contexts: `` Rapper 's Delight '' Single by The Sugarhill Gang from the album Sugarhill Gang Released September 16 , 1979 Format 12 '' Recorded August 2 , 1979 Genre Old - school hip hop , disco , funk Length 3 : 55 ( single version ) 6 : 30 ( 12 '' short version ) 14 : 35 ( album version ) Label Sugar Hill Songwriter ( s ) The Sugarhill Gang , Sylvia Robinson , Nile Rodgers , Bernard Edwards , Grandmaster Caz Producer ( s ) Sylvia Robinson The Sugarhill Gang singles chronology `` Rapper 's Delight '' ( 1979 ) `` 8th Wonder '' ( 1980 ) `` Rapper 's Delight '' ( 1979 ) `` 8th Wonder '' ( 1980 )
name: Rapper's Delight
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answers.span_text: September 16 , 1979
questions.input_text: when did the song rapper's delight come out