Disco Dancer (Devo song)

"Disco Dancer"
Single by Devo
from the album Total Devo
Released 1988
Format
Genre
Length 4:14 (album version)
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Devo
Devo singles chronology
"Shout"
(1985)		 "Disco Dancer"
(1988)		 "Baby Doll"
(1988)
Total Devo track listing
"Baby Doll"
(1)		 "Disco Dancer"
(2)		 "Some Things Never Change"
(3)

"Disco Dancer" is a song written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale and recorded by American dance-pop band Devo. It was the first Devo single that was recorded without drummer Alan Myers, who was replaced by former Sparks drummer David Kendrick. It was released in 1988 as the first single of their seventh studio album, Total Devo.

Concept

According to Devo bassist and co-songwriter Gerald Casale: "Me and Mark [Mothersbaugh] had an idea of a like a John Travolta fell into a rip van winkle sleep you woke up the character Travolta in Saturday Night Fever woke up fifteen twenty years later at the world. What a nightmare it would be for him and we thought that was quite humorous."[1]

Music video

A video was made for "Disco Dancer," using a slightly remixed version of the track by producer Ivan Ivan. According to Casale, the video failed to receive airplay after first being aired on MTV's "Smash or Trash?," in which a video was aired and viewers would call in and vote on it. The video was "trashed" and MTV refused to air it after that.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Disco Dancer (7" Version)" – 4:15
  2. "Disco Dancer (12" Version)" – 6:30
  3. "Disco Dancer (Bonus Beats)" – 4:20
  4. "Disco Dancer (7" Version)" – 4:15
  5. "Disco Dancer (12" Version)" – 6:30
  6. "Disco Dancer (Bonus Beats)" – 4:20
  1. "Disco Dancer (7" Version)" – 4:15
  2. "Disco Dancer (Karaoke TV Version)" – 4:15
  1. "Disco Dancer (7" Version)" – 4:15
  2. "Disco Dancer (12" Version)" – 6:32
  3. "Disco Dancer (Bonus Beats)" – 4:26
  4. "Disco Dancer (Karaoke Version)" – 4:26
  1. "Disco Dancer (7" Version)" – 4:15
  2. "Disco Dancer (12" Version)" – 6:30
  3. "Disco Dancer (Bonus Beats)" – 4:20
  4. "Disco Dancer (7" Version)" – 4:15
  5. "Disco Dancer (12" Version)" – 6:30
  6. "Disco Dancer (Bonus Beats)" – 4:20

Sales chart performance

Peak positions

Chart (1988) Position
US Dance Club Songs[3] 45

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6plEHlqMbk
  2. ↑ Devo (2003). The Complete Truth About De-evolution (DVD). Rhino Home Video.
  3. ↑ "allmusic ((( Devo > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

External links

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