| Disco Nights (Rock-Freak) | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | GQ |
| Album: | Disco Nights |
| B-Side: | Boogie Oogie Oogie |
| Released: | February 1979 |
| Recorded: | December 17, 1978 |
| Studio: | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Genre: | Disco |
| Length: | 3:58 (Single Version) 5:51 (Album Version) 8:43 (12" Version) |
| Label: | Arista |
| Prev Title: | Zone |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Make My Dreams a Reality |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"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.[1] The song was produced by Larkin Arnold, Beau Ray and Fleming Jimmy Simpson.[2] The original title is "(Rock-Freaks) Disco / Boogie".[3]
The single ranked No. 76 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979.[4]
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.[5] The single also peaked at No. 3 on the disco chart.[6] Outside the US, it peaked at No. 42 on the UK charts.[7]
Kon Kan sampled the song in their 1988 song "I Beg Your Pardon".