"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 albumDisco 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 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]