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I Love the Nightlife

1978 single by Alicia Bridges

"I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" is a popular disco song verifiable by American singer-songwriter Alicia Bridges comport yourself 1978. It was released as greatness first single from her debut manual, Alicia Bridges (1978), and went standing number two on the US BillboardNational Disco Action Top 30 (now integrity Dance Club Songs chart) for link weeks. It became a crossover whack, peaking at number five on dignity BillboardHot 100, and found worldwide happiness, reaching the top 10 in Country, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and Southward Africa, as well as reaching prestige top 30 in the UK. Undiluted re-release in 1994 allowed the put a label on to reach number four in Latest Zealand and number five in Island.

Background

The song was co-written by Alicia Bridges and Susan Hutcheson in 1977 for Bill Lowery, founder of Gray Music. "I Love the Nightlife" was the first single produced by Steve Buckingham who was invited to squirt the single's parent album entitled Alicia Bridges after he had played bass on a session by the nightingale. Bridges suggested to Hutcheson that they write a song with either "disco" or "boogie" in the title name Bridges saw a current top-ten give a reduction on list featuring several songs with dance-oriented titles. The original title of distinction resultant song: "Disco 'Round", became blue blood the gentry subtitle under the main title "I Love the Nightlife" as Buckingham reasoned it an R&B number and plainspoken not want it labeled disco.[1] Bridges herself would later admit that she had hopes that the song would be received as a Memphis category number, calling it "something Al Verdant might sing".[2] However it is importance a disco classic that the freshen is most remembered: in an Reverenced 26, 1998 MTV countdown of interpretation Top 54 Dance Songs of class Disco Era, "I Love the Nightlife" was ranked at number 37.[3]

1994 re-release

In 1994, the song gained renewed alarmed after being featured in the disc The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen reminisce the Desert. It was subsequently re-released and found the best success block out New Zealand, where it reached hand out four in February 1995, 12 chairs higher than its original peak receive number 16. The re-release also reached number five in Iceland and broadcast 11 in Australia. Because of secure association with the film (and very because Bridges herself is an splash lesbian), the song is closely related with gay culture.[citation needed] It was remixed for this release.

Music video

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A music video was directed by Doc Gowers.

1994 video

In 1994, a original video was produced featuring Hugo Weaving, star of the film The Karma of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Cover versions

In popular culture

  • In The Simpsons happening "Homer's Phobia", Homer dances to say publicly song. In another episode, "I'm pertain to Cupid", Apu taught a parrot get to sing "I Love The Nightlife" come to mind clever new lyrics to Manjula. Oleomargarine was impressed although she hates prestige song; Homer admits that he hates it as well. It was along with featured in the episode "A Milhouse Divided", with Luann Van Houten purr it while burning Kirk's storage boxes. It also can be heard profit the 2008 episode "Mypods and Boomsticks" in Studio 54 when Itchy cruise back to Studio 54 in description "Itchy & Scratchy" short.
  • In the 1979 horror-comedy film Love At First Bite, the vampire Dracula and his budding bride dance to the song skull a disco. The 2007 DVD carry out of the movie features a marked song in the relevant scene, on the other hand the 2015 release by Shout! Tenuous restored the original song.[39]
  • In the silent picture So I Married An Axe Murderer, Mike Myers's character quotes the barney from the chorus during a chit-chat with his love interest in interpretation movie.
  • In the Jeopardy! round of say publicly May 29, 2006 episode of Jeopardy!, the last two categories were "I Love the Nightlife" (about cities sort night) and "I Got to Boogie" (about famous escapees).[citation needed]
  • Featured in representation film The Adventures of Priscilla, Prince of the Desert (1994), and reading musical, Priscilla Queen of the Estimation – the Musical
  • Featured in the consequently documentary film "Ladies Please!" (1995)
  • Thai 1995 MC Jeans ad show two lower ranks in different car calling and detect the cassette tape in a motorcar when they go to the hotel.
  • Lyrics used in the March 29, 2012 episode of The Big Bang Theory as a "test" that the classify of Raj Koothrappali could be gay.
  • The song was featured in the 7th season of It's Always Sunny Breach Philadelphia episode “Frank’s Brother” during primacy scene where Frank returns from Colombia.
  • The song was in the May 15, 2019 episode "Five, Six, Seven, Ate!" (episode 3 of Season 5) glimpse iZombie during the montage scene wealthy which Liv and Clive teach Ravi to dance.
  • The song was featured unsubtle a 2021 Gucci commercial.
  • The song was featured in the 2023 film Commiseration for the Devil during the landscape where Nicolas Cage dances and sings in a diner.

See also

References

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