60 Best Disco Songs For Weddings
These are the Best Disco Songs for Weddings to get people on the dance floor! Disco derives itself from the soul, funk, and Latin styles of music. Disco music is considered a form, genre, of dance music. DJs in New York City in the the 1960s began overlaying prerecorded music with live music as well as mixing two or three records together at once. This sound became so popular that recording artists began composing these extended grooves and dance beats in the studios.
Disco music became popular to play in most nightclubs by the early 1970s. As Best Disco Songs became more popular and the dominant dance style music, the disco style clubs were called as a discotheque. Donna Summer quickly rose to be the most popular and well-known disco artist. Donna Summer eventually claimed the title “The Queen of Disco”.
Popular disco-themed movies helped propitiate spark the popularity of disco music with Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It’s Friday. These movies made superstars out of the Bee Gees and subsequently K.C. & The Sunshine Band.
Due to the vast popularity of disco, there were many backlashes from rock music supporters, many blue color workers, and those that were just plain tired of the fads. Fads as a result of disco music included the mirror ball, lit dance floors, afros, and leisure suits. A promotional night at Cominsky Park in Chicago, home of the Chicago White Sox, took place in July 1979. Disco Demolition Night was about blowing up a crate of disco records provided by the crowd on the field.
However, a near-riot ensued after the explosion with a mere 90,000 people in attendance. In the 1980s, disco was seen as a negative term. So disco eventually transformed into being known as dance music. Best Disco Songs paved the way for new forms of dance music such as house, electronica, and techno.
Top 10 Disco Songs (as calculated by popular downloads on Amazon)
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- I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
- You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees
- Disco Inferno – The Trammps
- Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead
- Tragedy – Bee Gees
- Y.M.C.A. – Village People
- Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
- We Are Family – Sister Sledge
- Night Fever – Bee Gees
- Last Dance – Donna Summer
What about disco revival songs (modern Disco songs)?
- Kylie Minogue – Magic
- Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
- Doja Cat – Say So
- Lady Gaga – Stupid Love
- Sam Smith – I Feel Love
- Dua Lipa – Break My Heart
- Bruno Mars – Treasure
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Disco Songs
Disco song list curated by Matthew Campbell
Last Updated: January 4, 2021
| Song | Amazon Link | |
|---|---|---|
| ABBA Dancing Queen 1976, Arrival |  | |
| ABBA Take A Chance On Me 1978, ABBA: The Album | | |
| Amii Stewart Knock On Wood 1979,Knock On Wood | | |
| Anita Ward Ring My Bell 1979, Songs of Love | | |
| Barry Manilow Copacabana 1978, Even Now | | |
| Bee Gees Jive Talkin' 1975, Main Course | | |
| Bee Gees Night Fever 1978, Saturday Night Fever | | |
| Bee Gees Nights On Broadway 1975, Main Course | | |
| Bee Gees Stayin’ Alive 1977, Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack | | |
| Bee Gees Tragedy 1979, Spirits Having Flown | | |
| Bee Gees You Should Be Dancing 1976, Children of the World | | |
| Brass Construction Movin’ 1976, Brass Construction | | |
| Carl Carlton Everlasting Love 1974, Everlasting Love | | |
| Carl Douglas Kung Fu Fighting 1974, Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs | | |
| Cheryl Lynn Got To Be Real 1978, Cheryl Lynn | | |
| Chic Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) 1977, Dance, Dance, Dance | | |
| Chic Everybody Dance 1978, Chic | | |
| Chic Good Times 1979, Risqué | | |
| Chic Le Freak 1978, C’est Chic | | |
| Diana Ross Love Hangover 1976, Diana Ross | | |
| Donna Summer Bad Girls 1979, Bad Girls | | |
| Donna Summer Hot Stuff 1979, Bad Girls | | |
| Donna Summer I Feel Love 1977, I Remember Yesterday | | |
| Donna Summer Last Dance 1978, Thank God It’s Friday | | |
| Donna Summer Love To Love You Baby 1975, Love to Love You Baby | | |
| Ebonys You're The Reason Why 1971, Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia | | |
| Gap Band You Dropped A Bomb On Me 1982, Gap Band IV | | |
| Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive 1978, Love Tracks | | |
| John Paul Young Love Is In The Air 1977, Love Is in the Air | | |
| KC & The Sunshine Band (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty 1976, Part 3 | | |
| KC & The Sunshine Band Get Down Tonight 1975, KC and the Sunshine Band | | |
| KC & The Sunshine Band That’s The Way I Like It 1975, KC and the Sunshine Band | | |
| Kool & The Gang Celebration 1980, Celebrate! | | |
| Kool & The Gang Ladies Night 1979, Ladies’ Night | | |
| Lipps Inc. Funkytown 1980, Mouth to Mouth | | |
| Lou Rawls You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine 1976, All Things in Time | | |
| McFadden & Whitehead Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now 1979, McFadden & Whitehead | | |
| Meco Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band 1977, Music Inspired By Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk | | |
| Mfsb Feat. The Three Degrees T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) 1974, Love is the Message | | |
| Michael Jackson Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough 1979, Off the Wall | | |
| Michael Jackson P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 1983, Thriller | | |
| O’Jays Love Train 1972, Back Stabbers | | |
| Patti LaBelle If Only You Knew 1973, I'm in Love Again | | |
| Patti Labelle Lady Marmalade 1974, Nightbirds | | |
| Peaches & Herb Shake Your Groove Thing 1978, 2 Hot | | |
| Rhythm Heritage Theme From S.W.A.T. 1975, Disco-Fied | | |
| Rick James Super Freak 1981, Street Songs | | |
| Sister Sledge B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby) 1983, Bet Cha Say That to All the Girls | | |
| Sister Sledge We Are Family 1979, We Are Family | | |
| Sly & The Family Stone Dance To The Music 1968, Sly and the Family Stone | | |
| Spinners The Rubberband Man 1976, Happiness Is Being with the Spinners | | |
| Sylvers Boogie Fever 1975, Showcase | | |
| Sylvester You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) 1978, Step II | | |
| Taste Of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie 1978, A Taste of Honey | | |
| Tavares Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel 1976, Sky High! | | |
| Thelma Houston Don’t Leave Me This Way 1976, Any Way You Like It | | |
| Trammps Disco Inferno 1976, Disco Inferno | | |
| Van McCoy The Hustle 1975, Disco Baby | | |
| Vicki Sue Robinson Turn The Beat Around 1976, Never Gonna Let You Go | | |
| Village People Macho Man 1978, Macho Man | | |
| Village People Y.M.C.A. 1978, Cruisin’ | | |
| Weather Girls It’s Raining Men 1982, Success | | |
| Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music 1976, Wild Cherry | | |
A reader submitted the song Mondo Disco by El Coco. Are there any other disco songs you think we should add to the list?
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Hi Garrett. Yes, a great song by The Hues Corporation. Thanks for sharing!
As far as i recall the first song that i remember playing in a disco club was Mondo disco by Manu Dibango if my memory is correct way back in early 70’s…..And i loved that disco beat even TODAY !!!!!!!! Sorry for those that said that DISCO SUCKS cause you folks obviously missed the LOVE BOAT !!!
Peace to you….anyways….
Thanks Leon. We will keep playing the Disco Hits! I will add EL COCO – Mondo Disco.