Showdown

Name: Showdown
Duration: 5 min 54 s

~ Recording by The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	Showdown	5:52	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Showdown	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Single	US1981-06	Sugar Hill Records (US late 70s/early 80s rap)	SH 558
2.4	Showdown	5:53	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Rappers Delight	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1989	Disky	DCD 5074
2.4	Showdown	5:53	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Rappers Delight	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1989	K West	KWEST 5074
2.4	Showdown	5:52	The Furious Five meets Sugarhill Gang	Greatest Rap & Dance	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DK1992	Disky	DCD 5252
1.4	Showdown	5:52	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Essential Old School Rap Dancefloor Classics, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1995-03-01	Deep Beats	DGPCD 708
1.4	Showdown	5:55	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Rapper’s Delight: The Best of Sugarhill Gang	Sugarhill Gang	Album + Compilation	US1996-07-16	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 71986
1.4	Showdown	5:55	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Rapper’s Delight: The Best of Sugarhill Gang	Sugarhill Gang	Album + Compilation	US1996-07-16	Rhino (reissue label)	R4 71986
1.3	Showdown	5:50	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	More Hits From Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Volume 2	Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five	Album + Compilation	GB1996-11-01	Deep Beats	DEEPM 004
2.5	Showdown (original 12" mix)	5:55	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Absolutely... The Very Best of Old School Rap	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997	Deep Beats	DEEPBOX 7
2.6	Showdown	5:54	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	The Sugar Hill Records Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1997	Sugar Hill Records (US late 70s/early 80s rap), Rhino (reissue label)	R0 72449, R2 72449
1.2	Showdown	5:54	Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Rapper's Delight & Other Old School Favorites	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998-01-20	Flashback Records (reissue label, a division of Rhino Entertainment Company)	R2 75211
2.10	Showdown	5:57	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	The Best Rap Album of All Time	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1999-01-25	Dressed to Kill	DTKCD038, DTKCD039, DTKCD040, DTKCD041
1.17	Showdown	5:52	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	The Showdown	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1999-02-02	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 75624
1.4	Showdown	5:53	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Adventures on the Wheels of Steel	Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five	Album + Compilation	GB1999	Sequel Records (UK reissue label)	NXT CD 305
1.2	Showdown	5:54	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Hits	Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five	Album + Compilation	US1999	Flashback Records (reissue label, a division of Rhino Entertainment Company)	R2 75957
2.1	Showdown	5:55	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Sugarhill Club Classics II	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2000	Sequel Records (UK reissue label)	NEE CD 368, NEECD 368
1.4	Showdown	5:55	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	The Essentials	The Sugarhill Gang	Album + Compilation	US2002-09-03	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 76086
1.4	Showdown (12″ single version)	5:54	The Sugarhill Gang	The Essentials: The Sugarhill Gang	The Sugarhill Gang	Album + Compilation	XW2002-09-03	Rhino (reissue label)
1.12	Showdown	5:54	The Sugarhill Gang	The Message: The Best Of Grandmaster Flash & The Sugarhill Gang	Grandmaster Flash & The Sugarhill Gang	Album + Compilation	GB2002-09-14	Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004)	74321 960512 2
1.4	Showdown	5:54	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	The Essentials: The Sugarhill Gang	The Sugarhill Gang	Album + Compilation	US2002	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 76086
2.6	Showdown	5:54	The Sugarhill Gang meets the Furious Five	The Message: The Story of Sugar Hill Records	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-01-31	Castle Music (subsidiary of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)	CMXBX1090
1.4	Showdown	5:55	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Rapper’s Delight: The Best of Sugarhill Gang	Sugarhill Gang	Album + Compilation	US2005	Rhino (reissue label)
1.8	Showdown	5:53	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Sugar Hill Records: The Definitive Groove Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2006-08-08	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 70805
1.4	Showdown	5:54	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	The Definitive Groove Collection	Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five	Album + Compilation	US2006-08-08	Rhino (reissue label)	74081
1.9	Showdown	5:53	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	The Essential Grandmaster Flash	Grandmaster Flash	Album + Compilation	GB2007-02-12	Metro Doubles (UK double‐disc reissue/compilation imprint, METRDCD cat prefix)	METRDCD606
1.16	Showdown	5:55	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	The Sugar Hill Records Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2009-07-14	Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
2.9	Showdown	5:52	The Sugarhill Gang	Sugar Hill Rap Classics: The Pioneers of Hip-Hop	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010-07-19	Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)	2741722
2.3	Showdown	5:55	The Sugarhill Gang meets the Furious Five	A Complete Introduction to Sugar Hill Records	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2010-08-17	Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)	2736484
2.2	Showdown	5:53	The Furious Five meets the Sugarhill Gang	Rhythm & Rhymes: The Definitive Collection	The Sugarhill Gang	Album + Compilation	XE2010	Sanctuary Records (UK 1996–present)	2742766
4.9	Showdown (with the Sugarhill Gang)	5:55	Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five with the Sugarhill Gang	Sugar Hill Adventures: The Collection	Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five	Album + Compilation	-2022-07-24	Robinsongs	ROBINBX50

Relationships

engineer:	Steve Jerome (US songwriter & producer, member of Hot Butter)
producer:	Larry Johnson (Sugar Hill producer) Michael Johnson Sylvia Inc.
performer:	The Sugarhill Gang

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Sugar Hill Records Ltd. (not for release, copyright etc.) (in 1981)

recording of:	Showdown

Showdown

lyricist:	Big Bank Hank Edward Morris (80s US MC Edward Morris, aka Mr. Ness of Furious Five) Master Gee (US rapper Guy Anthony O’Brien) Guy Todd Williams Keith Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five) Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) Nathaniel Glover (80s US hip hop MC) Wonder Mike
composer:	Larry Johnson (Sugar Hill producer) Michael Johnson Sylvia Robinson

publisher:	IQ Music Ltd.

Showdown

Appears on releases

Relationships

Showdown

Recording information

Rating

Tags

Genres

Other tags

Editing

Collections

Showdown

Appears on releases

Relationships

Related works

Showdown

Recording information

Rating

Tags

Genres

Other tags

Editing

Collections