DISCO SONGS

Get the disco balls spinning and power up those fog and bubble machines as we offer you the following list of 80 records containing EMI-published songs that will have you boogie-ing into the midnight hour and beyond.

AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH (Ashford/Simpson)
by Inner Life (Salsoul: 1981)

ASK ME (Gaskins)
by Ecstasy, Passion & Pain (Roulette: 1974)

AT MIDNIGHT (Coakley/Mackey)
by T-Connection (Dash: 1978)

BABY GET IT ON (Turner/Turner)
by Ike & Tina Turner (United Artists/Capitol: 1975)

BEHIND THE GROOVE (Brockhert/Rudolph)
by Teena Marie (Gordy: 1980)

BEST OF MY LOVE (White/McKay)
by The Emotions (Columbia: 1977)

BOOGIE WONDERLAND (Willis/Lind)
by Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions (ARC: 1979)

BRICK HOUSE (Richie/LaPread/Orange/Williams/McClary/King)
by The Commodores (Motown: 1977)

CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO (Gordon/Warren)
by Tuxedo Junction (Butterfly: 1978)

CHANGE OF HEART (Harris III/Lewis)
by Change (Atlantic/RFC: 1984)

CRANK IT UP (FUNK TOWN) (Brown/Rans)
by Peter Brown (Drive: 1979)

DA YA THINK I'M SEXY (Stewart/Appice/Hitchings)
by Rod Stewart (Warner Bros: 1979)

DANCE (DISCO HEAT) (Robinson/Orsborn)
by Sylvester (Fantasy: 1978)

DANCE WITH ME (Brown/Rans)
by Peter Brown with Betty Wright (Drive: 1978)

DANCING MACHINE (Parks/Davis/Fletcher)
by The Jackson 5 (Motown: 1974)

DANCING QUEEN (Andersson/Ulvaeus/Anderson)
by Carol Douglas (Midland International: 1974)

DECEMBER 1963 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) (Gaudio/Parker)
by The Four Seasons (Warner/Curb: 1976)

DISCO LADY (Davis/Scales/Vance)
by Johnnie Taylor (Columbia: 1975)

DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO (Coakley)
by T-Connection (Dash: 1977)

DO YA WANNA GET FUNKY WITH ME (Brown/Rans)
by Peter Brown (Drive: 1977)

DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU FEEL (Wolinski)
by Rufus & Chaka Khan (MCA: 1979)

DON'T LET GO (Stone)
by Isaac Hayes (Polydor: 1979)

DOWN TO LOVE TOWN (Daniels/Sutton/Wakefield)
by The Originals (Motown: 1976)

EVERLASTING LOVE (Cason/Gayden)
by Carl Carlton (Back Beat/UMRE: 1974)

FAME (Gore/Pitchford)
by Irene Cara (RSO: 1980)

FOREVER CAME TODAY (Holland/Dozier/Holland)
by The Jackson 5 (Motown: 1975)

GET DANCIN' (Crewe/Nolan)
by Disco-Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes (Chelsea: 1975)

GET DOWN TONIGHT (Casey/Finch)
by KC & The Sunshine Band (T.K.: 1975)

GET OFF (Driggs/Ledesma)
by Foxy (Dash: 1978)

GIRL YOU NEED A CHANGE OF MIND (Poree/Caston)
by Eddie Kendricks (Tamla: 1972)

GIVE IT TO ME BABY (James)
by Rick James (Gordy: 1981)

GOT TO GIVE IT UP (Gaye)
by Marvin Gaye (Tamla: 1977)

HAPPY PEOPLE (Richie/Bowen/Baldwin)
by The Temptations (Gordy: 1975)

HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU (Holland/Dozier/Holland)
by Bonnie Pointer (Motown: 1979)

HONEYBEE (Steals/Steals/Ledbetter)
by Gloria Gaynor (Columbia: 1974)

I JUST KEEP THINKING ABOUT YOU BABY (Cathey/Johnson)
by Tata Vega (Motown: 1979)

I NEED YOUR LOVIN' (Brockert)
by Teena Marie (Gordy: 1980)

I'M GONNA LET MY HEART DO THE WALKING (Holland/Holland/Beatty)
by The Supremes (Motown: 1976)

I'M SO EXCITED (Pointer/Pointer/Pointer/Lawrence)
by The Pointer Sisters (Planet: 1982)

INSTANT REPLAY (Hartman)
by Dan Hartman (Blue Sky: 1978)

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME (Whitfield/Stevenson)
by Yvonne Fair (Motown: 1974)

IT'S A DISCO NIGHT (ROCK DON'T STOP)
(Isley/Isley/Isley/Isley/Isley/Jasper)
by The Isley Brothers (T-Neck: 1979)

IT'S RAINING MEN (Jabara/Shaffer)
by The Weather Girls (Columbia: 1982)

IT'S YOUR THING (Isley/Isley/Isley)
by The Isley Brothers (T-Neck: 1969)

JINGO (Olatunji)
by Candido (Salsoul: 1979)

JUMP TO IT (Vandross/Miller)
by Aretha Franklin (Arista: 1982)

JUST KEEP THINKING ABOUT YOU BABY (Catchey/Johnson)
by Tata Vega (Motown: 1979)

LADY MARMALADE (Crewe/Nolan)
by LaBelle (Epic: 1975)

LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE (Cleveland)
by Indeep (Sounds Of New York: 1983)

LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME (Andersson/Ulvaeus)
by ABBA (UME: 1981)

LET ME TICKLE YOUR FANCY (Jackson/Jackson/Sawyer/McLeod)
by Jermaine Jackson (Motown: 1982)

LET'S ALL GO DOWN TO THE DISCO (Whitfield)
by The Undisputed Truth (Whitfield: 1977) US #68 R&B

LET'S GROOVE (White/Vaughn)
by Earth, Wind & Fire (ARC: 1981)

LOVE HANGOVER (Sawyer/McLeod)
by Diana Ross (Motown: 1976)

LOVE MACHINE (Moore/Griffin)
by The Miracles (Tamla: 1976)

MAGIC FLY (Ecama)
by Space (United Artists/Capitol: 1977)

MISS YOU (Jagger/Richards)
by The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones/Virgin: 1978)

MORE, MORE, MORE (Diamond)
by The Andrea True Connection (Buddah: 1976)

NATIVE NEW YORKER (Linzer/Randell)
by Odyssey (RCA: 1977)

NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE (Davis)
by Gloria Gaynor (MGM: 1975)

NEVER TOO MUCH (Vandross)
by Luther Vandross (Epic: 1981)

NO MORE TEARS (ENOUGH IS ENOUGH) (Jabara/Roberts)
by Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer (Columbia: 1979)

PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE (Whitfield/Strong)
by The Temptations (Gordy: 1972)

PARTY DOWN (Hale)
by Little Beaver (Cat: 1974)

ROCK YOUR BABY (Casey/Finch)
by George McCrae (T.K.: 1974)

ROCKIN' CHAIR (Reid/Clarke)
by Gwen McCrae (Cat: 1975)

SATURDAY NIGHT, SUNDAY MORNING (Helms/Bottler)
by Thelma Houston (Motown: 1979)

SEPTEMBER (White/McKay/Willis)
by Earth, Wind & Fire (ARC: 1979)

SHOORAH! SHOORAH! (Toussaint)
by Betty Wright (Alston: 1975)

SINNER MAN (Hegel/George)
by Sarah Dash (Kirshner: 1978)

SPRING RAIN (Silvetti)
by Silvetti (Salsoul: 1977)

STAR LOVE (Wieder/Footman)
by Cheryl Lynn (Columbia: 1979)

SUPER FREAK (James/Miller)
by Rick James (Gordy: 1981)

THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) (Casey/Finch)
by KC & The Sunshine Band (T.K.: 1975)

TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING (Masser/Miller)
by Marlena Shaw (Columbia: 1979)

WE LIKE TO PARTY (COME ON) (DeBarge/Williams)
by Switch (Motown: 1979)

WHISTLE BUMP (Deodato)
by Deodato (Warner Bros: 1978)

YES WE CAN CAN (Toussaint)
by The Pointer Sisters (Blue Thumb: 1973)

YOU LITTLE TRUSTMAKER (Jackson)
by The Tymes (RCA: 1974)

YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING (Poncia/Sayer)
by Leo Sayer (Warner Bros: 1977)

YOU + ME = LOVE (Whitfield)
by The Undisputed Truth (Whitfield: 1976)

YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (Gold/Denne)
by The Real Thing (United Artists/Capitol: 1976)

The above list represents just a selection of disco-oriented songs in the EMI catalog and we publish many other dancefloor hits from the same time period.

All these are controlled by EMI MP in the U.S. and Canada...

As always, although many are EMI MP titles around the world, control of certain copyrights differs from territory to territory.

ROCK ON !
Alan Warner