Funk you up was the second single on Sugar Hill, following what September 1979 hip hop song?
Funk You Up "Funk You Up" is a 1979 old school hip hop song recorded by The Sequence for Sugar Hill Records. It is significant as the first hip-hop song to be released by a female rap group (and by a rap group from the Southern United States, as all three members of The Sequence were natives of Columbia, South Carolina), and was the second single released on Sugar Hill, following "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang.
At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up) "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" was a hit song by R&B/funk band Rufus featuring Chaka Khan in 1977. Released from their hit album, "Ask Rufus", it spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart and peaked at number thirty on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart.