60 Best Disco Songs For Weddings

If you want to get the party started, this is your last chance. Just kidding, but now you’ve got Donna Sommer in your head. You’re welcome.

Disco derives its distinct sound from soul, funk, and Latin genres. Discover the best disco songs of all time to fill your wedding’s dance floor. Disco music is considered a form, genre, of dance music.

Incorporate Disco Into Your Wedding Reception

We may be showing our age, but we believe “More than a Woman” would still be a beautiful first dance at your wedding. This is especially true if you and your fiance want to learn a choreographed dance.

Your whole reception set doesn’t have to include the disco genre but a few fun dances isn’t a bad idea either. “The Hustle,” “Bump,” and “YMCA” are fun group dances and sure to get everyone laughing. These also make great highlights for your wedding photographer.

Table of Contents:

• Disco Wedding Songs
• Disco Wedding Songs Spotify Playlist
• Top 10 Disco Song Downloads
• Disco Revival Songs
• Questions about Disco Wedding Songs

Best Disco Songs

Disco song list curated by Matthew Campbell
Last Updated: November 23, 2021

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Don’t Shut Me Down – ABBA
2021, Voyage

I’m not the same this time around (ooh)
I’m fired up, don’t shut me down

Can’t Hide Love – Gazzara
1995, One

You can’t pretend there’s nothing there
Girl, I look in your eyes, I see you care

P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) – Michael Jackson
1983, Thriller

I want to love you (P.Y.T.)
Pretty young thing

B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby) – Sister Sledge
1983, Bet Cha Say That to All the Girls

My man is staying here cause he’s in love with me
What you’re looking for, this ain’t the place to be

You Dropped A Bomb On Me – The Gap Band
1982, Gap Band IV

You turn me out, you turn me on
You turned me loose then you turned me wrong
You dropped a bomb on me

It’s Raining Men – Weather Girls
1982, Success

It’s raining men! Amen!
I’m gonna go out to run and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet!

Let’s Groove – Earth Wind & Fire
1981, Raise!

Share the spice of life
Baby slice it right
We’re gonna groove tonight

Super Freak – Rick James
1981, Street Songs

That girl’s all right with me yeah
She’s a super freak, super freak

Celebration – Kool & The Gang
1980, Celebrate!

Everyone around the world, come on
Wah-ho
It’s a celebration

Funkytown – Lipps Inc.
1980, Mouth to Mouth

Won’t you take me to
Funkytown?

Knock On Wood – Amii Stewart
1979, Knock On Wood

The way you love me is frightening
Oh you better knock, knock
On wood, baby

Ring My Bell – Anita Ward
1979, Songs of Love

So long I’ve been savin’
Tonight was made for me and you
You can ring my bell

Tragedy – Bee Gees
1979, Spirits Having Flown

It’s tragedy
When the morning cries and your heart just dies

Good Times – Chic
1979, Risqué

These are the good times
Leave your cares behind

Bad Girls – Donna Summer
1979, Bad Girls

Like everybody else, they wanna be a star
Bad girl, sad girls
You such a dirty bad girl

Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
1979, Bad Girls

Lookin’ for some hot stuff, baby, this evenin’
I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight

Ladies Night – Kool & The Gang
1979, Ladies’ Night

Oh, yes, it’s Ladies’ Night
And the feeling’s right

Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead
1979, McFadden & Whitehead

To every word I say, every word I say!
Ain’t No Stoppin Us Now!

Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
1979, Off the Wall

Just love me
‘Til you don’t know how
Keep on with the force don’t stop
Don’t stop ’til you get enough

We Are Family – Sister Sledge
1979, We Are Family

I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing

Take A Chance On Me – ABBA
1978, ABBA: The Album

Take a chance on me
That’s all I ask of you, honey

Copacabana – Barry Manilow
1978, Even Now

like in Havana
(Copa, banana)
Music and passion were always in fashion

Night Fever – Bee Gees
1978, Saturday Night Fever

Livin’ on the music so fine
Born on the wind
Makin’ it mine

Got To Be Real – Cheryl Lynn
1978, Cheryl Lynn

My love is your love
Our love is here to stay

Everybody Dance – Chic
1978, Chic

Everybody dance, do-do-do
Clap your hands, clap your hands

Le Freak – Chic
1978, C’est Chic

Ah, freak out!
Le freak, c’est chic
Freak out!

Last Dance – Donna Summer
1978, Thank God It’s Friday

Last Dance, Last Dance for love
Yes, it’s my last change
For romance tonight

I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
1978, Love Tracks

Oh no, not I, I will survive
Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive

Shake Your Groove Thing – Peaches & Herb
1978, 2 Hot

We’re bumpin’ booties, havin’ us a ball, y’all
Shake your groove thing

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) – Sylvester
1978, Step II

Feels real good and I know you love me
Like you should
Oh you make me feel mighty real

Boogie Oogie Oogie – Taste Of Honey
1978, A Taste of Honey

There’s no time to waste let’s get the show on the road
Listen to the music and let your body flow

Macho Man – Village People
1978, Macho Man

I gotta be a macho man
Macho, macho man

Y.M.C.A. – Village People
1978, Cruisin’

You can hang out with all the boys
It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
1977, Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack

And we’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive

Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) – Chic
1977, Dance, Dance, Dance

I wanna boogie with you
Dance, dance, dance, dance

I Feel Love – Donna Summer
1977, I Remember Yesterday

You and me
Ooh I feel love, I feel love

Love Is In The Air – John Paul Young
1977, Love Is in the Air

And it’s there when you call out my name
Love is in the air

Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band – Meco
1977, Music Inspired By Star Wars And Other Galactic Funk

Dancing Queen – ABBA
1976, Arrival

Ooh, see that girl
Watch that scene
Digging the dancing queen

You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees
1976, Children of the World

What you doin’ on your bed on your back? Ah
You should be dancing, yeah

Movin’ – Brass Construction
1976, Brass Construction

Gonna get higher
And movin’ on
Don’t stop

Love Hangover – Diana Ross
1976, Diana Ross

Think about it all the time
Never let it out of my mind
‘Cause I love you

(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty – KC & The Sunshine Band
1976, Part 3

Oh, shake shake shake, shake shake shake
Shake your booty, shake your booty

You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine – Lou Rawls
1976, All Things in Time

You’ll never find another love like mine
Someone who needs you like I do

The Rubberband Man – The Spinners
1976, Happiness Is Being with the Spinners

Like the rubberband man
You’re bound to lose control
When the rubberband starts to jam

Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel – Tavares
1976, Sky High!

And if one night you hear crying from above
It’s ’cause heaven must be missin’ an angel

Don’t Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston
1976, Any Way You Like It

Com’on, satisfy the need in me
‘Cause only your good lovin’
Can set me free

Disco Inferno – The Trammps
1976, Disco Inferno

(Burn baby burn) disco inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down

Turn The Beat Around – Vicki Sue Robinson
1976, Never Gonna Let You Go

Turn the beat around
Love to hear the percussion
Yeah

Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
1976, Wild Cherry

Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right

Jive Talkin’ – Bee Gee
1975, Main Course

It’s just your jive talkin’
That gets in the way

Nights On Broadway – Bee Gees
1975, Main Course

Well, I had to follow you
Though you did not want me to
But that won’t stop my lovin’ you

Love To Love You Baby – Donna Summer
1975, Love to Love You Baby

You put me in such an awful spin, in a spin
I love to love you baby

Boogie Shoes – KC & The Sunshine Band
1975, KC and the Sunshine Band

I want to put on my my my my my
Boogie shoes

Get Down Tonight – KC & The Sunshine Band
1975, KC and the Sunshine Band

Oh, do a little dance
Make a little love
Get down tonight

That’s The Way I Like It – KC & The Sunshine Band
1975, KC and the Sunshine Band

That’s the way, aha, aha
I like it, aha, aha

Theme From S.W.A.T. – Rhythm Heritage
1975, Disco-Fied

Boogie Fever – The Sylvers
1975, Showcase

She’s got the boogie fever
I think it’s going around

The Hustle – Van McCoy
1975, Disco Baby

Do the Hustle!
Do it!

Everlasting Love – Carl Carlton
1974, Everlasting Love

Like the sun, it shines
Endlessly it shines
You always will be mine

Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas
1974, Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs

Everybody is Kung fu fighting
Your mind becomes fast as lightning

T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) – Mfsb Feat. The Three Degrees
1974, Love is the Message

It’s time to get down
Let’s get it on

Lady Marmalade – Patti Labelle
1974, Nightbirds

I’ma keep playing these cats out like Atari
Wear high heel shoes, get love from the dudes

If Only You Knew – Patti LaBelle
1973, I’m in Love Again

If only you knew
How much I do
Do love you

Love Train – O’Jays
1972, Back Stabbers

Join hands (come on, ride)
Start a love train, love train
Ride, let it ride

You’re The Reason Why – The Ebonys
1971, Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia

I’m a happy guy
You’re the reason why
Just because of you

Dance To The Music – Sly & The Family Stone
1968, Sly and the Family Stone

Get on up and dance to the music
Dance to the Music, dance to the music

A reader submitted the song Mondo Disco by El Coco. Are there any other disco songs you think we should add to the list?

Top 10 Disco Songs
(as calculated by popular downloads on Amazon)

1. Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead
2. Last Dance – Donna Summer
3. September – Earth Wind & Fire
4. Let’s Groove – Earth Wind & Fire
5. Night Fever – Bee Gees
6. Y.M.C.A. – Village People
7. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
8. Stars On 45 – Stars On 45
9. You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine – Lou Rawls
10. Got to Be Real – Cheryl Lynn

What about disco revival songs (modern Disco songs)?

• The Weeknd – Take My Breath
• 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

When did Disco Start?

DJs in New York City in 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 of music, the disco-style clubs were called discotheques. 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 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.

Other related song lists to read:

• Dance & EDM Songs
• Bee Gee songs
• 1970s songs

Disco’s Popularity and Critics

The vast popularity of disco brought backlash from rock music supporters, blue-collar workers, and those that were just plain tired of the fads. Disco popularized the mirror ball, uplit dance floors, afros, and leisure suits. A promotional night at Comiskey 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 rebranded itself as “dance music.” The best of the genre formerly known as disco became new forms of dance music such as house, electronica, and techno.

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