Boogie Down! Here Are the Top 10 Disco Dance Tracks of All Time

Author:
Parade
Dec 26, 2019

It's hard to believe, but it's been 40 years since the first Disco tracks stormed the airwaves in the mid-to-late 1970s. Groups like the Bee Gees and divas like Gloria Gaynor became overnight stars for their upbeat, dance-able hits and discos everywhere played the soundtrack to the most Disco-themed-movie of all time, Saturday Night Fever.

Here, we share our list of the top-10 disco tracks of all time for your dance-party pleasure.

10. "You Should Be Dancing"
The Bee Gees

What would disco be today without the stylish moves of John Travolta? This 1976 song was just one of the songs from the Bee Gees featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

9. "I Will Survive"
Gloria Gaynor

This 1978 single was named the greatest dance song of all time by VH1 in 2006.

8. "Funkytown"
Lipps Inc

This disco single hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980.

7. "The Hustle"
Van McCoy

"The Hustle," released in 1975, went on to win the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Performance the following year.

6. "Le Freak"
Chic

"Le Freak," a 1978 classic, was Chic's third single to hit the Billboard charts and its first to get to No. 1 on the Hot 100.

5. "Disco Inferno"
The Trammps

Another Saturday Night Fever hit, "Disco Inferno" was later covered by both Cyndi Lauper and Tina Turner.

4. "Get Down Tonight"
KC and the Sunshine Band

Released in 1975, "Get Down Tonight" was the first of five No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 for KC and the Sunshine Band.

3. "Shake Your Body"
The Jacksons

The brothers reached the No. 7 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 with this hit single.

2. "Y.M.C.A."
The Village People

Although it didn't make No. 1 in the United States when it was released (Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" took that honor), "Y.M.C.A." soon became an international hit and changed school dances and weddings forever.

1. "Stayin' Alive"
The Bee Gees

What disco list would be complete without the Bee Gees' biggest hit? "Stayin' Alive," released in 1977, became best known as the opening song in, what else, Saturday Night Fever.