Good Times

DiscoFunk 8:15 Landmark Disco, Punk & Funk

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Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards created a song whose bass line became arguably the most sampled in music history. The Sugarhill Gang sampled it for 'Rapper's Delight,' introducing hip-hop to mainstream America. Queen sampled it for 'Another One Bites the Dust.'

Musical Significance

The bass line is hip-hop's ground zero: the direct ancestor of rap music's foundation. Reached #1 at the peak of disco — and appeared the same week as 'Rapper's Delight,' ensuring its bassline would outlive the genre it came from.

Historical Context

Released in July 1979, the same summer as Disco Demolition Night — when a DJ blew up disco records at a Chicago baseball game. The culture war over disco was really a war over race and sexuality.