DESCRIPTION:
From '' Crush Collision ''
Label: Virgin ‎– 208 271-270
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Germany
Released: 1986

Tracklist
A1 Be Fast Be Clean Be Cheap
A2 Crash Conscious
A3 Morning After The Sixties
A4 Kiss
B1 Mob! Hut!
B2 Disco Inferno

Engineer – Robert Gordon
Producer – Age Of Chance

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"Disco Inferno" is a 1976 song by The Trammps from the album of the same name.
With two other cuts by the group it reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in early 1977, but had limited mainstream success in the U.S. until 1978, after being included on the soundtrack to the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, when a re-release hit number 11 on the Hot 100.

Song information

The song was originally recorded by The Trammps in 1976 and released as a single.
It was inspired by a scene in the 1974 blockbuster film The Towering Inferno in which a discotheque is caught in the blaze.

Cover versions

Tina Turner version

Tina Turner covered the song in 1993 for the What's Love Got to Do with It soundtrack and it charted at number twelve in the UK Singles Chart, 4 places higher than The Trammps' version (number 16).
The single included remixes by The Beatmasters.

Cyndi Lauper version

Lauper performed this song live for the first time at New York, Bryant Park on June 21, 1998.

In the Billboard magazine dated May 16, 1998 in the "Dance Trax" column, there was a story on remixers Bobby Guy and Ernie Lake, aka Soul Solution: "They are working with Cyn on a chest-pounding rendition of 'Disco Inferno'. The cut will be featured on the forthcoming soundtrack to A Night At Roxbury."

Although the original release date of the maxi single was August 3, 1999, it was distributed from July 24 in some regions. The single was officially released in the U.S. on December 16, 1999. Lauper performed it at many shows around the time of its release.

Other cover versions

Players Association covered the song as a single release in 1977.
Dread Zeppelin covered the song on their 1992 album It's Not Unusual.
The Bobs covered the song on their 1994 album Cover the Songs Of.
Age of Chance performed a fast and noisy version on their 1986 mini-album Beneath the Pavements the Dancefloor/Crush Collision.
Australian singer Marcia Hines covered "Disco Inferno" on her 2006 album Discothèque.
System of a Down are sometimes using their version of "Disco Inferno" as a live intro for their song "Psycho".

Appearances in other media

A version of the song recorded by The Earl Young Band was included in the video games Dungeon Keeper 2 and Bulletstorm.
In the Shrek 2 animated short Far, Far, Away Idol, Donkey (Eddie Murphy) is shown singing "Disco Inferno", but has his rear set on fire as Dragon performs with him.

The song was hummed by character David Brent during his infamous dance in the TV series The Office.

The recording by The Trammps was played in the 1997 film Donnie Brasco and 2004 film What the Bleep Do We Know!?.
Night Fever (another song from Saturday Night Fever movie soundtrack, performed by the Bee Gees) and Disco Inferno appeared and were included in the soundtrack of the movie Mystery Men (1999).

The Trammps' version was featured in a mashup mix in DJ Hero, alongside Rihanna's "Disturbia".

In The Simpsons, season 13, ep. 10, "Half-Decent Proposal", The Trammps' version was featured in a reenactement of Marge's prom during the 70's.

The song was performed by Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) in the 2012 Glee episode "Saturday Night Glee-ver."

The Trammps' version appeared on the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion pack The Ballad of Gay Tony.

The Trammps' version is danced to by Mari and Sadie in the film Little Voice as a celebration, in Mari's living room.

In the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond, The Trammps' version played on the stereo while Raymond and Robert did a photoshoot in Raymond's basement.

The lyrics are read out by fire safety officer Keith Lard in the first series of Phoenix Nights, thinking they describe a real incident.
The Trammps' version appeared on the videogame Dance Central 3 represented by Miss Aubrey (Lu$h Crew).

The Trammps' version is heard on series 4, episode 4 of the British teen drama Skins and also on Season 3, Episode 2 of Scandal.
The Trammps' version is heard in the background of a scene in the movie Ghostbusters.

The first piece of downloadable content for the Dante's inferno videogame, entitled Dark Forest, includes an additional "Disco Inferno" costume, a novelty piece in the style of polyester disco fashion wear inspired by The Trammps's song.