| "Summer Madness" | ||||
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Summer_madness_by_kool_and_the_gang_US_single_side_2.png) Side two of US single "Spirit of the Boogie" | ||||
| Single by Kool & The Gang | ||||
| from the album Light of Worlds | ||||
| A-side | "Spirit of the Boogie" (Nor. Am.) | |||
| Released | September 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:16 | |||
| Label | De-Lite | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kool & the Gang, Alton Taylor | |||
| Kool & The Gang singles chronology | ||||
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"Summer Madness" is an instrumental tune that was released in 1974 by Kool & the Gang on their album Light of Worlds. It reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 36 on the Hot Soul Singles charts.[2] It has subsequently become one of the most sampled R&B compositions of all time. In the early summer of 1996, Epic Records, a division of Sony Music, reissued and re-released the song as a CD and cassette single. [3][4] As of 2018, over 145 recordings had sampled it.[4]
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- ^ "Breaks With Tradition: Kool & The Gang's "Summer Madness"". September 17, 2018.
- ^ "Summer Madness by Kool & the Gang – Songfacts". www.songfacts.com.
- ^ a b "Five Hip Hop Tracks That Sampled Kool & The Gang's Summer Madness". future-classic-music.