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Summer Madness (instrumental)
1974 song by Kool & the Gang / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"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.[3] 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. [4][5] As of 2018, over 145 recordings had sampled it.[5]
Quick Facts Single by Kool & The Gang, from the album Light of Worlds ...
"Summer Madness" | ||||
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![]() 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 | |||
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Length | 4:16 | |||
Label | De-Lite | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kool & the Gang, Alton Taylor | |||
Kool & The Gang singles chronology | ||||
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