Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)

"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]

"Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)"
Single by GQ
from the 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
Songwriter(s)	Emanuel LeBlanc Herb Lane Keith Crier Paul Service
Producer(s)	Beau Ray Fleming Jimmy Simpson
GQ singles chronology
"Zone" (1976) "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" (1979) "Make My Dreams a Reality" (1979)

The single ranked No. 76 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979.^[4]

Charts

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]

Weekly charts

Year-end chart (1979)	Peak
Australian Kent Music Report[8]	97

Year-end charts

Year-end chart (1979)	Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[9]	76

Sampling

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