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By 1983 disco production worldwide had slowed to a trickle and there were far fewer new disco and electro-disco songs compared to 1982. Almost every dance song from 1983 was heavily dominated, and in many cases completely created, by electronics. Some exceptions were disco songs like "Where is My Man" by Eartha Kitt (1983), "Perfect Lover" by Dea Doll and Karin Setter (1983), "Maybe This Time" by Norma Lewis (1983), "Be What You Want to Be" by Ernest Ranglin (1983), "Just Can't Get Enough" by Lew Kirton (1983), and "I Love Only You" by Ruth Dawes (1986) that even continued to use violins. In the middle of 1985, the last disco hits of the '80s charted in the United States: "Fresh" by Kool and the Gang (#9 Pop, #1 R&B, #1 Club) and "Glow" by Rick James (#5 R&B, #1 Club). By August 1985, 13 years after disco's introduction as a genre, it was the end for mainstream disco in the West for almost an entire decade.

Disco Music released during 1983:

  • Ajda Pekkan - "Sihirli Aşk" - Turkish R&B-disco-fusion version of Donna Summer's 1982 song "Mystery of Love"
  • Al Green - "Feels Like Christmas" - mellow disco
  • Al Green - "I Know It Was the Blood" - electro-gospel-disco
  • Al Green - "Jingle Bells" - electro-disco version of the Christmas classic
  • Al Green - "Look at the Things God Made" - mellow electro-gospel-disco-soul
  • Al Green - "White Christmas" - disco version of the Christmas classic
  • Anri (a.k.a. Kawashima Eiko) - "Good Bye Boogie Dance" - disco in English and Japanese
  • Anri (a.k.a. Kawashima Eiko) - "Lady Sunshine" - electro-disco in English and Japanese
  • Arabesque - "Bye Bye Superman" - rock-disco-pop-fusion
  • Arabesque - "Dance, Dance, Dance" - rock-disco
  • Arabesque - "You Better Get a Move On" - electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Ashford and Simpson - "High Rise" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Astrid Marz - "This is Me" - jazzy disco
  • Ayo Manuel [Ajisebutu] - "Don't Stop" - funky electro-disco
  • Band AKA - "Joy" - electro-disco; reached #24 Pop in the U.K. in March 1983
  • Bappi Lahiri (a.k.a. Alokesh Lahiri) - "Osa Osa" - Hindi electro-disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri and Amit Kumar - "Karate" - Hindi disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri and Asha Bhosle - "Raat Aaye Raat Jaye" - Hindi disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri and Asha Bhosle - "Koi Lutera" - disco in Hindi and English from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Alfred Rose - "Come On Sing" - disco-pop in English and Hindi from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Asha Bhosle and Amit Kumar - "Na Jane (Main Song)" - disco in English and Hindi from India; "Na Jane (Sad)" and "Na Jane (Part)" are not disco
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Asha Bhosle, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, and Chorus - "Tum Ko Agar Hai Pyar" - disco in Hindi and English from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Kishore Kumar [Ganguly] and Asha Bhosle - "Wah Wah Khel Shuru Ho Gaya" - Hindi disco-pop from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring S. Janaki - "Annai Ennum Aalayam" - Tamil electro-disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. Janaki - "Ennai Yarum Thottathillai" - Tamil electro-disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Sharon Prabhakar and Chorus - "Ding Dong Ding Dong" - Hindi disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring the "Hum Se Na Jeeta Koi" singers - "Disco Disco" - Hindi disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri and Usha Uthup - "Superstar Banenge" - Hindi electro-disco from India
  • Belle and the Devotions - "Got to Let You Know" - electro-disco-pop
  • Berdien Stenberg (with the Harry van Hoof Orchestra) - "Tambourin" - disco version of the classical composition by André-Modeste Gretry
  • Beş Yıl Önce On Yıl Sonra a.k.a. 5 Yıl Önce 10 Yıl Sonra - "Papatya" - Turkish tango-flavored mellow disco
  • Beş Yıl Önce On Yıl Sonra a.k.a. 5 Yıl Önce 10 Yıl Sonra - "Sana Nerden Gönül Verdim" - Turkish tango-flavored mellow disco-pop version of Esin Engin's tango composition
  • Beş Yıl Önce On Yıl Sonra a.k.a. 5 Yıl Önce 10 Yıl Sonra - "Yıllardan Sonra" - Turkish disco version of "Together We're Strong" by Mireille Mathieu and Patrick Duffy
  • Bibi Flash - "Histoire d'1 Soir (Bye Bye Les Galères)" - French electro-disco with both sung and rapped sections, influenced by the bassline of Chic's "Good Times"
  • Bilalian Creation - "(We've Got to) Save the Children (And We'll Save the World)" - electro-disco-soul
  • Boobie Knight - "Juicy Fruit My Love" - electro-disco
  • Boom Selekcija - "Bora Klej" - Serbian electro-disco from Yugoslavia
  • Boom Selekcija - "Moje cake" - Serbian electro-disco from Yugoslavia
  • Boom Selekcija - "Pogresan Broj" - Serbian electro-disco from Yugoslavia
  • Boom Selekcija - "Rokenrol Stipaljke" - Serbian funky electro-disco from Yugoslavia
  • Boom Selekcija - "Studentski San" - Serbian electro-disco from Yugoslavia
  • Boom Selekcija - "Vladina Gitara" - electro-rock-disco from Yugoslavia
  • Boys Town Gang - "I Just Can't Help Believing" - electro-disco
  • Brass Construction - "Breakdown" - R&B-disco
  • Carol Lloyd - "Oh, Baby Baby" - electro-disco
  • Charles Martin [Miasa] - "Tsy Mety Afa-Po" - electro-disco-funk in Malagasy from Madagascar
  • Chill Fac-Torr - "Fox Hunting" - electro-disco-funk with a rap segment in the middle
  • Closencounter - "Let Yourself Go" - electro-disco-soul
  • Contessa - "Super Star" - electro-disco; French (mixed with a little English) version of Cheri's 1982 song "Star Struck"
  • Dea Doll (a.k.a. Jeannine Ulens) and Karin Setter - "Manhattan" - electro-disco-pop
  • Dea Doll (a.k.a. Jeannine Ulens) and Karin Setter - "Perfect Lover"
  • Deborah Dancy - "When Your Lights Turn Off" - funky electro-R&B-disco
  • Del Faro - "Pazza idea" - Italian electro-rock-disco
  • Diana Ross - "That's How You Start Over" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Disfida - "Back to Reality" - electro-disco
  • Donna Summer - "Bad Girls Medley (Live): Dim All the Lights/Sunset People/Bad Girls/Hot Stuff" - electro-disco reprises of her 1979 hits; recorded live in August 1983 in California
  • Donna Summer - "Last Dance (Live)" - electro-disco reprise of her 1978 hit; recorded live in August 1983 in California
  • Donna Summer - "MacArthur Park (Live)" - electro-disco reprise of her hit; recorded live in August 1983 in California
  • Donna Summer - "On the Radio (Live)" - electro-disco reprise of her hit; recorded live in August 1983 in California
  • Doobie Brothers - "What A Fool Believes (Live)" - electro-disco-pop reprise of their 1978 hit
  • Dr. Quell - "Disco, die neue Wissenschaft" - German disco
  • Dynasty Brothers - "Formidable" - French disco
  • Eartha Kitt - "Where is My Man" - reached #36 Pop in the UK in January 1984, #12 on the Dutch Top 40 chart, #5 Pop in Sweden, #6 on the Ultratop 50 Flanders chart in Belgium, #6 on the Springbok Radio chart in South Africa, #28 Pop in New Zealand, #31 Pop in West Germany, #7 on Billboard's Dance/Disco Top 80 chart in the U.S.
  • Elixia - "Soho Nights" - electro-disco
  • Ellie Hope - "Lucky" - electro-disco
  • Emma Dorgu (a.k.a. Emmanuel Dorgu) - "You Step On Me" - electro-disco
  • Ernest Ranglin - "Be What You Want to Be"
  • Ernest Ranglin - "Keep On Dancing" - mellow disco
  • Ervinna [Monica] - "Ambisi" - Indonesian electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Ervinna [Monica] - "Belenggu Rindi" - Indonesian disco-pop
  • Ervinna [Monica] - "Jangan Salahkan Diriku" - Indonesian rock-disco-pop
  • Ervinna [Monica] - "Kejam Nian" - Indonesian disco-pop
  • Ervinna [Monica] - "Lupa Kacang Pada Kulitnya" - Indonesian rock-disco-pop
  • Ervinna [Monica] - "Masa Remaja" - Indonesian electro-disco version of Massara's 1979 hit "Margherita"
  • Ervinna [Monica] - "Pacarku Di S.M.A." - Indonesian electro-disco-pop-fusion
  • Ervinna [Monica] - "Waktu Adalah Uang" - Indonesian electro-disco
  • Escape From New York - "Save Our Love" - mellow electro-disco-pop
  • Evelyn Graves Drama Assn. Massed Choir - "Show Down" - electro-gospel-disco
  • Evgeni Dushanov - "Nedost'pno momiche" - Bulgarian electro-disco version of Peter Griffin's 1980 song "Step By Step"
  • Expres a.k.a. Trio Expres a.k.a. Grupul Expres - "Niciodată trist să nu fi" - Romanian disco-pop
  • Fake - "Donna Rouge" - electro-disco-pop
  • Fancy - "Dance the Bagatell" - electro-disco
  • Fat Larry's Band - "Changes" - R&B-disco
  • Fats Gaines Band presents Zorina - "Born to Dance"
  • Fats Gaines Band presents Zorina - "Sweet Freak" - electro-disco-funk
  • Frederik (a.k.a. Ilkka Sysimetsä) - "Rensselit pykälään" - Finnish electro-disco-pop
  • Frieda Norwood - "Your Love (Is Getting Better All the Time)" - disco-funk
  • Gāo Língfēng (a.k.a. Frankie Kao) - "Ài xiàng qīng gănlăn" - Mandarin electro-disco-pop from Taiwan; cover of New Order's synth-pop dance song "Blue Monday"
  • Gāo Língfēng (a.k.a. Frankie Kao) - "Duănfà de nǚhái" - Mandarin electro-disco-pop from Taiwan
  • Gāo Língfēng (a.k.a. Frankie Kao) - "Huānlè de yuándì" - Mandarin electro-disco-pop from Taiwan
  • George Duke - "Reach Out" - reached #59 R&B in the USA
  • Gloria Gaynor (a.k.a. Gloria Fowles) - "I Will Survive (1983 Version)" - electro-disco
  • Gretchen (a.k.a. Maria Odete) - "Super Sexy" - jazzy disco
  • The Groove Night - "Mabellene" - electro-rock-disco
  • Günter Noris Big Band - "Jungfrau - Disco" - electro-rock-disco
  • Gypsy Wade - "Action"
  • Harari - "Boogie Through the Night" - African-flavored electro-disco
  • Harari - "Monkey Say-Monkey" - electro-disco
  • Harri Stojka Express - "What A Funky Night" - funky electro-disco with a rap segment
  • Hayes and Dhaniels - "Everybody Wants a Piece" - electro-disco
  • Hi-Voltage - "Hollywood Party" - rock-disco
  • Hot Chocolate - "Love is a Good Thing" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Hyun Sook - "Eommaui eolgul" - Korean electro-disco-pop
  • Hyun Sook - "Gyojeong-ui yeonga" - Korean electro-disco-pop
  • Hyun Sook - "Oeloun yeoja" - Korean electro-disco-pop version of a hit Western song
  • Isabelle Antena - "Be Pop" a.k.a. "Sois Pop" - disco-pop
  • James Last - "Comment ça va" - electro-disco-pop in French and English; cover of The Shorts' 1983 song
  • James Last - "Hey Little Girl" - electro-disco-pop cover of Icehouse's 1982 song
  • James Last - "I.O.U." - electro-disco-pop version of Freeez's 1983 electronic hit
  • James Last - "Saddle Up" - electro-disco cover of David Christie's 1982 hit
  • Janice McClain - "Giving My Love" - mellow disco
  • Janine Olsen - "Was Wäre, Wenn..." - German electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Jeffrey Osborne - "Don't You Get So Mad" - electro-disco-soul; reached #3 R&B in the USA in 1983 and #25 Pop in the USA
  • Jessica - "Amour À Minut" - French electro-disco
  • Jessie Rogers - "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" - electro-disco
  • Joyce Lawson - "Passion" - electro-disco-pop version of Rod Stewart's 1980 song
  • Joyce Lawson - "Ride Like the Wind" - electro-disco-pop version of Christopher Cross's 1979 hit
  • Jürgen Drews – "Liebe im All" - German electro-disco-pop-fusion version of Rough Trade's 1981 new wave song "All Touch"
  • K.I.D. - "Come and Get It" - electro-disco
  • Kamelie (Hana [Buštiková] & Dana [Vlková]) - "Nemůžu Spát" - Czech electro-disco
  • Kamelie (Hana [Buštiková] & Dana [Vlková]) - "Video Disko" - Czech electro-disco
  • Kang Byung Chul and Samtaegys - "Badasgaui chueog" - Korean electro-disco-pop
  • Kang Byung Chul and Samtaegys - "Susukkekki (heulleoheulleo dol-adol-a)" - Korean electro-rock-disco
  • Kang Byung Chul and Samtaegys - "Yeoldunyangjjali insaeng" - Korean disco-pop
  • Katinka - "Catch That New Wave" - mellow funky electro-disco in English and some Zambian language
  • Kay Ishiguro - "Purplish Night" - mellow electro-disco in English and Japanese
  • Kay Ishiguro - "Utsuro na Futari" - Japanese electro-disco-pop
  • Kishore Kumar [Ganguly] and Asha Bhosle - "Yaar Mila" - Indian-styled disco in Hindi
  • Kiss Mich - "Disco Woopy" - electro-disco (italo-disco)
  • Kitty Grant - "Glad to Know You" - jazzy electro-disco cover of Chas Jankel's 1981 hit
  • Koivistolaiset (a.k.a. Anja Koivisto and Anneli Koivisto) - "Huone 105" - Finnish electro-disco cover of Nisa Soraya's 1982 hit
  • Koji Makaino - "Dancing Sandrats / Danshingu Sandorattsu" - electro-rock-disco
  • Koji Makaino - "Just Running Run! / Hashiri Tsuzukete" - electro-rock-disco
  • Kool and the Gang - "Straight Ahead" - electro-disco; reached #103 Pop in the USA in 1984
  • Koós János - "Tarzan" - Hungarian disco
  • LEO - "Se Kan Lay Myer Lo Nay Tel" - Burmese electro-disco-pop from Myanmar
  • Lafleur - "Boogie Nights (Special Remix)" - electro-disco cover of the 1976 Heatwave hit
  • Laine - "Lõpulaul" - Estonian Hi-NRG-disco that copies the melody of 1979's Hi-NRG-disco tune "Walking on Music" by Peter Jacques Band
  • Letta Mbulu - "Sweet Juju" - electro-disco
  • Letta Mbulu - "The Village" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Lew Kirton - "Just Can't Get Enough" - disco-soul
  • Livy Ekemezie - "Delectation" - electro-disco
  • Livy Ekemezie - "Friday Night" - electro-disco
  • Livy Ekemezie - "Get It Down" - funky electro-disco
  • Livy Ekemezie - "Holiday Action" - electro-disco
  • Livy Ekemezie - "Night Party" - funky electro-disco
  • Lo Man (a.k.a. Roman Tam a.k.a. Tam Pak-Sin) - "Wèi nǐ gēchàng" - Cantonese disco
  • Loose Joints - "Tell You (Today)"
  • MCB - "I'm the One" - funky disco-soul
  • MC2 - "Blow Me Away" - funky electro-disco in English and Spanish
  • Maiko Ito - "Aki no Hohozue" - Japanese electro-disco-pop
  • Manhattan Rhythm (featuring the Smithcox Organization) - "Manhattan Rhythm" - disco-soul
  • Manny's - "I Love You So"
  • Marcos Valle - "Para os filhos de Abraão" - Portuguese electro-disco from Brazil
  • Marcy Luarks and Classic Touch - "Electric Murder" - electro-disco
  • Marcy Luarks and Classic Touch - "Inspiration" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Marcy Luarks and Classic Touch - "Shake" - funky electro-disco
  • Margino - "Getting Hot" - mellow electro-disco cover of Gwen McCrae's 1982 song; reached #24 Pop in South Africa in late 1983
  • Margino - "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" - funky electro-disco cover of Indeep's 1982 hit with sound effects and rap sections; reached #16 Pop in South Africa in 1983
  • Martha [Elefteriadu] a Tena [Elefteriadu] - "Modravé svítání" - Czech electro-disco version of 1979's disco hit "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
  • Masato Eve (a.k.a. Murota Satoru) - "Sweet Sex and Sea" - electro-disco in Japanese and English; cover of Serge Gainsbourg's 1978 disco song "Sea, Sex and Sun"
  • Master Jam - "Dancin' All Night" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Matti Esko - "Näin viime yönä meistä unta" - Finnish disco-pop
  • Max X - "I Like It" - electro-rock-disco
  • Menage - "Memory (Theme from the Broadway Musical 'Cats') (Instrumental)" - disco version of the famous song written by T.S. Eliot and Trevor Nunn with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Michigan Avenue - "That's How Heartaches Are Made" - disco version of the 1969 song by the Marvelettes
  • Minnie and the Pau Pau - "I Love the Penguin" - electro-disco-pop (italo-disco)
  • Mireille Mathieu and Patrick Duffy - "Together We're Strong" - disco-pop; reached #2 Pop in the Netherlands, #2 Pop in Finland, #5 Pop in France, and #34 Pop in Germany
  • Mona Carita [Hautanen] - "Me emme laske viiteen" - Finnish electro-rock-disco version of Irene Cara's 1980 hit "Fame"
  • Mona Carita [Hautanen] ja Ilkka Salo - "Se ikuista on" - Finnish rock-disco-pop version of "Together We're Strong" by Mireille Mathieu and Patrick Duffy
  • Montana Sextet featuring Nadiah - "Who Needs Enemies (With a Friend Like You)"
  • N.Y.C. Band - "Boogie Baby" - electro-disco
  • Neil Lockwood - "Tell Tale Heart" - mellow electro-disco
  • Nini Rosso - "Italian Suite" - jazzy disco medley of various discofied songs, and including a cover of "More" by Kai Winding
  • Nini Rosso - "Music of Ennio Morricone" - jazzy disco medley of songs by Ennio Morricone
  • Nini Rosso - "Neapolitan Medley" - jazzy disco medley of various discofied songs
  • Nini Rosso - "Sanremo Medley" - jazzy Italian-language disco medley of various discofied songs, and includes a cover of the disco classic "Tell Me How You Like It" by John Davis and the Monster Orchestra
  • Noodweer - "In De Disco (Special Re-Mix)" - disco in Dutch; reached #11 Pop in the Netherlands
  • Noodweer - "Kom Bij Ons" - Dutch rock-disco
  • Noreen Noor - "Dia dan dunianya" - Malay disco-pop from Malaysia
  • Norma Lewis - "Maybe This Time" - disco version, with slightly modified lyrics, of the 1964 song written by John Kandler and Fred Ebb and made famous by Liza Minnelli in the 1972 film version of the musical "Cabaret"
  • Novo Band - "Funk Will Come to You" - funky electro-disco
  • Original Just Us - "Come On and Feel It" - electro-disco
  • The Otto Keller Orchestra - "Bella Vista" - produced by Syd Dale; disco cover of the tune composed by Gerry Butler for the Syd Dale Orchestra in 1975
  • Palmino Pia - "Apricot Day"
  • [Pedro] Almodóvar y [Fabio De Miguel] McNamara - "Safari" - Spanish electro-rock-disco
  • [Pedro] Almodóvar y [Fabio De Miguel] McNamara - "Satana, S.A." - Spanish electro-rock-disco
  • [Pedro] Almodóvar y [Fabio De Miguel] McNamara - "Susan Get Down" - electro-rock-disco-pop in English and Spanish
  • Philippe Wynne - "You Ain't Going Anywhere But Gone" - disco-soul
  • Phyllis Nelson - "Stop Don't Do This to Me" - electro-disco
  • Playboy Than Naing - "Hkyitkambhar" - Burmese electro-disco-pop from Myanmar
  • Playboy Than Naing and Pearl - "My Maung Lay" - Burmese electro-disco-pop from Myanmar
  • Q - "The Voice of 'Q'" - electro-disco
  • Rick Dees - "Hurt Me Baby - Make Me Write Bad Checks"
  • Rita Butar Butar - "Pelangi Cinta" - Indonesian electro-disco-pop
  • Rita Lee e Roberto [De Carvalho] - "Banho De Espuma" - electro-disco-pop in Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish; theme song to the Italian television program "Te lo do io il Brasile"
  • The Ritchie Family - "Real Love" - electro-R&B-disco
  • The Ritchie Family - "Stop and Think" - funky electro-disco
  • Rodney Dangerfield - "Rappin' Rodney" - mix of disco and rap; parody; reached #83 Pop in the USA in January 1984
  • Roy Hamilton - "How Do You Do (Original Mix)" - electro-disco
  • Sapan Jagmohan featuring Parvati Khan - "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" - electro-disco song in Hindi and English with lyrics from the 1806 English poem "The Star" by Jane Taylor
  • Saragossa Band - "Have A Good Time" - tropical-flavored electro-disco
  • Saragossa Band - "Mosquito" - electro-disco-pop
  • Saragossa Band - "Take Me to the Voodoo Night" - mellow electro-disco-pop
  • Saragossa Band and Friends - "Tropical Rain" - electro-disco-pop
  • Saragossa Band and Friends - "Wigwam" - electro-disco version of the 1970 song by Bob Dylan
  • Sassy Alan featuring Marcia Elder - "Ask Me to Dance" - electro-disco
  • Satyam featuring S. Janaki and P. Bajirao - "Ye Silliboy" - electro-disco in Telugu and English from India
  • Scraptown - "Taxman Ratman" - jazzy electro-disco
  • Sergio Mendes - "Voo Doo" - jazzy electro-disco
  • Sharon Prabhakar, Bappi Lahiri, and Chorus - "Chalo Calcutta" - Hindi rock-disco-pop from India; melody partly copies that of 1983's synth-pop hit "Maniac" by Michael Sembello
  • Shine - "Dance-O-Matic" - electro-disco
  • Shiva - "Flat Out" - electro-disco
  • Shiva - "Go For It" - funky electro-disco
  • Shiva - "One Hand Clapping" - electro-disco
  • Shiva - "One More Way" - jazzy electro-disco
  • Shiva (featuring Leon Ware) - "What Does It Take" - electro-disco
  • Sister Sledge - "B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby)" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Sister Sledge - "Thank You for the Party" - R&B-disco
  • Snaps - "Black is Black" - electro-rock-disco version of the 1966 Los Bravos classic
  • Springbok Kunstenaars - "Saddle Up" - electro-disco cover of David Christie's 1982 hit
  • Squish - "Get Up" - electro-disco
  • Starshine - "All I Need is You" - electro-disco-funk
  • Stereo Fun, Inc. - "Got You Where I Want You Babe" - Hi-NRG-disco cover of the 1976 Hazell Dean song "Got You Where I Want You"; reached #16 Dance in the USA in 1983
  • Steve Black [Aiwansosa] - "Ololufe (Stay the Night)" - electro-R&B-disco version of Billy Ocean's 1981 song "Stay the Night" in the Yoruba language of Nigeria
  • Svenne [Hedlund] and Lotta [Hedlund] - "Love in Colour" - electro-rock-disco
  • Sylvester [James] - "Band of Gold" - electro-disco version of Freda Payne's 1970 hit with a section covering "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by the Four Tops
  • Technique - "Can We Try Again?" - Hi-NRG-disco; the B-side of the "(Looking for Someone to Love) Tonight" single, together the two songs reached #29 Dance in the USA in 1983
  • Thein Tan - "Nway Mhat Tan" - Burmese electro-disco-pop from Myanmar
  • Tommy Gold - "Moon of Mataya" - electro-disco
  • Tommy Gold - "Ulé Tamouré" - electro-rock-disco
  • Ubangi - "Do Your Duty" - electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Ubangi - "Gino" - jazzy electro-disco-pop
  • Ubangi - "Heartbeat" - electro-disco-pop
  • Ubangi - "Just a Little Bit Shy" - electro-disco-pop
  • Ubangi - "Watch Me Carefully" - electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri - "Fever, It's a Love Fever" - disco in English and Hindi from India
  • Usje Sukatma - "Waiting For Your Love" - electro-disco-funk
  • Valery Leontiev - "Polet Na Del'taplane" - Russian disco-pop
  • Valery Leontiev - "Reka Detstva" - Russian disco-pop
  • Viktoras Malinauskas - "Lunaparke" - Lithuanian disco
  • Voggue - "I Love to Dance" - electro-rock-disco
  • Voggue - "Loverboy" - electro-disco-pop
  • Voggue - "Sun Struck Lovers" - mellow electro-disco
  • Wendy Lambert - "Never Without You (Just Holding You) (Extended Version)" - electro-disco
  • Wham! - "A Ray of Sunshine"
  • Wham! - "Bad Boys" - electro-disco-pop; reached #2 Pop in the U.K. in 1983
  • Wham! - "Come On" - disco-pop
  • Wham! - "Love Machine" - remake of the 1975 hit by the Miracles
  • Xú Jiā Lì - "Nándào shì fēng" - Mandarin rock-disco-pop from Taiwan
  • Yan Tregger Team - "Bloodnight" - electro-disco
  • Yan Tregger Team - "Shout in the Dark" - electro-disco
  • Yehudit Ravitz - "Bo'u LeRio (Come to Rio)" - Hebrew rock-disco from Israel
  • Yoon-Sun Jeong - "Cheos-salang" - Korean rock-disco-pop
  • Yoon-Sun Jeong - "Nae ma-eum-eul kkeuneun salam" - Korean mellow disco
  • Yoon-Sun Jeong - "Nolaehamyeo chumchumyeo" - Korean rock-disco
  • Yoon-Sun Jeong - "Yeong-wonhan yeon-in" - Korean rock-disco
  • Yordanka Hristova - "Razkayanie" a.k.a. "Repentance" - Bulgarian electro-disco-pop
  • Young-mi Ham - "Eunhasu heuleuneun bam" - Korean disco-pop
  • Zhāng Bèi Xīn a.k.a. Pei-Hsin Chang a.k.a. Eva - "Ài de jiézòu" - Mandarin electro-rock-disco-pop from Taiwan
  • Zhāng Bèi Xīn a.k.a. Pei-Hsin Chang a.k.a. Eva - "Mídǐ" - Mandarin disco from Taiwan
  • Zhāng Bèi Xīn a.k.a. Pei-Hsin Chang a.k.a. Eva - "Ràng tā zǒu" - Mandarin electro-disco-fusion from Taiwan
  • Zhāng Bèi Xīn a.k.a. Pei-Hsin Chang a.k.a. Eva - "Rénshēng xiàng kāichē" - Mandarin disco-pop from Taiwan

    DISCO FOR CHILDREN

  • Jeong Min-seop featuring Jeong Yeo-jin – "Ssolla 1,2,3 (Solar 1,2,3)" - electro-disco in English and Korean; theme song to the cartoon movie Solar One Two Three

    "Circles" by Atlantic Starr was featured on the October 22, 1983 episode of "Soul Train". "I Can't Shake This Feeling" by Klique was a highlight of the May 14, 1983 episode of "Soul Train". Chas Jankel performed "Glad to Know You" on the February 26, 1983 broadcast of "American Bandstand".

    "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" by Billy Ocean is definitely a great party song, which became a big hit in 1984, reaching #1 Pop in the USA in November 1984, but I don't think it can be classified as disco; despite the violin-sounding flourishes (apparently arranged by Barry Eastmond) and the presence of some real instruments including guitar, and a great saxophone solo, the overall sound is not disco, the bassline is provided by an electronic synth bass, and the 4/4 beat is the heavy '80s-like type. Another great non-disco party song this year was "Tonight" by Kool and the Gang (rock-dance). "Let's Dance" by David Bowie and "I'm Only Shooting Love" by Time Bandits are also great but not disco. Donna Summer's "She Works Hard for the Money" is not disco, nor is "Love Town" by Booker Newbury III, nor "Get Down Saturday Night" by Oliver Cheatham (#37 R&B in the USA in spring 1983), nor "Love Game" by Pure Energy, nor "I.O.U." by Freeez (#2 Pop in the U.K. in summer 1983), nor "Loving You" by Status IV (electro-dance-funk), nor "Follow the Brightest Star" by Voyage, nor "Skiing in the Snow" by Laura Pallas and the Reputations, nor "So Many Men, So Little Time" by Miquel Brown, nor "I Am What I Am" by Gloria Gaynor (a U.K. Top 20 hit in 1983; Hi-NRG), nor "You Can't Hide (Your Love from Me)" by David Joseph (#13 Pop in the U.K. in March 1983; electro-dance). "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie is a calypso-dance song. "Paris Latino" by Bandolero is a rap-dance song in Spanish and English with electro-disco sections. "The Crown" by Gary Byrd and the GB Experience featuring Stevie Wonder is a disco-flavored funk song with rap sections. "Magic" by Circle City Band is electro-funk. Julia and Company's "Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)", which reached #15 Pop in the U.K. in 1984, is R&B-dance. "Disco King" by Carrara, "Disco Delight" by Regina Rogers, and "Flashlight on a Disco Night" by Rofo are electronic dance. Disco Connection's cover of Patrick Hernandez's "Born to be Alive" is electro-dance.


    Disco Music released during 1984:

  • Akina Nakamori - "Kita Wing" - rock-disco-pop in Japanese and English
  • Al Green - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - electro-disco-soul version of the 1967 hit by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
  • Alicia Myers - "Appreciation" - electro-disco
  • Almir Ricardi - "Rebola Bola" - Portuguese electro-disco from Brazil
  • Aurélia - "Ma discothèque" - French electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring the "Chakma" singers - "Chakma" - Hindi disco from India
  • Boys Town Gang featuring Cynthia Manley with Debbie Jacobs, Jessica Williams, Two Tons O' Fun, Sylvester [James], Margaret Reynolds, Jeanie Tracy, Jo-Lo, and Marlena Shaw - "Dance Trance Medley (Megamix)" - electro-disco medley consisting of remakes of "Dance Trance/You're the One", "High on Your Love", "Hot Hot (Give It All You Got)", "Gambling on Your Love", "Queen of Fools", "I Got the Feeling", "Dance (Disco Heat)", "Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven", "Keep On Holding On", "Disco Kicks", "Dance Trance", "Touch Me in the Morning", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", and the grand finale of "We Are Family"
  • Brass Construction - "International" - electro-disco-funk
  • Brass Construction - "Partyline" - electro-disco
  • Carol Jiani (a.k.a. Uchenna Ikejiani) - "Don't Leave Me This Way" - cover of the disco song made famous by Thelma Houston
  • Cercle of New York - "Meddley CHIC" - a medley of short versions of songs originally recorded by Chic, beginning with a disco cover of "Le Freak", followed by an electro-disco cover of "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)", a non-disco cover of "Rebels Are We", an electro-funk cover of "You Are Beautiful", a disco-funk version of "Stage Fright", a disco version of "Believer", a disco cover of "Good Times", a funk cover of "Hangin'", and concluding with repeats of "Dance, Dance, Dance" and "Le Freak"
  • Claudja Barry - "Trippin' on the Moon" - electro-disco
  • Cojo - "Play It By Ear" - electro-disco
  • Contrast - "Tantalize" - funky electro-disco with sung and rapped lyrics
  • Cover Boys - "Reality" - electro-rock-disco
  • Don Laka - "I Wanna Be Myself" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Dubravka [Jusić] - "Fortuna" - Croatian electro-disco-pop from Yugoslavia
  • Eesti TV and Raadio Estraadiorkester - "Mälestus (Short Version)" - electro-disco
  • Eila Torvela – "Hulivilityttö" - Finnish electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Eila Torvela - "Jaa mun elämäni huoleton" - Finnish electro-disco-pop
  • Eila Torvela - "Vanha kunnon lauantai" - Finnish electro-disco-pop
  • Expo featuring J. Eliot Robinson - "Road to Sunshine" - electro-disco
  • Fancy - "Disco Dream"
  • Finesse - "Dance People" - funky electro-disco which includes the lyrics "do it any way you wanna do it, do it any way you wanna" from People's Choice's 1975 funk hit "Do It Anyway You Wanna", and "it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing" from the song of that title by Duke Ellington, but which is otherwise lyrically original
  • Frederik (a.k.a. Ilkka Sysimetsä) - "Porompompom" - Spanish-flavored electro-disco-pop version of the song "El porompompero" by Juan Solano in Finnish and Spanish
  • Frederik (a.k.a. Ilkka Sysimetsä) - "Singapore" - Chinese-flavored electro-disco-pop in Finnish with some resemblance to "Genghis Khan" by Dschinghis Khan
  • Freedom - "All For You" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Fresh Band - "Come Back Lover" - electro-disco; reached #68 Club in the USA
  • Germannu - "Fale de Mim" - Portuguese electro-disco-pop from Brazil
  • Gibson Brothers - "(Hey Ho) Move Your Body" - electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Guldzhan Hummedova a.k.a. Güljan Hümmedowa - "Ak Pagta" - Turkmen electro-disco-pop from Turkmenistan, U.S.S.R.
  • Hani Shenuda Group - "Adini Eaqluk" - Arabic disco from Egypt
  • Horizon - "Let Me Be the One" - funky electro-disco
  • The Horne Section a.k.a. T.H.S. - "Lady Shine (Shine On)" - electro-disco
  • Hot Luv - "You Do It Right" - electro-disco-funk
  • Hyun Sook - "Geongongamli cheonghongbaeg" - Korean electro-disco-pop
  • Ilaiyaraaja featuring S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and S. P. Sailaja - "Oru Nayagan" - Tamil electro-disco from India
  • Jesse James - "I Can Feel Your Love Vibes" - mellow disco-soul
  • Jessica Williams - "I Wanna Be" - electro-disco
  • José Joseé (a.k.a. José Romulo Sosa Ortiz) - "De Hombre a Hombre" - Spanish disco
  • Jung Nan Yi - "Bambi" - Korean electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Jung Nan Yi - "Gasijangmi" - Korean electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Jung Nan Yi - "Jogagbae" - Korean disco-pop
  • K-Ram - "Menage a Trois (Long Version)" - funky electro-disco with a mix of sung and rapped lyrics
  • Kat Mandu - "We Got Your Groove" - funky electro-disco
  • Kazi Arindam - "Mere Liye Too Bani" - Indian-flavored instrumental disco cover of this Indian film song
  • Kool and the Gang - "Fresh" - electro-disco; reached #9 Pop in June 1985 in the USA: #1 R&B and #1 Club in the USA in 1985; #11 Pop in the UK; #10 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart
  • Kool and the Gang - "Surrender" - electro-disco
  • L.P.J featuring Thein Tan, Tommy Kyaw Naing, Victor Khin Nyo, Ronnie Kong, Sai Thar Htay, and Zar Chi Lynn - "KhaYayLoNay - Non-Stop" - continuous medley of electro-disco-pop and electro-rock-disco covers of songs in Burmese and English
  • L.P.J featuring Tommy Kyaw Naing - "Kaung Thaw Nya" - Burmese rock-disco-pop from Myanmar
  • L.P.J featuring Victor Khin Nyo, Kan Kaw Daw, Myo Aung, Tommy Kyaw Naing, Kyal Ta Lone, May Sweet, Star One, Nwe Yin Win, Za Khe Lin, and May Sui - "Sa Nay Nayt Nya Disco (Stars on 45)" - continuous medley of electro-disco and electro-rock-disco covers of songs mostly in Burmese including a Burmese rendition of the Stars on 45 theme and later "Tommy" (an electro-rock-disco version of the Village People's "YMCA" in Burmese and English) and a Burmese electro-disco version of Ottawan's "You're OK"
  • L.P.J featuring Xa Kheng Lin - "Superman" - Burmese electro-rock-disco from Myanmar
  • The Loni Gamble Band featuring Lisa Warrington - "I Like the Way You Do It" - electro-disco
  • Lune de Miel - "Paradise Mi Amor" - mellow electro-disco in English and Spanish
  • Marja Koski - "Tahdon miehen" - Finnish electro-disco version of Eartha Kitt's 1983 hit "Where is My Man"
  • Matsubara - "S.O.S." - jazzy electro-disco
  • Matti Esko - "Lämmin, hellä ja pehmoinen" - Finnish electro-disco-pop
  • Matti Esko - "Sun piti viimeisellä bussilla tulla" - Finnish electro-disco-pop
  • Michael Jackson - "Farewell My Summer Love (1984 Remix)" - R&B-disco; vocals recorded in September 1973 but first released in May 1984; reached #7 Pop in the UK in 1984, #38 Pop in the USA in July 1984, and #20 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart; the Original Mix, first released in 2009, isn't disco
  • Mike Jemison - "Break On Down"
  • Mirage - "Let's Groove (Medley)" - a medley of short versions of songs originally recorded by Earth, Wind, and Fire, beginning with a non-disco version of "In the Stone", followed by a non-disco version of "Star", a recreation of the disco-R&B "September", a disco cover of "Boogie Wonderland", a non-disco version of "I've Had Enough", and disco covers of "Can't Let Go" and "Let's Groove"
  • Neco (a.k.a. Tahir Nejat Özyılmazel) - "Bir Yaşam Öküsü" - Turkish mellow electro-disco-pop
  • Neco (a.k.a. Tahir Nejat Özyılmazel) - "Hani" - Turkish electro-disco
  • Nilüfer - "Yalvarmam Sana" - Turkish electro-disco-pop-fusion with a few sections influenced by or covering a classical music keyboard composition
  • Novo Band - "Let's Go Dancin'" - electro-disco; reached #29 on the Dutch Top 40 chart in April 1985
  • Patsy Gallant (a.k.a. Adrienne Gallant) - "Don't Stop Loving Me" - electro-rock-disco-pop-fusion
  • Patsy Gallant (a.k.a. Adrienne Gallant) - "Heartbreaker" - electro-rock-disco-pop-fusion
  • Pattama Panthong - "hoonL cheertF" - Thai disco-pop
  • Preeti Sagar - "Maasti Men Jhoomo Gaao" - Hindi electro-rock-disco from India
  • Preeti Sagar - "Zindagi Ke Din Thode" - Hindi electro-disco from India
  • Salma Agha and Bappi Lahiri - "Jeena Bhi Kya Hai Jeena" - Hindi rock-disco from India; instrumentation and song title influenced by "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
  • Salt of the Earth - "He Will Deliver" - electro-gospel-disco
  • Saragossa Band - "Buona Sera (I Take My Chance Tonight)" - electro-disco-pop in Italian and English
  • Shanta Ramkissoon - "Saalgirah mere lal ayee" - Hindi electro-disco from Suriname
  • Sharda - "Hotel Mein Bottle" - disco in Hindi and English from India
  • Sharon Prabhakar - "Dance Dance Dance" - electro-disco in English and Hindi from India
  • Shina Williams and His African Percussionists - "Agboju Logun" a.k.a. "Agb'oju L'ogun" - African electro-disco-funk in Nigeria's Yoruba language
  • Tom dan Jerry - "Bersenan Disco" - Indonesian electro-disco-pop version of Ervinna's 1980 Mandarin disco-pop song "Mèng zhōng de māmā"
  • Tom dan Jerry - "Haha - Hihi - Huhu" - Indonesian electro-disco-pop version of Boney M's "Daddy Cool"
  • Tom dan Jerry - "Hai, Pahlawan" - Indonesian electro-disco-pop version of Dschinghis Khan's 1979 eponymous song
  • Tom dan Jerry - "Oh, Jakarta" - Indonesian electro-disco version of Eruption's 1979 hit "One Way Ticket" but with different lyrics
  • Tom dan Jerry - "Sepatu Roda" - Indonesian electro-disco-pop version of Boney M's "Gotta Go Home"
  • The Trammps - "Fantacity" - electro-disco
  • Usha Uthup - "Main Gul Badan" - Hindi disco from India
  • Vija¥ ƁƐƞƐƌiƈt - "Kasam Paida Karnewale" - Hindi disco from India; title track to the 1984 film "Kasam Paida Karnewale Ki"
  • Wim Koopmans - "I'll Go Where the Music Takes Me" - cover of the 1976 song by Jimmy James and the Vagabonds

    DISCO FOR CHILDREN

    Mazi Cohen, Daphna Armoni, Gidi Gov sang the Hebrew-language theme song to the television show Rekhov Sumsum, the Israeli version of Sesame Street, since 1983. It was written by Ali Mohar and composed by Yoni Rechter. It got included on the 1984 vinyl album from CBS with the number 25677.

  • "Rechov Sumsum" - Hebrew electro-disco
    Other children's disco songs from this year:
  • Abbacadabra - "La planèta amour" - French electro-disco-pop version of ABBA's 1980 hit "Lay All Your Love On Me"
  • Amajika - "Tamati-So (Tomato Sauce)" - electro-disco in English and some South African black language

    A remix of Sister Sledge's 1979 song "Lost in Music" which still retained its disco flavor became a hit in Britain for a second time during 1984.

    The disco-flavored "Give It Up" by K.C. was featured on the March 31, 1984 edition of "American Bandstand".

    "I Feel For You" by Chaka Khan is great but it's not disco. Other popular non-disco electronic dance songs from 1984 included "Freakshow on the Dancefloor" by the Bar-Kays, "You Spin Me 'Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive (Hi-NRG), "High Energy" by Evelyn Thomas (Hi-NRG), "Disco Band" by Scotch, "Glamorous Life" by Sheila E., "We Can Make It" by Purple Flash, "Florida (Move Your Feet)" by Paul Sharada, "Dr. Beat" by Miami Sound Machine, and "Change of Heart" by Change. Carol Jiani (a.k.a. Uchenna Ikejiani) released the non-disco track "Touch and Go Lover" this year. Cafe Society's remake of "Relight My Fire" is electro-dance. "Black Stations/White Stations" by Martha and the Muffins (M + M) is funk-pop. "You Do It Right" by Hot Luv is electro-funk

    "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" by Sylvester (1978) plays in the soundtrack of the 1984 documentary "The Times of Harvey Milk".


    Disco Music released during 1985:

  • Afaf Rady - "Tany Tany" - Arabic disco from Egypt
  • Aija Kukule - "Es Pati Vēroju" - Latvian electro-disco-pop
  • Al Green - "I Feel Like Going On" - mellow disco-soul
  • Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar [Ganguly] - "Jhoom Jhoom Ke" - Indian-flavored disco/dance-pop in Hindi
  • Bappi Lahiri and S. Janaki - "Yaar Bina Chain Kanha Ray" - Hindi disco-pop from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Kishore Kumar [Ganguly] and S. Janaki - "Ankhe Do" - Hindi disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Malaysia Vasudevan and Vani Jairam - "Aattathil Naame" - Tamil disco from India, based on the 1979 Buggles hit "Video Killed the Radio Star", using the instrumentation of "Auva Auva Koi Yahan Nache" from 1982 but with different vocals
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring P. Susheela - "Anbe Anbe" - Tamil version of Parvati Khan's "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja" from 1982
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - "Adi Kann Ilamum Penne" - Tamil disco-pop version of 1982's song "Ae Oh Aa Zara Mudke" using the same instrumentation but different vocals
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring S. P. Balasubrahmanyam - "En Ninaivuthane" - Tamil disco version of the 1982 Hindi song "Yaad Aa Raha Hai" using the same instrumentation but different vocals
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Chorus - "Naanoru Disco Dance" - disco in Tamil and English from India, covering the 1982 Hindi song "I am a Disco Dancer"
  • Ben Cooper and His Orchestra - "Fresh Gentle Breeze"
  • Biddu Orchestra - "Himalayan Sunrise" - Indian-flavored disco
  • Black Lace - "D.I.S.C.O." - electro-disco-pop cover of Ottawan's hit
  • Black Lace - "Y.M.C.A./In the Navy" - electro-disco covers of the disco hits by the Village People
  • Blue Feather - "Who Will Be the One" - electro-R&B-disco
  • Chi Hyun Lee - "Swibge! (You Really Don't Know)" - Korean electro-disco
  • Doris Guy - "Listen Baby" - electro-disco
  • Francis Moore Orchestra - "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - instrumental disco version of the 1976 hit by Elton John and Kiki Dee
  • George Hermann and His Orchestra - "The Seven Sleepers"
  • George Hermann and His Orchestra - "Wind Rose"
  • Hyun Sook - "Salang-i sijagdoedeon nal" - Korean electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Irina Uvarova - "Mama, ty zhe sama molodoyu bila" - Russian disco
  • Jazz Orchestra by Gustav Brom a.k.a. Dzhaz-orkestr Gustava Broma - "Sovremenniy Vietnamskiy Tanets" a.k.a. "Modern Vietnamese Dance" - jazzy electro-disco
  • Kevin McCord - "Never Say" - jazzy electro-disco
  • Mc4 - "Gow Dance" - italo-disco (electro-disco)
  • Novo Band - "Girl It's You" - electro-disco-pop
  • Pandit Dinesh and Kumkum Khazanchi - "Pyaar Tumhen Karte Hain" - Hindi mellow electro-disco-pop from India
  • Pat Valentino and His Orchestra - "Celebration" - instrumental disco version of the 1980 Kool and the Gang disco hit
  • Peggi Blu (a.k.a. Peggie Blue) - "I Want It All Now" - electro-disco
  • Petra Janů - "Last Dance" - cover of Donna Summer's 1978 hit
  • The Rats and Star - "Nettaiya / Manatsu No Ecstasy" - disco in Japanese and English
  • Rick James - "Glow" - electro-disco; reached #1 Club for 2 weeks in the USA in summer 1985, #5 R&B in the USA in 1985
  • Rita Butar Butar - "Siapa Bilang Aku Cinta" - Indonesian mellow electro-disco-pop
  • Rodney and Company - "When You're Dancin" - funky electro-disco
  • Sandy P. - "Dancing on the Moon (D.J. Version)" - electro-disco (italo-disco)
  • Sharon Prabhakar - "Aayeh Bahon Mein" - electro-disco in Hindi and English from India with its instrumentation covering 1975's Swahili disco track "A.I.E. (A'mwana)" by Black Blood
  • Sharon Prabhakar, Parvati Khan, and Ursula - "Tum Meri Nazar Se Dekho" - Hindi electro-rock-disco from India
  • Simply Red - "Come to My Aid (Album Version)" - electro-disco-pop
  • The Swinging Erudites - "Disco Lives! (Tribute to the Village People)" - electro-rock-disco parody medley with modified lyrics from the Village People hits "Macho Man", "YMCA", and "In the Navy"
  • Whitney Houston - "Someone For Me (Album Mix)" - disco-pop

    Mai Tai's "History" a.k.a. "Our Love is History" (1985) is structurally electro-funk with real rhythm-guitar, bass, and synth backing. Kasso's "Baby Doll" is electro-funk. Fresh Color's "Disco Future" is synth-pop.


    Disco Music released during 1986:

  • ABBA - "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)" - electro-rock-disco-pop reprise of their 1979 track, recorded live in 1979 in England
  • Agitpop - "Funkytown" - rock-disco version of the Lipps, Inc. hit
  • Angela Starr (a.k.a. Angela Okalazimkpe) - "I Just Wanna Get Down" - electro-disco-funk-fusion
  • Angela Starr (a.k.a. Angela Okalazimkpe) - "Oh! Jim" - mellow electro-disco-soul-fusion
  • Asha Bhosle and Bappi Lahiri - "Bugi Bugi" - Hindi electro-disco-pop from India
  • Babla featuring Kishore Kumar, Kanchan and Chorus - "Tum Jise Chaho" - Hindi electro-disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Asha Bhosle, Amit Kumar, and Chorus - "Music is My Life" - Indian-flavored disco in English and Hindi from India
  • Christian Bruhn - "Gefahr" - electro-disco; recorded in 1980 but first released in 1986 on Germany's version of the Captain Future TV show soundtrack album
  • Christian Bruhn - "Space – Wind" - electro-disco; recorded in 1980 but first released in 1986 on Germany's version of the Captain Future TV show soundtrack album
  • Christian Bruhn - "Vor dem Start" - electro-disco; recorded in 1980 but first released in 1986 on Germany's version of the Captain Future TV show soundtrack album
  • Donna Lynton - "(That's Why) I Will Always Love You" - rock-disco-pop
  • Eila Torvela - "Kuin Tälli Päähän" - Spanish-flavored electro-disco-pop in Finnish and Spanish
  • Eila Torvela - "Luulisin Ainaki" - Finnish electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Eila Torvela - "Poijaat Ne Raitilla Tappeli" - Finnish electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Eila Torvela - "Tynamiitti Taapaa" - Finnish electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Jazz Orchestra by Gustav Brom a.k.a. Dzhaz-orkestr Gustava Broma - "Adigeyskiy Tanets" a.k.a. "Adigei Dance" - jazzy electro-disco
  • Jazz Orchestra by Gustav Brom a.k.a. Dzhaz-orkestr Gustava Broma - "Chukotskiy Tanets" a.k.a. "Chukot Dance" - electro-rock-disco
  • Joan Bibiloni Band - "The Boogie" - electro-disco
  • Joan Bibiloni Band - "The Tug" - electro-disco-soul
  • Joan Mascarenhas - "Disco Je Mane" - Gujarati electro-disco-pop version of the 1980 song "Disco Deewane" by Nazia and Zoheb Hassan
  • Jonathan King (a.k.a. Kenneth King) - "Gimme Some" - rock-disco cover of the 1975 electro-disco song by Jimmy "Bo" Horne
  • Kenny Hamber with Starr Drive - "Never Found a Girl" - electro-disco-soul
  • Manoj Gyan featuring Peenaz Masani - "Zulfon Ka Andhera Hai" - Hindi disco-pop from India
  • Marian Stockley - "Give Me Love" - Middle Eastern-flavored electro-disco
  • Pat Valentino and His Orchestra - "Copacabana" - instrumental disco version of Barry Manilow's 1978 disco hit
  • Popsicles - "These are the Good Times (1986 Version from Rosewood Records)" - electro-disco reworking of their 1983 song
  • Premonition - "Don't Act Like a Fool" - electro-rock-disco
  • Ruth Dawes - "I Love Only You" - disco-soul
  • Savvy - "Mizz Mean" - electro-rock-disco-pop
  • Seok Hye-Won - "Waltzing Matilda" - Korean electro-disco version of the Australian traditional song
  • Sharon Prabhakar - "Aap Kya Aaye" - Hindi electro-disco-pop from India
  • Shí Ānnī a.k.a. Annie Shi - "Shēngmìng de xiǎohé" - Mandarin rock-disco-pop
  • String Orchestra conducted by Leszek Bogdanowicz - "Agat" a.k.a. "Agate"
  • Sugjamae a.k.a. Sook Sisters - "Salang-ui nageune" - Korean electro-rock-disco
  • Thein Tan - "Chaw Su Ma" - Burmese electro-rock-disco-pop from Myanmar
  • Zorro - "Azteca" - electro-latin-disco-fusion
  • Zorro - "El Poncho" - electro-rock-disco in Spanish

    1986's "I Can't Wait" by Nu Shooz is very cool and has several real instruments in the mix. The piano-heavy "Move Your Body" by Marshall Jefferson is a nice house song. "Queen of the Disco" by Whitehouse Connection is electro-R&B-dance with real bass and real rhythm guitar. "Disco Halloween" by Forbidden Fruits is italo-styled electro-dance.

    The disco hit "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey plays during a scene in the 1986 film "At Close Range".


    Disco Music released during 1987:

  • Alisha Chinai - "Yaar Mera Kho Gaya" - Hindi disco-pop from India
  • Alisha Chinai - "Zooby Zooby" - Hindi rock-disco from India; based on Modern Talking's 1986 song "Brother Louie"
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Kishore Kumar [Ganguly] and Asha Bhosle - "Touch Me" - disco in English and Hindi from India; partly covers Samantha Fox's 1986 hit
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Sharon Prabhakar - "A Jibon Madhu" - Bengali electro-disco-pop from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring the cast of "Himmat Aur Mehanat" - "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" - Indian disco version of the 1986 Samantha Fox hit, with modified lyrics, in English and Hindi
  • The Charades - "Don't Push It, Don't Force It" - electro-disco-funk version of Leon Haywood's 1980 funk hit
  • The Charades - "Last Dance" - electro-disco version of Donna Summer's 1978 disco hit
  • The Charades - "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" - electro-disco-soul version of Lou Rawls' 1976 hit
  • Frieda - "Disco Lover" - electro-disco
  • Hyun Sook - "Ijen ij-eulsu iss-eo" - Korean electro-disco-pop
  • James Govan - "Love (I Thought I Would Never Find Love)" - electro-disco-soul
  • Loretta Stokes - "You'll Never Escape My Love" - recorded in 1979, but first released in 1987 by Nightmare Gold Records as a 12" single
  • Pat Valentino and His Orchestra - "One of These Nights" - instrumental disco version of the Eagles' 1975 rock-disco hit
  • Pearly Gates - "No Two Ways About It" - recorded in late 1979 or early 1980, but first released in 1987 by Nightmare Gold Records as a 12" single
  • Pearly Gates - "Fading into the Light" - mellow disco; recorded in late 1979 or early 1980, but first released in 1987 by Nightmare Gold Records as a 12" single
  • Stephan Remmler -"I Don't Go to U.S.A." - electro-disco-pop in English and German; includes a brief cover of "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
  • Susan Wells - "Nightmare" - recorded in 1979, but first released in 1987 by Nightmare Gold Records as a 12" single

    1987's awesome "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley is a Hi-NRG song that has echoes of the disco vibe, especially during the 16 seconds in the middle where the real guitar gets strumming while the background girls sing "oooh give you up, oooh give you up" and Rick follows with "never gonna give, never gonna give...never gonna give, never gonna give". Fleetwood Mac's "Little Lies" is an electro-pop tune that has a real bass being played and real drums played usually in a disco pattern so it verges on being disco though the flavor is different; it reached #4 on the Billboard US Hot 100 Singles chart in November 1987 and #5 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1987. "Love an Adventure" by Pseudo Echo, also from 1987, combines an up-tempo dance rhythm and electronics with violins.


    Disco Music released during 1988:

  • Adé Putra and Astri Ivo - "Disco" - Indonesian electro-disco-pop
  • Alka Yagnik - "Ek Do Teen" - Hindi electro-disco from India
  • Angelina Petrosova - "Tantsuyushchiy Ostrov" - Russian electro-rock-disco
  • Arthur Prysock - "Rock Me Baby" - jazzy electro-disco remake of "Rock Your Baby", the 1974 hit by George McCrae
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Alisha Chinoy and Sudesh Bhosle - "Pyar Chahiye Kitni Baar" - Hindi disco from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Aziz - "Pyar Ka Badla" - Hindi disco-pop from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Kishore Kumar [Ganguly] and Asha Bhosle - "A Guru Aa Jao" - Hindi disco-pop from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring the cast of "Commando" - "O Dada O Dada" - Hindi disco from India; from the soundtrack to the film "Commando", composed by Bappi Lahiri
  • James Last - "Always on My Mind" - electro-disco cover of the 1982 Willie Nelson country-pop hit; this version, which appears on the 1988 album "Dance Dance Dance", differs from the country version James Last released on his 2004 album "Country Roads"
  • James Last - "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" - electro-disco-pop version of Wang Chung's 1986 song
  • Plunky - "This is Our Time"
  • Sharon Prabhakar - "Intezar" - Hindi electro-disco-pop from India
  • Vija¥ ƁƐƞƐƌiƈt - "O Mere Apne O Mere Sapne" - Hindi disco from India; from the soundtrack to the film "Commando", composed by Bappi Lahiri

    DISCO FOR CHILDREN

    Sharda [Rajan Iyengar]'s 1988 album Children's Disco Musical Stories was made in India in the English language. It features the following disco songs, some of which were sung by her, others by children or other adults:

  • "Jack in the Beanstalk: Fee-fi-fo-fum" - electro-disco version of the nursery rhyme
  • "Jack in the Beanstalk: I Don't Know What to Do" - electro-disco
  • "Jack in the Beanstalk: In the Navy" - instrumental rock-disco version of the Village People's hit
  • "Jack in the Beanstalk: It's Fun to Climb the Beanstalk" - electro-disco
  • "Jack in the Beanstalk: Lovely Morning, Let's Start Playing" - electro-disco
  • "Jack in the Beanstalk: Then Goes Jack Quickly Down the Beanstalk" - electro-disco
  • "Jack in the Beanstalk: To the Fair in the Town I Go" - electro-disco
  • "Little Red Riding Hood: Are You Feeling Better, Grandmother?" - electro-disco
  • "Little Red Riding Hood: Butterflies" - electro-disco
  • "Little Red Riding Hood: Oh Hum Hum, Oh Yum Yum" - electro-disco
  • "Little Red Riding Hood: Tell Me" - mellow electro-disco
  • "Little Red Riding Hood: Thank God"

    "Tribute (Right On)" by The Pasadenas (a #5 Pop hit in the U.K. in 1988) is a great danceable soul song that has a heavy bass, rhythm guitar, horns, and a mix of disco-timed and erratic dance beats. It is considered a disco song by some people. The 1988 electro-dance remake of Penny McLean's "Lady Bump" by The Bump Project featuring Loni Peroni also succeeds in keeping a disco vibe. So does the 1988 electro-dance remake of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes's "The Love I Lost" by Seventh Avenue. And check out all the real instruments on the 1988 dance song "Flashin' Back (Dance Mix)" by Tyrone Davis, very untypical for that year. "Disco Maniac" by Denise and Baby's Gang is italo-styled electro-dance. "Teardrops" by Womack and Womack is electro-dance with electronic bass.


    Disco Music released during 1989:

    Diana Ross released one of the last disco songs of the 1980s, a live cover of "Love Hangover", recorded in Wembley Arena in London in June 1989. It was included on her album "Greatest Hits Live", released November 20, 1989. But the songs that get the distinction for last 1980s disco releases are "La Vie Continue" by Fragile on the Rocks, released as a 7- and 12- inch single in Belgium in December 1989 (and in France early the following year) and "Main Jaadugar" by Kalyanji Anandji on the soundtrack album "Jaadugar" that came out in December 1989 though the movie itself came out in August 1989.

  • Alisha Chinai and Shailendra Singh - "I am a Bad Girl" - electro-disco in English and Hindi from India; copies some elements from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"
  • Asha Bhosle and Bappi Lahiri - "Main To Moon Malamal" - Indian-flavored Hindi disco-pop from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Amit Kumar and Asha Bhosle - "Aap Ki Khatir" - Indian-flavored Hindi disco-fusion from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Asha Bhosle and Amit Kumar - "Mitti Ban Jaye Sona" - Hindi disco-pop from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Asha Bhosle and Vija¥ ƁƐƞƐƌiƈt - "Hum To Hain Dil Ke Diwane" - disco-pop in Hindi and English from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Kishore Kumar [Ganguly] and Asha Bhosle - "Ye Hawayen" - disco-pop in Hindi and English from India
  • Bappi Lahiri featuring Mohammed Aziz - "Raiszaada Raiszaada" a.k.a. "Main Hu Dil Ka Raiszaada" - Indian-flavored disco in Hindi from India
  • Bhagwanti Navani - "Dance Kari Yoon" - Sindhi electro-disco-pop from India
  • Bhagwanti Navani - "Jagi Jadu Lae Viya - Sachal" - Sindhi electro-disco-pop from India
  • Diana Ross - "Love Hangover" - electro-disco reprise of her 1976 hit; recorded live in England in 1989
  • Dink Perry and the Breeze Band - "Between Hello and Goodbye" - electro-disco-pop version of Arthur Prysock's 1977 disco song
  • Eila Torvela - "Vahanukke" - Finnish jazzy electro-disco-pop
  • Fragile on the Rocks - "La Vie Continue" - French electro-disco version of "And the Beat Goes On", the 1979 hit by the Whispers
  • Das Große Tanzorchester Ambros Seelos - "Never Gonna Give You Up" - instrumental electro-disco version of Rick Astley's 1987 Hi-NRG hit
  • Jimmy Somerville - "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" - electro-disco cover of the 1978 Sylvester hit; reached #34 Dance in the USA in spring 1990; reached #5 Pop in the U.K. in January 1990
  • Kalyanji Anandji featuring Kumar Sanu and Jolly Mukherjee - "Main Jaadugar" - Hindi disco from India
  • Pearly Gates - "The Race is On" - recorded in late 1979 or early 1980, but first released in 1989 by Nightmare Records as the B-side of their single "One Less Bell to Answer"
  • The Schlagerflowers - "Herz aus Glas" - German electro-punk-disco version of Blondie's 1978 hit "Heart of Glass"
  • Trio Poseidon - "Revontulet" - Finnish mellow electro-disco-pop

    Big Fun's "Can't Shake the Feeling" (1989) is very disco-like for an electronic dance number. There's also a disco influence on some of the music by Ten City, such as their 1989 deep-house track "That's the Way Love Is"; check out the "Underground Mix Version" for disco flavor, as the group emphasized real instruments and powerful vocals. "Express Yourself" by Madonna (1989) is interesting for its use of real rhythm guitar and real horns, though the bassline is fake and the overall sound is very electro-dance particularly with the '80s-styled beats. Loleatta Holloway's 1980 disco song "Love Sensation" was sampled on Black Box's 1989 dance hit "Ride on Time", which soared to #1 Pop in the U.K. in September 1989. Lisa Stansfield's soulful 1989 single "All Around the World" (a #1 Pop hit in the U.K. in November 1989, and a #3 Pop hit in the USA in April 1990) was an outstanding violin-backed pop song. Stansfield chose to refer to her music as "disco" (even though it really isn't).


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