Rappers Delight

Rappers Delight

Song Information

Rappers Delight's Dancing Stage Fusion banner.

Rapper's Delight's DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE banner.

Artist: Sugarhill Gang
Composition/Lyrics: Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers
Vocals: Michael "Wonder Mike" Wright, Henry "Big Bank Hank" Johnson, Guy "Master Gee" O'Brien
Production: Sylvia Robinson
Album: Sugarhill Gang (1979)
BPM: 112 (Dancing Stage Fusion), 108 (DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE)
Length: 1:28 (Dancing Stage Fusion), 1:47 (DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE)
First Music Game Appearance: Dancing Stage Fusion CS (PlayStation 2)
Other Music Game Appearances:

• Dancing Stage Fusion

Lyrics

Fusion Cut

I said a hip, hop, hippie to the hippie
To the hip hip hop, you don't stop a rockin'
To the bang bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogity beat
Now what you hear is not a test, I'm rappin' to the beat
And me, the Groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet

See, I am Wonder Mike
And I'd like to say hello
To the black, to the white, the red and the brown
The purple and yellow
But first I gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie
Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie
Let's rock
You don't stop
Rock the rhythm that will make your body rock
Well so far you've heard my voice but I brought two friends along
And next on the mike is my man Hank
Come on, Hank, sing that song

Check it out
I'm the C-A-S-A the N-O-V-A
And the rest is F-L-Y
Ya see I go by the code of the doctor of the mix
And these reasons I'll tell ya why
Ya see I'm six foot one and I'm tons of fun
And I dress to a T
Ya see I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously
I got bodyguards, I got two big cars
That definitely ain't the wack
I got a Lincoln Continental and a sunroofed Cadillac
So after school I take a dip in the pool
Which is really on the wall
I got a color TV so I can see
The Knicks play basketball

UNIVERSE Cut

I said a hip, hop, hippie to the hippie To the hip hip hop, you don't stop a rockin' To the bang bang boogie, say up jump the boogie To the rhythm of the boogity beat Now what you hear is not a test, I'm rappin' to the beat And me, the Groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet See, I am Wonder Mike And I'd like to say hello To the black, to the white, the red and the brown The purple and yellow But first I gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie Let's rock You don't stop Rock the rhythm that will make your body rock Well so far you've heard my voice but I brought two friends along And next on the mike is my man Hank Come on, Hank, sing that song Check it out I'm the C-A-S-A the N-O-V-A And the rest is F-L-Y Ya see I go by the code of the doctor of the mix And these reasons I'll tell ya why Ya see I'm six foot one and I'm tons of fun And I dress to a T Ya see I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously Master Gee, my mellow It's on you so what you gonna do? Well it's on and on and on on and on The beat don't stop until the break of dawn I said M-A-S, T-E-R A G with a double E I said I go by the unforgettable name Of the man they call the Master Gee Well my name is known all over the world By all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls I'm going down in history As the baddest rapper there could ever be I said 1, 2, 3, 4 Tell me Wonder Mike what are you waitin' for? I said a hip, hop, a hippie to the hippie To the hip hip hop, you don't stop a rockin' To the bang bang boogie, say up jump the boogie To the rhythm of the boogity beat

Song Connections / Remixes

• Rappers Delight's bassline is sampled from Good Times, which can be found in DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY3.
• DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE uses a different, longer cut of Rappers Delight.

Trivia

• In DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE, Rappers Delight's title and artist were changed to Rapper's Delight and Sugar Hill Gang, respectively.
• Rappers Delight does not run at a constant BPM. In both cuts of the song, the tempo ranges from 110-112 BPM.
• Rappers Delight also appears in ANDAMIRO's dancing game PUMP IT UP EXCEED S.E..

Song Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.

Fusion Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	94 / 0	113 / 0	179 / 0	257 / 5	- / - / -	- / -	- / -	- / -	- / - / -
Dancing Stage Fusion CS (PS2)	1	3	5	7	-	-	-	-	-
Dancing Stage Fusion	1	3	5	7	-	-	-	-	-

UNIVERSE Charts

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	68 / 0	93 / 10	200 / 14	325 / 2	- / - / -	92 / 8	189 / 5	263 / 8	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE	N/A	2	5	8	-	3	5	7	-

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE Double BEGINNER chart: Total notes: 61 / 0.