Disco Inferno (The Trammps song)

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"Disco Inferno "

Single by Cyndi Lauper
From the album A Night At The Roxbury O.S.T.
Released	1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Pop
Record Label	Jellybean Records
Writer	Cyndi Lauper, Jan Pulsford
Producer	Cyndi Lauper, Mark Saunders, Jan Pulsford
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Early Christmas Morning"	"Disco Inferno"	"Shine"

Disco Inferno is a single by Cyndi Lauper on the A Night at the Roxbury soundtrack.

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The song was originally performed by the Trammps in 1976. Tina Turner covered the song also in 1993 and it charted at #12 in the UK for the What's Love Got To Do With It Soundtrack.

Cyndi performed this song live for the first time at NEW YORK, Bryant Park on June 21st, 1998

In the Billboard magazine (May 16, 1998), in the Dance Trax column, there were 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 official release date of the maxi single was August 3, 1999, it was distributed from July 24 in some places.

The single has only been released in US but there was a rumour that the single was going to be released in Australia on December 16, 1999. The single was a dance hit here in the USA after its release. Lauper performed it at many shows around the time of its release.

Marcia Hines has recently covered "Disco Inferno" on her latest album "Discotheque'" released September 2006. Madonna mashed it with her hit Music on her 2006 Confession Tour.