8th Wonder (song)

"8th Wonder"
Single by The Sugarhill Gang
from the album 8th Wonder
B-side	Sugar Hill Groove
Released	1980
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Sugarhill Records
Writer(s)	Cheryl Cook, Ronald LaPread
Producer(s)	Joey Robinson, Sylvia Robinson
The Sugarhill Gang singles chronology
"Bad News" "8th Wonder" (1980) "Hot Hot Summer Day"

"8th Wonder" is a 1980 single by the American hip hop trio The Sugarhill Gang, originally released on Sugarhill Records. It was later made part of their 1982 album 8th Wonder. The song charted at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

A slowed down version of the music from this song is used in the DVD menus for the series Trailer Park Boys, as the backing of a song performed by the character of Tyrone.

The song was also featured in the 1983 PBS documentary Style Wars.

Sampling

Samples Used

The song sampled two others:

• "Ever Ready" by Johnnie Taylor (1978)
• "Daisy Lady" by 7th Wonder (1979)

Samples taken

The song, in turn, has been sampled over twenty times, including in:

• "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five (1981)
• "Public Enemy No.1" by Public Enemy (1987)
• "Shake Your Rump" by Beastie Boys (1989)
• "Rap Promoter" by A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
• "Back Up Off Me!" by Dr. Dre and Ed Lover feat. T-Money (1994)
• "Dane Diggy" by Tasc 4orce (1995)
• "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" by Busta Rhymes (1996)
• "Never Mind" by 112" (1998)
• "Gangster Trippin'" by Fatboy Slim (1998)
• "Whoo!! Whoo!!" by Sottotono (1999) (they sample Daisy Lady by 7th Wonder)
• "I'm Gonna Be Alright" by Jennifer Lopez (2001)

References

External links

• Samples used at WhoSampled.com
• Samples taken at WhoSampled.com
• 8th Wonder at Discogs (list of releases)