Disco Inferno (The Trammps song)

Infobox Single
Name = Disco Inferno


Caption =
Artist = The Trammps
from Album = Disco Inferno
A-side = "Disco Inferno"
B-side = "You Touch My Hot Line"
Released = 1976
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded = 1976
Genre = Disco
Length = 10:53
Label = Atlantic Records
Writer = Green, Kersey
Producer =
Certification =
Last single = "That's Where the Happy People Go"
This single = "Disco Inferno" (1976)
Next single = "The Night the Lights Went Out in New York City"
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Saturday Night Fever
Type = soundtrack
prev_track ="K-Jee"
prev_no = 16
this_track = "Disco Inferno"
track_no = 17
next_track =
next_no = Infobox Single
Name = Disco Inferno


Artist = Tina Turner
from Album = What's Love Got To Do With It
A-side =
B-side = "I Don't Wanna Fight" (Single Edit)
Released = 1993
Format = CD Single
Recorded = 1993
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:03
Label = Parlophone Records
Writer = Green, Kersey
Producer = Tina Turner, Chris Lord-Alge & Roger Davies
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "I Don't Wanna Fight"
(1993)
This single = "Disco Inferno"
(1993)
Next single = "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight"
(1993)
Misc = Infobox Single
Name = Disco Inferno

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Caption =
Artist = Cyndi Lauper
from Album = A Night At The Roxbury O.S.T.
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1999
Format =
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = Jellybean Records
Writer = Green, Kersey
Producer = Cyndi Lauper, Mark Saunders, Jan Pulsford
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Early Christmas Morning"
This single = "Disco Inferno"
Next single = "Shine"
Misc = "Disco Inferno" is a song by The Trammps from the album of the same name. It was also notably covered by Cyndi Lauper on the "A Night at the Roxbury" soundtrack and Tina Turner on the "What's Love Got To Do With It?" soundtrack.

ong information

The song was originally performed by the Trammps in 1976 and released as a single. Although it topped the U.S. Disco chart, it was not a significant success at pop radio, peaking at number fifty-three on the Billboard Hot 100. According to famed mixer Tom Moulton (who mixed the record), the levels had been set wrong during the mixdown of the tracks, resulting in a much wider dynamic than was commonly accepted at the time. Due to this the record seems to "jump out" at the listener. [http://www.disco-disco.com/tributes/tom.shtml]

"Disco Inferno" gained much greater recognition once it was included on the soundtrack to the 1977 film "Saturday Night Fever". Re-released by Atlantic Records, the track peaked at number eleven in the U.S. during the spring of 1978, becoming the Trammps' biggest and most-recognized single. Later, it was included in the "Saturday Night Fever" musical, interpreted by the 'DJ Monty' in the "Odissey 2001" discotheque.

The song also became an unofficial theme song for New York Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams. It was often played at Yankee stadium while the scoreboard/video system displayed the phrase "Bern Baby Bern," a play on the song's refrain and Williams' first name.

On September 19, 2005, "Disco Inferno" was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame.

Cover versions

Tina Turner version

Tina Turner covered the song in 1993 for the "What's Love Got To Do With It" soundtrack and it charted at number twelve in the UK Singles Chart, 4 places higher than The Trammps' version (#16). The single included remixes by The Beatmasters.

Versions and remixes

* Album Version - 4:03
* 12" Version - 5:33
* 12" Dub - 6:57

Cyndi Lauper version

Lauper performed this song live for the first time at New York, Bryant Park on June 21st, 1998

In the "Billboard magazine" dated May 16, 1998 in the "Dance Trax" column, there was 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 original release date of the maxi single was August 3, 1999, it was distributed from July 24 in some regions. The single was officially released in the U.S. on December 16, 1999. Lauper performed it at many shows around the time of its release.

Official Versions

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#Soul Solution Radio Edit

Additional versions

Dread Zeppelin covered the song on their 1992 album "It's Not Unusual".

Fast Eddie sampled "Disco Inferno" on his "I Want You, Girl"

Marcia Hines has recently covered "Disco Inferno" on her latest album "Discotheque" released September 2006.

Madonna performed her vocals from "Music" over an instrumental version of this song on her 2006 Confessions Tour creating the mash-up "Music Inferno".

A version of the song recorded by The Earl Young Band was included in the videogame Dungeon Keeper 2. The song is played whenever one of the players creatures wins the jackpot in a casino.

In Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed, the song is played when the player needs to burn down a disco.

The Countdown Singers covered the song, with their version being panned by many critics.

Chart performance

The Trammps version