disco song

Funk-era dance tune

A disco song is a track in the disco genre—dance music characterized by steady four-on-the-floor beats, lush orchestration, and often soaring vocals.

The term evokes the 1970s club era of mirror balls and flashing lights: The DJ dropped a classic disco song and the whole floor started moving.

Any song with that distinctive driving rhythm and celebratory feel might be called a disco song, even if produced decades later.

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dance party · nightclub · velvet rope · glitterball · hustle · Saturday Night Fever · Bee Gees · sequins · gold chains · strobe · bassline · dancefloor · Studio 54 · polyester · platform shoes · spinning · mirror ball · four-on-the-floor

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musical genre/style

disco songfolk song

Traditional community music

country ballad · acoustic ballad · protest song · blues song · chamber music

tempo and energy

disco songballad

Narrative poem or song

slow jam · lullaby · dirge · funeral march · power ballad

cultural movement/era

disco songroots music

Traditional folk-based genres

lo-fi recording · garage rock

Family

disco, song, discos, discotheque, discotheques, songs, sing, sang, sung

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G