New Jersey group had seven records on the Hot Soul Singles chart, one made the Top 10, "Rapper's Delight", it peaked at #4 {for 2 weeks} on November 25th, 1979...
Besides the above two records, their five other charted records were "Apache" {#53 in 1981}, "Showdown"* {#49 in 1981}, "The Lover in You" {#55 in 1982}, "The Word Is Out" {#71 in 1983}, and "Kick It Live from 9 to 5" b/w "The Lover in You" {#50 in 1983}...
R.I.P. Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012}...
* The record label for "Showdown" read 'The Furious Five Meet The Sugarhill Gang'...
sauquoit13456 81lol
My favorite song to roller skate to back in the day. Hearing this brings back great memories! Never gets old.
Just learned the female group Sequence wrote this song. Props to Angie, Cheryl, and Blondi!! 💪🏾
Damn! Thanks for sharing.
I think that some props should also go out to Alabama group 7th Wonder for their song ”Daisy Lady”, which is creating the hook that this gem is resting on. Which also explains the title. Enjoy... ua-cam.com/video/zz1t7Spzzkc/v-deo.html
@@TheNybergCorporation Yep! I didn't know about this track - thanks!
I’m 57 and every time I hear this song(FAVORITE by Sugarhill Gang)my mind instantly goes back to Christmas 1980. I was 14 with my sister/aunt and friend Vernell.After a visit with my grandmother we were headed back to DC on the bus with a boombox I got from my grandma for Christmas……….
Let’s just say this song came on and we were the ONLY THREE on that LONG ride since it was just 1 bus that ran every TWO hours so basically a “round trip” and we got on it cuz we were soooo COLD.
My sister/aunt and I were dancing up and down the aisle to this having a BALL 🎉🥳💃🏽💃🏽and the bus driver let us while he laughed and just drove that A12…the GOOD OLE DAYS that I MISS so bad. R.I.E.P Eileen and Vernell 🙏🏽🙏🏽🕊️🕊️♥️❣️♥️
Impossible to not dance when this comes on, timeless intergalactic hit.
Not in clouds to want to dance
Get ready for what you see is what you get / and you ain't seen nothin' yet
In all honesty, this is what I’m taking to mars
Real hip hop just having fun not talking about killing nobody!!!!!
pitch black and no cursing
Real Rap.
Yeah man! Good times!
This is my favorite sugar Hill gang song of all times
I was 19 when I first heard this wonderful jam❤
I Was 18 Going On 19
Bringing back those memories when the record player was huge and sat on the floor! Loving it!
jam this on the Boxx
This track was so hooky; from the horn arrangement to the 'Woohah'!!! This wasn't just a great Hip Hop record, it was simply a great record period. Respect and RIP to Henry 'Big Bank Hank' Jackson.
Much respect for posting this old school rap classic.
Disco days from back in the day in Europe ❤
When I first heard this song back in 1987 that is when my love affair with hip hop started.
🔥🔥🔥 Here in 2023! This is go-to music to burn some calorie doing those 80s dances!😅💃🏽
You groovin already 😃👍
Old school keep posting these crazy tunes my brother
I love alllllllll old school Rap music. This was good music back in the day.🎤🎶🎶🎶💖💖💖
Still is, the original rap artists!!
@johnmontemayor6987 Yes, you're right about that.
I hear this and I'm back at the skating rink with my Reidell's on. Never get tired of this song. It was the soundtrack to my youth and the best times.
It’s 11/6 2020 I’m 53 and still listening to good rap. Reminds me of high school when this stuff first came out and we was poppin and lockin. Good times good times
It's-up-my-back-and-around-my-neck...WOO-HA!!! LOVE - IT!!!!
Never knew this is where busta rhymes got it from
I love how Busta got inspired to make Woo Ha from this track
Right up there with rappers delight Apache and smother throwback
SPACE COWBOY !
I don't think I'm bad
don't box or know karate
just an MC
to put the boogie in your body
I'm 47, so I missed their heyday, but I still love it too. This is my favorite Sugar Hill Gang joint, for sure.
One of my favorite songs by the Sugar Hill Gang 8th wonder.
Oh got Damm, the roll skating was on.Back in the days,no fighting just fun and laughter.
You got that right!
I'm seeing these guys with slick rick *& big daddy Kane next weekend Oct 26th in Boston !
I’m 59 an still rocking this jam
I’m 56 and listen to this everyday while exercising!!! When music was MUSIC!!!!
What was good will always be good. GREATNESS ALWAYS stands the test of time.
I was Rocking this Jam on the Turntable 1200.MK Technic Turntables, FLATBUSH Crash Crew!!
Good music, used to rap the lyrics of 8th wonder with my friends. This rap music doesn't die❤😊
Im 19 my family was always into music like this and I just got into it at a young age especially hearing this at a roller skating ring☺️💖
About to poplock in the living room!
When a DJ drops this on the club....all i can say for me is.....No dancefloor is safe.
@420blazedoggydogg aye Queensland rep son
I see you!!!!
Omg you already know
Nor rugs, because I'll cut'em up.
Haven't heard this in 30 years but I still remember every word. I LOVE HIP HOP,!
Old school in the house. Johnston high school . Go Rams .Texas class of 81
Now lemme say, this is when rap made sense. No lude content, no cussing. just straight-up good rap dance music that still lives on to this very day. But these young cats today, have no clue. They need to step back and listen to the creators and founders of Rap. That's right, it's the Sugarhill Gang, followed by Kurtis Blow. But this will never get old. Last night I was bumpin' this in my car to the gas station and these young cats came up and stopped and was bobbin' they heads and then asked, "who is that?" I said, "awww yeah, you like that huh?" "This The Sugarhill gang." And immediately dude was lookin' it up on his phone. Simply sayin', "this will neva get old!" Holla... I'll holla.....!
"See it's up my back it's around my neck WOOOOHAAAA Got them all in check"!!!
Excellent beautiful inmortal songs sublime.. Sugar hill Gang rules.
Had to play 8th Wonder while watching interview with Dr Cassidy...you guys look Great 👍🏽
I'm be 60 soon and this song always make me think of the roof dance in the 1962 version of West Side Story and makes me dance like that. When I was younger danced my behind off to this. ❤
I’m still dancing to this 2019 -2020, 47 old !!!!👌
youngster :D
👄Awesome song! I Love the Sugar Hill gang!!!💯💙💛💜❤🔶🎵🎶
I stayed up half the night trying to hum this song i to sound hound to see if it would bring it up. But I finally found it this morning. Use to Jam skate to this and have boogie contests at the rink in the late 80s! Im 46 ahhh the memories
still listen to them and I'm 52
I am 54, and i remember this jam... CoolDj Herc... original space cowboy... Brooklyn in the house... boogie down.. Hahaha!!!!
Brena Adams AMEN!
friggin rights. I just started watching "style wars" not that I havent heard this song before.
Still listening and I was born "65"
Glad I’m not the only oldie in the house 👍
The ultimate #SkatingRink song of the early eighties. #SkateTowne #CollegeParkGA #OldNationalHWY 😅😅😅
All these decades later I never even knew the name of this song.
When this music was fun!!!!!
One of the greatest jams of all time...80's original. Sunset Park hooky sets
Old Skool never dies
Black Shadow word......never ever. This banger is the shhhh.
That's right it lives forever
dats right!!!
I Absolutely Love👑Sugarhill👑
Amen
And here I am in 2021, 59 years old, still grooving to this as we did in college!
short version entered Billboard Feb 7, 1981 ..reached #82
Representing!! Roselle New Jersey!!!
I remember coming out of the club or a party ringing wet from dancing from the time I went in the door, I never sat down because Sugar Hill, Furious 5, Grandmaster flash and all the rap songs we could rap with and understand, they not rapping about their guns , some girl they calling a bitch or Hoe or sucking on them and no type of rhythm or dance beat today they are jumping up and down like they in aroebic class or scoping out some dude they either gonna rob or kill them before the night is over I loved the era of time when I was growing up partying....
Saw them in 79 and that was the first time I saw a rap group. I was not a fan of rap at the time, but after their amazing performance, I was converted! The band that backed them up was second to none. Those dudes could play a washboard and drain pipe and make it sound good!
we got it going on yaw no it. nice to here every body. we in town enjoy.
Still the best riff / hook in any rap track, ever.
Yasssss, this was my uncle Ricky’s jawn!
RIP 🥲🥲 uncle Ricky. Gone but def Not forgotten... #Philly - shout out to the Philly cops 👮♂️ from the 80’s who was side by side by my uncle... 9th District Philly- Ricardo Rodriguez 🙏🙏
I literally wore this 12 inch out I bought it 3 times 4 if you count the cassette tape😁
God bless you!
On this day in 1981 {September 5th} the Sugarhill Gang perform "8th Wonder" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
Earlier in 1981 on February 1st the song entered Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #98, seven weeks later it would peak at #82 {for 1 week} and it spent 9 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #15 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
The group had two other Top 100 records, "Rapper's Delight"* {peaked at #36 in 1980} and "Apache" {reached #53 in 1982}...
*Rapper's Delight" has the distinction of being the first rap single to become a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Top 100...
I remembervthr 1rst time I heard this at Spatz bar on Loomis in Milwaukee, back in 81, got me dancing, then lots of dates, such a cool boogie!!!!
I am some-body...now you know you're hot.... this took me back, SHG is one of my favorite groups, thanks for sharing
Love this song.
Shylah B. Me to baby girl by the way your pretty
Hey, this was the jam!!! 1980 something. Lol. I used to know all the lyrics... this was when music was simple. Now, I can't even keep up with the music these days.
Clap your hands everybody
And everybody just clap your hands
Ahh fly girls, clap your hands
Ahh fly guys, clap your hands
Well if you're feeling alright and you think you're on
Ah-somebody let me know
Well everybody in the place, put a whistle in your face
Scream it out and say *whistle* yooo, hit it!
You don't stop
A-rock the rhythm that makes your finger pop
I said ah, hip-hop, ah thanks a lot
Ah c'mon everybody gimme whatcha got
I'm gonna tell you a little story about the Sugarhill Gang
With the pow pow boogie and a big bang bang
And if you want to rap to the Sugarhill to the beat
Gotta rap in the key of are-A-P
Now that is over I'm ready to jam
Want all you people, to clap your hands
Tonight we're gon-na, scream and shout
We're gonna turn this motha -- sucka out
To all of you people that are ready to jam
Scream it out and say, I am! (I AM!)
Some-body! (SOME-BODY!) Now you know you're hot
Ah see I met this girl and I said to her, "Honey
if you want to be my baby you got ta gimme money!"
Turned around, didn't mean no harm
I knocked her out, with my vicious charm
I said, "No no baby it's not like that
Ya see I'm all about makin' that cold cold cash"
Started jivin' around, started messin' wit her head
And next thing I know, she wanted to go to *whistle*
But to turn me on, you got to be the best
'Cause I'm the Master G, I don't take no mess
Like T-N-T, I'm dynamite
Ya see I rock your body to the early light
And when you wake up in the morning you'll see I'm gone
And check it out girl, you're all alone
'Cause you just been hit by the Capricorn King
I rocked you gentle, I rocked you/me
I rocked you in and I rocked you out
You made me scream but I made you shout *whistle*
Go dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy
Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy
See it's up my back, it's around my neck
Woo-HAH! Got them all in check
See it's up my back, it's around my neck
Woo-HAH! Got them all in check
Ah let's scream, and let's shout
And let's turn this function out
and keep keep it on, but you don't rush
Ah let's make this party the real Cold Crush
Let's scream, and let's shout
Ah let's turn this function out
and keep keep it on, but you don't quit
Let's make the party the sure *whistle*
Once upon a time not long ago
everybody had on their radio
And then the fella came on with a groovy noise
to put the wiggle in the women and girls and boys
The word got around about three cool cats
who put the foot, BACK, in the pack
And let me tell you party people just who we be
With the help of Big Bank and the Master G
So get up
Throw down
We're funkward bound
Hey the Sugarhill Gang is in your town
Now baby doll
And all you daddy-o's
You better get ready to move your toes
So get up
Throw down
We're funkward bound
Hey the Sugarhill Gang is in your town
Now baby doll
And all you daddy-o's
Scream it out and say yoooo, hit it!
Shake it, but don't break it
'Cause I know we can make make it
And if you're ready to party and you're dressed to kill
Somebody say, Sugarhill! (SUGARHILL!)
Sugarhill! (SUGARHILL!)
Ahh ahh, and let your worries take a chill pill
You go ahh, ahh, ah ahh oh ooh
Chicka-pow!
Ha-ha-ha-ha-haa -- hoo hoo!
(Hey could somebody turn their ?butt?)
Shake your body down, chicka-pow!
A get, a get, a get ready
What you see is what you get
And you ain't seen nothin' yet
I don't think I'm bad don't box in no karate
Just an MC to put the boogie in your body
go, back and forth then forth and back
We're the Sugarhill Gang we take no slack
Don't wear diamond rings or drive big cars
But the people just treat us like movie stars
We go dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy
Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy
Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy
Dang diddy dang di-dang di-dang diggy diggy
It's up my back, it's around my neck
Woo-HAH! Got them all in check
See it's up my back, it's around my neck
oo-HAH! Got them all in check
Ah let's scream, ah let's shout
Ah let's turn this function out
and keep keep it on, but you don't rush
Let's make this party the real Cold Crush
Let's scream, ah let's shout
Ah let's turn this function out
and keep keep it on, but you don't quit
Ah let's make this party the sure *whistle*
Well I'm the Master G, and I'm the best
Well the ladies say my voice is rated X
I'm a touch of lightning, a taste of fire
Well I'm the Master G, and I'm your desire
Young ladies, I said I rock the nation
'Cause I got my own, transportation
I can rock just about, any age
So let your fingers do the walkin' through the yellow pages
Shake it, ah don't break it
'Cause I know we can make make make it
You go ah, ahh, ah ah oh ooh
And if you're ready to party and you're ready to jam
Scream it out and say, I am! (I AM!)
Some-body! (SOME-BODY!) Now you know you're hot
You go ah, ahh, ah ah oh ooh
Shake your body down! Chicka-pow!
Woooooeeeee!
Oooaah oooaah! Ah huh hah hah!
*wolf whistle*
I see you girl, c'mon wit it now
I want to rock your world
Get it, so get get it, get ready for this
C'mon!
Closer closer, oooaaah oooaaah!
All the girls
Aight baby I like to move it mama ahhahaha
A-hah-hah-hah-haa
Rrrrrah!
C'mon, yeah, closer
Wooo-hah! See that girl there?
To the beat beat beat
*whistle* Ah hah hah *wolf whistle*
Chicka-pow, ah huh huh huh huh huh, rrrrh, rrrrrrah!
There you go, hah hah hah!
Ahh, ahh girl, yeah baby
To rock your world, oooaaah, oooaaah
Pick it up, bring it up get down
Hoo, hah, hoo, hah
Rrrrrrah!
They definitely gotta be groovin' now
Aight baby I like to move it mama ahhahaha
Say say say, ha ha
Say the bass was in your face
The hah's make you, made you rock
'Ello m'love can I have this dance y'know?
Ahahahah-ha-hah
We got the groove to make you move
Oh me like it so, me like it so
Sugarhill Sugarhill
And you know that!
Everywhere
*wolf whistle*
Shake it up, shake it up
Not "Somebody" but rather "Somebatty"
Busta Rhymes uses that line - Woo-haa! Got them all in check
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RIP Big Bad Hank from the Bronx home of hip-hop
Hell yes thank you Hank and all of the Sugar hill gang for put the dip in all of our hip ,for ever!!
The Birth place of hip hop💯
Also known as the thief that stole Grand Master Caz rhyme to blow up Hank was rap 1st biter on wax 😂
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2017 and I have this on a compilation CD (track 10) in my car right now. Too bad my transmission went bad, though.
The CD is actually ejected from the player but hanging by its edge (it came out when I disconnected the battery).
The beat is great. Woohaa!
Always loved when those 📯kick in 🎶🎵
I LOVE THIS SONG. I remember we used to roller skate 🛼 to this song.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🛼🛼🛼🛼🎶🎶🎶🎶🛼🛼🛼🛼🛼🛼🛼🛼🛼🛼🛼🛼🛼.
This joint was 🔥 back then and still 🔥 in the present. 💯
"everybody clap your hands"
And everyone obeyed and clapped their hands
Bongs out!!. I swear to God 🎤🎤 I know every word of this
🤣🤣 I love it
Pass it