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Apr 27, 2024 · 29. “Bad Girls” by Donna Summer (1979) Popularized by the catchy “toot toot, hey, beep beep” sound-byte, Donna Summer’s “Bad Girls” song is an energetic ode to ladies of the night ...
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- Tom Eames
- John Paul Young - 'Love is in the Air' John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air (1978) Australian singer John Paul Young scored a massive hit in 1977 with this romantic disco banger.
- The Hues Corporation - 'Rock the Boat' Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat • TopPop. This 1973 track took a while to become the hit it deserved to be, but thanks to heavy plays in New York clubs, it became a disco favourite.
- The Real Thing - 'You To Me Are Everything' The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything (1976) • TopPop. British soul group The Real Thing found fame on Opportunity Knocks, and in 1976 they released this excellent disco tune.
- Boney M - 'Rasputin' Boney M - Rasputin (1978) • TopPop. It's not often you get a dancefloor anthem that's also a mini-history lesson. The Story of... 'Rasputin'
- Giorgio Moroder
- Rick James - "Super Freak (Part I)" Hot 100 peak: No. 16 for two weeks beginning Oct. 24, 1981.
- Rose Royce – "Car Wash" Hot 100 peak: No. 1 for one week (Jan. 29, 1977)
- Prince - "1999" Hot 100 peak: No. 12 for two weeks beginning July 23, 1983.
- Blondie - "Heart of Glass" Hot 100 peak: No. 1 for one week (April 28, 1979)
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- Night Fever, Bee Gees
- Love Hangover, Diana Ross
- I Feel Love, Donna Summer
- Thousand Finger Man, Candido
- Ring My Bell, Anita Ward
- You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), Sylvester
- Heart of Glass, Blondie
- Magic Fly, Space
- Get Down Tonight, K.C. & The Sunshine Band
- Going Back to My Roots, Odyssey
By the time the Bee Gees released Night Fever as part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, the genre was drawing to a close. The Bee Gees had relocated to Miami to find a new sound after a series of low-selling albums. Night Fever would sit at the top of the charts for multiple weeks and be joined at number two by the Bee Gees disco classic, Sta...
Diana Ross turned around a declining career by making the switch from soul music to disco in 1976. Love Hangoverstarts as a classic Diana Ross ballad before shifting to introduce a thumping disco bassline three minutes into the song. Next: Top love songs for him (boyfriend singles)
The impact of Donna Summer’s 1977 hit, I Feel Lovecannot be underestimated. David Bowie and Brian Eno broke off their Berlin Sessions to listen to the song Eno claimed would change club music for 15 years. While this may not have been the case in the end, it’s certainly a classic hit from the disco era of music! Next: Best sexy songs to have sex to...
Candido was a Cuban percussionist who had achieved success across two decades before recording this 1970 classic. Candido’s Thousand Finger Man can lay claim to being one of thefirst disco songsand would be released as a six-minute 12″ single.
Anita Ward had her only major hit with a song originally destined for the artist, Stacy Lattisaw. Ward’s interpretation changed the point-of-view from a teenager talking on the phone to a grown-up disco anthem of 1979.
Androgyny in performers had been made fashionable by David Bowie in the early-70s. By 1978, Sylvester claimed gender was an everyday choice for him. You Make Me Feelwas more than a disco anthem for the pioneer for LGBTQ+ rights. What’s great about this song, and the genre in general, is that these same themes are very prevalent in modern pop music ...
Debbie Harry had been working on this disco anthem since 1975 when she called it the disco song. Heart of Glasswas released in 1979 with a powerful disco beat that pushed the song to the top of the charts around the world. Next: Best breakup songs for failed relationships
Without Space, there would be no Daft Punk. The French duo would create a classic disco sound in their debut, Magic Fly. Next: Best songs about space and the universe ever made
The 1975 hit from K.C. & The Sunshine band developed many of the staples that many of the best disco songs would follow closely. The introductory guitar solo is played at double speed, with plenty of lyrical repetition. The song proved a global success after reaching number one in the U.S.
Odyssey was the third band to take a crack at turning Going Back to My Roots into a hit song. The former soul song was given a full disco beat and bassline by Odyssey to maintain its civil rights message. Going Back to My Rootsproved disco could be at more than just fun times and dancing. Next: Best jazz songs through the years
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May 23, 2022 · 80s Disco Songs. Disco continued to be popular in the 1980s, though it began to lose its mainstream appeal. Still, there were plenty of great disco songs released in the 1980s. “Funkytown” by Lipps Inc. is one of the most popular disco songs of all time. This song was released in 1980 and quickly became a dancefloor favorite.
Jul 20, 2016 · Billboard Dance reached out to disco's greatest producer to list his top 35 disco tracks of all-time and he didn't disappoint. “It is impossible for me to rank these, as they all hold a special ...
Dec 12, 2023 · If you want to get your groove on, “ Get Down Tonight ” by KC and the Sunshine Band is the song for you. This is one of the best disco-dancing songs of all time. The way the band blended the instrumentals with their cool sonorous voice will have you swaying with reckless abandon. 26. “Rock Your Baby” by George McCrae.
