Discothèque (song)

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“Discothèque”
“Discothèque” cover
Single by U2
from the album Pop
Released February 3/4, 1997
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, CD, cassette
Genre rock, techno
Length 5:19
Label Island
Producer Flood
U2 singles chronology
"Miss Sarajevo"
(1995)		 "Discothèque"
(1997)		 "Staring at the Sun"
(1997)
Alternate Cover
Alternate Cover
Pop track listing
"Discothèque"
(1)		 "Do You Feel Loved"
(2)
The Best of 1990-2000 track listing
"The Hands That Built America"
(11)		 "Discothèque"
(12)		 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
(13)

"Discothèque" is the lead single from Irish rock band U2's 1997 album, Pop. In the accompanying music video directed by Stéphane Sednaoui, the band performed in a room filled with mirrors and different coloured disco lights and at the end they dressed up in Village People costumes.

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[edit] History

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Discotheque from Chicago on the Vertigo Tour; currently the last performance of the song.
Discotheque from Chicago on the Vertigo Tour; currently the last performance of the song.

A 30-second sample of "Discothèque" was leaked on the internet on October 26, 1996. By December 27, the entire track had been leaked, forcing U2 to move up the release date. "Discothèque" debuted at #3 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA on April 7, 1997. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #10, but dropped off the charts after only four weeks in the Top 40. It was also the band's sixth (and last) Top 10 single in the US. It hit #1 on the UK singles chart and the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

The song was remixed for U2's The Best of 1990-2000 greatest hits album, released in 2002. The new version features a longer intro and subtle use of the techno-sounding drum beat that figured prominently in the opening of the original track. The 'new' "Discotheque" was similar in sound to how U2 performed the song during the PopMart Tour in 1997 and 1998.

A somewhat abbreviated form of "Discotheque" was played during the first two legs of U2's Elevation Tour in 2001. A more rock-sounding version of the song was played twice on the Vertigo Tour accompanied by an elaborate stage lightshow, but the band wasn't happy with the sound of the new arrangement.[citation needed]

[edit] Track listings

[edit] Version 1

  1. "Discothèque" (12" Version) (5:08)
  2. "Holy Joe" (Garage Mix) (4:21)
  3. "Holy Joe" (Guilty Mix) (5:08)

This version was released on CD in the UK. 7" and cassette versions were available in the U.S. and Australia, omitting "Holy Joe (Guilty Mix)".

[edit] Version 2

  1. "Discothèque" (DM Deep Club Mix) (7:00)
  2. "Discothèque" (Howie B Hairy B Mix) (7:39)
  3. "Discothèque" (Hexadecimal Mix) (7:21)
  4. "Discothèque" (DM TEC Radio Mix) (3:45)

This was the most common CD single, released in several countries.

[edit] Version 3

  1. "Discothèque" (DM Deep Extended Club Mix) (10:04)
  2. "Discothèque" (Hexadecimal Mix) (7:21)
  3. "Discothèque" (Album Version) (5:19)
  4. "Holy Joe" (Guilty Mix) (5:08)
  5. "Discothèque" (Howie B Hairy B Mix) (7:39)

This was the American CD single.

[edit] Version 4

  1. "Discothèque" (DM Deep Club Mix) (7:00)
  2. "Discothèque" (Hexadecimal Mix) (7:21)
  3. "Discothèque" (DM Deep Instrumental Mix) (6:58)
  4. "Discothèque" (Radio Edit) (4:34)

This was the US-only 12" single.

[edit] Version 5

  1. "Discothèque" (DM Deep Extended Club Mix) (10:04)
  2. "Discothèque" (DM Deep Beats Mix) (3:59)
  3. "Discothèque" (DM TEC Radio Mix) (3:45)
  4. "Discothèque" (DM Deep Instrumental Mix) (6:58)
  5. "Discothèque" (12" Version) (5:08)
  6. "Discothèque" (David Holmes Mix) (6:14)
  7. "Discothèque" (Howie B Hairy B Mix) (7:39)
  8. "Discothèque" (Hexadecimal Mix) (7:21)

This version, featuring virtually all available remixes, was released as a triple 12" only in the UK.

[edit] Charts

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Chart (1997) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 1
Canadian Singles Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 1
Japan Tokio Hot 100 1
Latvian Airplay Top 1
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 3
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 3
German Singles Chart 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 40
Preceded by
"Ain't Nobody" by LL Cool J		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
9 February 1997 – 16 February 1997		 Succeeded by
"Don't Speak" by No Doubt
Preceded by
"#1 Crush" by Garbage		 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
February 1, 1997 - February 22, 1997		 Succeeded by
"Lakini's Juice" by Live

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U2's singles discography
1980s

1980: "Another Day" • "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" • "A Day Without Me" • "I Will Follow" • 1981: "Fire" • "Gloria" • 1982: "A Celebration" • 1983: "New Year's Day" • "Two Hearts Beat as One" • "Sunday Bloody Sunday" • "40" (Germany only) • 1984: "Pride (In the Name of Love)" • 1985: "The Unforgettable Fire" • 1987: "With or Without You" • "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" • "Where the Streets Have No Name" • "In God's Country" (North America only) • 1988: "One Tree Hill" (Australia / New Zealand only) • "Desire" • "Angel of Harlem" • 1989: "When Love Comes to Town" (with B. B. King) • "All I Want Is You"
1990s

1991: "The Fly" • "Mysterious Ways" • 1992: "One" • "Even Better Than the Real Thing" • "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" • 1993: "Numb" • "Lemon" • "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" • 1995: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" • "Miss Sarajevo" (as Passengers) 1997: "Discothèque" • "Staring at the Sun" • "Last Night on Earth" • "Please" • "If God Will Send His Angels" • "Mofo" • 1998: "Sweetest Thing"
2000s

2000: "Beautiful Day" • 2001: "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get out Of" • "Walk On" • "Elevation" • 2002: "Electrical Storm" • 2004: "Vertigo" • 2005: "All Because of You" • "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" • "City of Blinding Lights" • "One" (with Mary J. Blige) • 2006: "The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day) • 2007: "Window in the Skies" • 2008: "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (with The Dubliners, Kíla, and A Band of Bowsies)