Disco Inferno (The Trammps song)
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| Single by The Trammps from the album Disco Inferno |
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| A-side | "Disco Inferno" | ||||
| B-side | "You Touch My Hot Line" | ||||
| Released | 1976 | ||||
| Format | 7", 12" | ||||
| Recorded | 1976 | ||||
| Genre | Disco | ||||
| Length | 10:53 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Green, Kersey | ||||
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| Single by Tina Turner from the album What's Love Got To Do With It |
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| B-side | "I Don't Wanna Fight" (Single Edit) | ||||
| Released | 1993 | ||||
| Format | CD Single | ||||
| Recorded | 1993 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 4:03 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Green, Kersey | ||||
| Producer | Tina Turner, Chris Lord-Alge & Roger Davies | ||||
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| Single by Cyndi Lauper from the album A Night At The Roxbury O.S.T. |
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| Released | 1999 | ||||
| Recorded | 1999 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Label | Jellybean Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Green, Kersey | ||||
| Producer | Cyndi Lauper, Mark Saunders, Jan Pulsford | ||||
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"Disco Inferno" is a single by The Trammps from the album of the same name. It was also notably covered by Cyndi Lauper on the A Night at the Roxbury soundtrack , the Players Association, and also by Tina Turner in 1993 on the What's Love Got To Do With It? soundtrack album.
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[edit] Song information
The song was originally performed by the Trammps in 1976 and released as a single. Although it topped the U.S. Disco chart, it was not a significant success at pop radio, peaking at number fifty-three on the Billboard Hot 100. According to famed mixer Tom Moulton (who mixed the record), the levels had been set wrong during the mixdown of the tracks, resulting in a much wider dynamic than was commonly accepted at the time. Due to this the record seems to "jump out" at the listener.[1]
"Disco Inferno" gained much greater recognition once it was included on the soundtrack to the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever. Re-released by Atlantic Records, the track peaked at number eleven in the U.S. during the spring of 1978, becoming the Trammps' biggest and most-recognized single. Later, it was included in the Saturday Night Fever musical, interpreted by the 'DJ Monty' in the "Odissey 2001" discotheque.
The song also became an unofficial theme song for New York Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams. It was often played at Yankee stadium while the scoreboard/video system displayed the phrase "Burn, baby Burn," a play on the song's refrain.
On September 19, 2005, "Disco Inferno" was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame.
[edit] Cover versions
[edit] Tina Turner version
Tina Turner covered the song in 1993 for the What's Love Got To Do With It soundtrack and it charted at number twelve in the UK Singles Chart, 4 places higher than The Trammps' version (#16). The single included remixes by The Beatmasters.
[edit] Versions and remixes
- Album Version - 4:03
- 12" Version - 5:33
- 12" Dub - 6:57
[edit] Cyndi Lauper version
Lauper performed this song live for the first time at New York, Bryant Park on June 21st, 1998
In the Billboard magazine dated May 16, 1998 in the "Dance Trax" column, there was a story on remixers Bobby Guy and Ernie Lake, aka Soul Solution: "They are working with Cyn on a chest-pounding rendition of 'Disco Inferno'. The cut will be featured on the forthcoming soundtrack to A Night At Roxbury."
Although the original release date of the maxi single was August 3, 1999, it was distributed from July 24 in some regions. The single was officially released in the U.S. on December 16, 1999. Lauper performed it at many shows around the time of its release.
[edit] Official Versions
- Boris & Beck Roxy Edit Dub
- Boris & Beck Roxy Dub
- Club Mix
- Rescue Me Mix
- Soul Solution A Capella
- Soul Solution Drumapella
- Soul Solution Mix
- Soul Solution Radio Edit
[edit] Additional versions
Dread Zeppelin covered the song on their 1992 album It's Not Unusual.
Fast Eddie sampled "Disco Inferno" on his "I Want You, Girl"
Marcia Hines has recently covered "Disco Inferno" on her latest album Discotheque released September 2006.
Madonna performed her vocals from "Music" over an instrumental version of this song on her 2006 Confessions Tour creating the mash-up "Music Inferno".
A version of the song was included in the videogame Dungeon Keeper 2. The song is played whenever one of the players creatures wins the jackpot in a casino.
In Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed, the song is played when the player needs to burn down a disco.
The Countdown Singers covered the song, with their version being panned by many critics.
[edit] Chart Performance
[edit] The Trammps version
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 11 |
| UK Singles Chart | 16 |
[edit] Tina Turner version
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 12 |
| UK Airplay Chart | 3 |
| US Dance/Club Play | 8 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 13 |
[edit] Cyndi Lauper version
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Hot Dance Club Play | 8 |
| Hot Dance Singles Sales | 12 |
| Amazon single chart | 10 |
| Preceded by "Don't Leave Me This Way" / "Any Way You Like It" by Thelma Houston |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (with "Starvin'" and "Body Contact Contract") February 5, 1977 - March 12, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Do What You Wanna Do" by T-Connection |
