Disco Revival
Disco never died, it went underground and came back everywhere: Chicago house, French touch and Daft Punk, and the nu-disco revival from Robbie Williams to Dua Lipa.
Part of Disco
24 moments in this segment.
- - Disco's sampled afterlife. From Rapper's Delight to Daft Punk, disco's basslines and grooves became the DNA of hip-hop, house and pop.
- - Madonna - Holiday. Madonna carried disco's dancefloor spirit into the MTV age with Holiday.
- - Chicago house. Out of disco's ashes, Frankie Knuckles and the Warehouse built Chicago house, disco's electronic child.
- - Frankie Knuckles - Your Love. The Godfather of House built the genre directly on disco's foundations in eighties Chicago.
- - Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl. Jamiroquai revived acid-jazz-funk-disco for the nineties with Cosmic Girl.
- - Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight). The French touch sampled Chic's guitar into one of 2000's biggest dance hits.
- - Robbie Williams - Rock DJ. Robbie Williams's Rock DJ was a full-blooded disco revival for a new pop generation.
- - Daft Punk - One More Time. Daft Punk's filtered disco loops made the French touch a global sound at the millennium.
- - The nu-disco underground. Metro Area, Lindstrøm and the nu-disco producers revived the analog disco groove for a new club generation.
- - Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head. Kylie's nu-disco pop smash carried the four-on-the-floor into the 2000s.
- - Scissor Sisters. The Scissor Sisters brought glam-disco camp roaring back in the 2000s.
- - Justice - D.A.N.C.E.. The French duo Justice fused disco, funk and electro for the blog-house era.
- - Daft Punk - Get Lucky. Daft Punk brought Nile Rodgers back to the top of the charts in 2013, disco reborn.
- - Daft Punk - Lose Yourself to Dance. Random Access Memories was a full live-disco resurrection, again with Nile Rodgers and Pharrell.
- - Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk. Uptown Funk carried disco-funk to the biggest audience of the streaming age.
- - Lizzo - Juice. Lizzo's Juice brought disco-funk joy and self-love to the streaming charts.
- - Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia. Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia made disco the sound of pop again in 2020.
- - Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?. Jessie Ware's acclaimed album was a sophisticated, full-hearted return to the disco dancefloor.
- - The Weeknd - Blinding Lights. The synth-disco of Blinding Lights became one of the biggest songs of the streaming era.
- - Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open. Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak revived seventies soul-disco for the 2020s.
- - Nile Rodgers, disco's living link. Chic's Nile Rodgers, sampled by everyone from hip-hop to Daft Punk, became disco's ambassador to every new generation.
- - Beyoncé - Renaissance. Beyoncé's Renaissance album was a love letter to disco, house and the Black and queer roots of dance music.
- - The station that went all-disco. On 24 July 1978 New York's WKTU dropped its soft-rock format and began playing disco around the clock, an immediate success in a market long led by rock radio. The station marked the anniversary in 2025 with a commemorative mix built from the records it played.
- - Madonna - Confessions II. Madonna released Confessions II in 2026 with an accompanying film, returning to the dancefloor two decades after Confessions on a Dance Floor. It carries the archive's revival thread, Robbie Williams, Kylie, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé, into the middle of the decade.
