Best Disco Songs of All Time

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   Le Freak

   Chic · from C'est Chic (1978)

   Nile Rodgers' guitar and disco's biggest hit.

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   Good Times

   Chic · from Risque (1979)

   The bassline that launched a thousand records.

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   I Feel Love

   Donna Summer · from I Remember Yesterday (1977)

   The Moroder production that invented electronic dance music.

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   Hot Stuff

   Donna Summer · from Bad Girls (1979)

   Rock-tinged disco at full throttle.

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   We Are Family

   Sister Sledge · from We Are Family (1979)

   An eternal, euphoric celebration.

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   I'm Coming Out

   Diana Ross · from Diana (1980)

   A triumphant, horn-led Chic production.

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   Upside Down

   Diana Ross · from Diana (1980)

   Slinky, irresistible disco-funk.

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   Boogie Wonderland

   Earth, Wind & Fire · from I Am (1979)

   Lavish, string-swept dancefloor joy.

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   Pull Up to the Bumper

   Grace Jones · from Nightclubbing (1981)

   Cool, sleek and impossibly danceable.

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    Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

    Michael Jackson · from Off the Wall (1979)

    His exuberant disco-era breakthrough.

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    Strawberry Letter 23

    The Brothers Johnson · from Right on Time (1977)

    A dreamy, Quincy Jones-produced groove.

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    He's the Greatest Dancer

    Sister Sledge · from We Are Family (1979)

    Sharp, witty Chic-written disco.

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    I Feel Love

    Donna Summer · from I Remember Yesterday (1977)

    Giorgio Moroder's synthesizer blueprint for the next forty years.

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    I Will Survive

    Gloria Gaynor · from Love Tracks (1978)

    The most impeccable survivor anthem in pop history.

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    Le Freak

    Chic · from C'est Chic (1978)

    Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards at their commercial peak.

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    We Are Family

    Sister Sledge · from We Are Family (1979)

    Nile Rodgers' other great production: warmth as disco weapon.

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    Stayin' Alive

    Bee Gees · from Saturday Night Fever (1977)

    The song that made Saturday Night Fever and defined the era.

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    Celebration

    Kool & the Gang · from Celebrate! (1980)

    The most-played wedding song with no plans to apologise for it.

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    Upside Down

    Diana Ross · from Diana (1980)

    Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards turn Motown into disco.

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    You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

    Sylvester · from Step II (1978)

    The purest hi-NRG moment in the whole canon.

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    Disco Inferno

    The Trammps · from Disco Inferno (1976)

    Twelve minutes of escalation that ends in genuine fire.

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