Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion [Box Set] (2004)

About this title: The three-disc box set Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion was released just after PBS premiered the program of the same name, which featured new performances -- from Anita Ward, Thelma Houston, A Taste of Honey, KC & the Sunshine Band, and several others -- with archival footage from the disco era. Content-wise, the box doesn't do much to separate itself from the average disco compilation series, leaning heavily on mainstream hits. Each of these 58 songs reached the pop chart, remarkable for a movement with most of its roots planted in clubs that were only a little like Studio 54, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hot Stuff [Bellotte/Faltermeye]
2. You Dropped a Bomb On Me [Wilson/Simmons/Tayl]
3. Y.M.C.A. [Belolo/Morali/Willi]
4. Got to Be Real [Lynn/Paich/Foster]
5. Do Ya Wanna Funk [Crowley/James]
6. What Am I Gonna Do With You [White]
7. Heaven Must Have Sent You [Holland/Dozier/Holl]
8. Dancing Machine [David/Fletcher/Park]
9. Too Hot ta Trot [McClary/Williams/Or]
10. In the Navy [Belolo/Morali/Willi]
11. It's Raining Men [Jabara/Shaffer]
12. After Dark [Soussan/Soussan]
13. Upside Down [Edwards/Rodgers]
14. Super Freak, Pts. 1-2 [James/Miller]
15. Boogie Oogie Oogie [Johnson/Kibble]
16. Rock the Boat [Holmes]
17. Love's Theme [White]
18. Don't Leave Me This Way [Gamble/Huff/Gilbert]
19. Shame [Fitch/Cross]
20. Play That Funky Music [Parissi]
21. Knock On Wood [Cropper/Floyd]
22. More, More, More, Pt. 1 [Diamons]
23. Turn the Beat Around [Jackson/Jackson]
24. More Than a Woman [Gibb/Gibb/Gibb]
25. Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl [Linzer/Randell/Zage]
26. A Fifth of Beethoven [Murphy]
27. Call Me [Harry/Moroder]
28. Funkytown [Greenberg]
29. Ladies Night [Bell/Kool & the Gan]
30. September [McKay/White/Willis]
31. Doctor's Orders [Stephens/Greenaway/]
32. Le Freak [Edwards/Rodgers]
33. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) [Gaudio/Parker]
34. The Hustle [McCoy]
35. Shame, Shame, Shame [Robinson]
36. Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life [Cleveland]
37. Native New Yorker [Linzer/Randell]
38. I Will Survive [12" Single Version] [Fekaris/Perrern]
39. Get Down Tonight [Casey/Finch]
40. Pick Up the Pieces [Ball/Duncan/Gorrie/]
41. Boogie Fever [Perren/St. Lewis]
42. Dancing Queen [Andersson/Anderson/]
43. Fly, Robin, Fly [Levay/Prager]
44. Ring My Bell [Knight]
45. Chase [Moroder]
46. No Parking (On the Dance Floor) [Simmons/Lovelace/Ca]
47. Soul Makossa [Dibango]
48. I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round) [Bridges/Hutcheson]
49. If I Can't Have You [Gibb/Gibb/Gibb]
50. Boogie Nights [Temperton]
51. Young Hearts Run Free [Crawford]
52. I Just Want to Be Your Everything [Gibb]
53. Disco Lady [Davis/Scales/Vance]
54. That's That Way (I Like It) [Casey/Finch]
55. Born to Be Alive [Hernandez]
56. I.O.U. [Baker/Robie]
57. Venus [VanLeeuwen]
58. Come to Me [Green]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.