some songs encourage you to dance these
songs won’t take no for an answer
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
disco songs this list we’re considering
those classic disco tunes from the
genres peak during the 1970s and 80s
we’ve based our choices on a mix of how
iconic or memorable they are as well as
their overall popularity and success
number ten get down tonight
KC and the Sunshine Band
PC in the Sunshine Band boogied all the
way to the number one spot on the charts
with this incredibly infectious dance
track starting off with a guitar line
that was recorded at double speed get
down tonight is essentially a peon to
the joys of dance and sex
and unmistakeably links the two together
as Casey would have it getting down on
the dance floor leads to getting down in
the bedroom and maybe vice versa and
that’s a pretty good summation of the
appeal of the disco era number nine get
down on it cool in the game
this go when a funk groove is always a
welcome combination and get down on it
delivers the goods in this area a top 10
pop hit for cool in the gang the
something special track doesn’t go in
for complicated introspection in its
lyrics the message is simple and direct
but the words are wrapped in some
classic dado beats and a production that
is both sly and smooth the insinuating
rhythm section produces a sound that’s
both hypnotic and invigorating and JT
Taylor’s easy vocals blend in perfectly
number eight Funkytown lips Inc this
incredibly catchy tune soared to the
number one position in 28 countries a
record that was not beaten until
Madonna’s disco inspired hung up in 2005
funky towns quirky sound is a
combination of several factors including
the strategic use of a Moog vocoder to
give the voices that Spacey electronic
ring but it’s the awesome insistent beat
that propels the song along
mixing a little bit of New Wave with
traditional disco the lip-sync single
exalts in a hoped-for utopia where grass
and flowers have been replaced with a
shiny endless dance floor
number seven boogie wonderland Earth
Wind and Fire
music can mend a broken heart and
dancing can pick that heart up off the
floor and get it beating again that’s
the essential message behind boogie
wonderland and it encapsulates the
romanticism that was one reason discos
were such a phenomenon
Earth Wind and Fire teamed with the
emotions provided some glorious vocals
they create the kind of music that makes
a person believe they really can find
true love on the dance floor if not they
can still shake it until they forget
their cares anyway
number six dancing queen ABBA
nobody knew how to throw together
infectious pop hooks quite like ABBA as
this monster international hits
demonstrates
from the first moment when a piano
glissando bleeds into an angelic chorus
wordlessly Owen and I dancing queen
grabs hold of the listeners ear and
won’t let it go
the beat behind the tune isn’t as openly
propulsive as most disco hits but it’s
all the more powerful for that reason
and the silky vocals are heavenly
number five last dance Donna Summer
Donna Summer is the undisputed disco
Queen with her I feel love breaking
ground as one of the first real examples
of electronic dance music
on the oscar-winning last dance summer
starts out slow and tender
her voice in chili sing the opening
lyrics but when the beat starts the
singer jumps wholeheartedly into total
diva mode
summer rides the song like a
thoroughbred and ends on an amazing
final note fixes the song forever as the
treasure
number four disco inferno the Tramp the
tramps disco classic was released in
1976 and became a dance club hit yet it
didn’t make an impression on the general
public until it was included on a
Saturday Night Fever movie soundtrack
two years later the song was inspired by
the destruction of the dance club and
the film’s the towering inferno but it
really caught fire when it played as
John Travolta snaked across the screen
one of the hottest and smoking as dance
tracks
it absolutely forces people out of their
chairs and onto the floor
number three the freak sheep Bernard
Edwards lays down a baseline on look
freak that is as funky as it is
tantalizing and listeners are catapulted
into the song sleek cool ambience
written after Edwards and Nile Rodgers
were turned away from studio 54 the
song’s first phrase was originally a bit
stronger than freaked out chic had the
last laugh on studio 54 though the
chart-topping single sold 7 million
copies and holds the record as the
biggest selling single in the history of
Atlantic Records
number two I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
most classic disco songs are about
dancing but Gloria Gaynor’s
multi-platinum monster hit has other
things on its mind namely making sure
that the entire world and one person in
particular knows that she is not someone
to be messed around with
a glorious anthem of self-reliance inner
strength and defiant anger I Will
Survive stance the traditional torch
song on its head
those seeking personal empowerment need
look no further
hit those fists pumping while those feet
get moving
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
number one stayin alive the BG’s the
BG’s told everybody in 1976 that they
should be dancing a year later the
entire world was on its feet thanks to
the disco juggernaut that was the
Saturday Night Fever movie soundtrack
and stayin alive is about as iconic as a
song can get
more than any other single cut it
indelibly captures the feel the sound
and the intensity of the entire disco
era
the give brothers tune is built on an
undercurrent of alternating tension and
release perfect for a time when people
danced like their lives depended on it
do you agree with our choices what other
Unbeatables disco songs deserve to be on
this list
for more in thrall intens published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
songs won’t take no for an answer
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
disco songs this list we’re considering
those classic disco tunes from the
genres peak during the 1970s and 80s
we’ve based our choices on a mix of how
iconic or memorable they are as well as
their overall popularity and success
number ten get down tonight
KC and the Sunshine Band
PC in the Sunshine Band boogied all the
way to the number one spot on the charts
with this incredibly infectious dance
track starting off with a guitar line
that was recorded at double speed get
down tonight is essentially a peon to
the joys of dance and sex
and unmistakeably links the two together
as Casey would have it getting down on
the dance floor leads to getting down in
the bedroom and maybe vice versa and
that’s a pretty good summation of the
appeal of the disco era number nine get
down on it cool in the game
this go when a funk groove is always a
welcome combination and get down on it
delivers the goods in this area a top 10
pop hit for cool in the gang the
something special track doesn’t go in
for complicated introspection in its
lyrics the message is simple and direct
but the words are wrapped in some
classic dado beats and a production that
is both sly and smooth the insinuating
rhythm section produces a sound that’s
both hypnotic and invigorating and JT
Taylor’s easy vocals blend in perfectly
number eight Funkytown lips Inc this
incredibly catchy tune soared to the
number one position in 28 countries a
record that was not beaten until
Madonna’s disco inspired hung up in 2005
funky towns quirky sound is a
combination of several factors including
the strategic use of a Moog vocoder to
give the voices that Spacey electronic
ring but it’s the awesome insistent beat
that propels the song along
mixing a little bit of New Wave with
traditional disco the lip-sync single
exalts in a hoped-for utopia where grass
and flowers have been replaced with a
shiny endless dance floor
number seven boogie wonderland Earth
Wind and Fire
music can mend a broken heart and
dancing can pick that heart up off the
floor and get it beating again that’s
the essential message behind boogie
wonderland and it encapsulates the
romanticism that was one reason discos
were such a phenomenon
Earth Wind and Fire teamed with the
emotions provided some glorious vocals
they create the kind of music that makes
a person believe they really can find
true love on the dance floor if not they
can still shake it until they forget
their cares anyway
number six dancing queen ABBA
nobody knew how to throw together
infectious pop hooks quite like ABBA as
this monster international hits
demonstrates
from the first moment when a piano
glissando bleeds into an angelic chorus
wordlessly Owen and I dancing queen
grabs hold of the listeners ear and
won’t let it go
the beat behind the tune isn’t as openly
propulsive as most disco hits but it’s
all the more powerful for that reason
and the silky vocals are heavenly
number five last dance Donna Summer
Donna Summer is the undisputed disco
Queen with her I feel love breaking
ground as one of the first real examples
of electronic dance music
on the oscar-winning last dance summer
starts out slow and tender
her voice in chili sing the opening
lyrics but when the beat starts the
singer jumps wholeheartedly into total
diva mode
summer rides the song like a
thoroughbred and ends on an amazing
final note fixes the song forever as the
treasure
number four disco inferno the Tramp the
tramps disco classic was released in
1976 and became a dance club hit yet it
didn’t make an impression on the general
public until it was included on a
Saturday Night Fever movie soundtrack
two years later the song was inspired by
the destruction of the dance club and
the film’s the towering inferno but it
really caught fire when it played as
John Travolta snaked across the screen
one of the hottest and smoking as dance
tracks
it absolutely forces people out of their
chairs and onto the floor
number three the freak sheep Bernard
Edwards lays down a baseline on look
freak that is as funky as it is
tantalizing and listeners are catapulted
into the song sleek cool ambience
written after Edwards and Nile Rodgers
were turned away from studio 54 the
song’s first phrase was originally a bit
stronger than freaked out chic had the
last laugh on studio 54 though the
chart-topping single sold 7 million
copies and holds the record as the
biggest selling single in the history of
Atlantic Records
number two I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
most classic disco songs are about
dancing but Gloria Gaynor’s
multi-platinum monster hit has other
things on its mind namely making sure
that the entire world and one person in
particular knows that she is not someone
to be messed around with
a glorious anthem of self-reliance inner
strength and defiant anger I Will
Survive stance the traditional torch
song on its head
those seeking personal empowerment need
look no further
hit those fists pumping while those feet
get moving
before we reveal our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
number one stayin alive the BG’s the
BG’s told everybody in 1976 that they
should be dancing a year later the
entire world was on its feet thanks to
the disco juggernaut that was the
Saturday Night Fever movie soundtrack
and stayin alive is about as iconic as a
song can get
more than any other single cut it
indelibly captures the feel the sound
and the intensity of the entire disco
era
the give brothers tune is built on an
undercurrent of alternating tension and
release perfect for a time when people
danced like their lives depended on it
do you agree with our choices what other
Unbeatables disco songs deserve to be on
this list
for more in thrall intens published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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