"Your Disco Needs You" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter

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, taken from her seventh studio album ''

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'' (2000). The song was written by Minogue,

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and

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and produced by Chambers and Steve Power. Lyrically, "Your Disco Needs You" talks about the power of disco music. The song peaked inside the top forty in Australia, Switzerland and Germany. Hugely popular as an album track, it was never released as a single in the United Kingdom because the song was considered "too gay" and "too

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", but charted at number 152 on the basis of import sales. Minogue has also performed the song on most of her 2000 and onward tours, including

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, Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour, KylieX2008,

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, and most recently on her Kylie Summer 2015 Tour.

Background and composition

The lack of a single release for the track in the United Kingdom caused controversy among fans there, sparking protests outside her UK record company lobbying for this to happen. When considering the fourth single to be released from ''Light Years'', Minogue's record label chose the Latin-sounding " Please Stay" instead of "Your Disco Needs You", due to the song's campness and to avoid Minogue being further stereotyped, although remixers Almighty had remixed the song and this version appeared on the UK CD single of "

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". According to Harald Peters from German newspaper ''

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'', in the song "she gives a fiery speech. Assuming that the pleasure of dancing in the sense of the

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represents freedom, equality and fraternity, she urges the listeners in French: 'You are never alone! / You know what to do! / Do not abandon your nation / The disco needs you!'". Heather Phares from

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described the "German Almighty Radio Edit" song as a "

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beat" and said that "Your Disco Needs You" was a surprisingly good "dance-oriented song". ''

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'' compared the song to the

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' " Go West".

Reception

Critical response

"Your Disco Needs You" received critical acclaim from most music critics. Heather Phares from

gave the song a separate review, while giving it three out of five stars. She said ""Your Disco Needs You"'s glittery charm as well as a fun hidden song that's arguably more enjoyable than the title track." For the album review of ''

'' (2000), Chris True highlighted the song as an album standout. He said ""Your Disco Needs You" is probably one of the best dance songs of the '90s. Arguably one of the best disco records since the '70s". Nick Levine from ''

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'' said if the song "doesn't put a smile on your face you need a new shrink". The song appeared on a compilation titled ''Rainbow Love Boat'', which was reviewed by AllMusic, with Bradley Torreano writing that songs like "Your Disco Needs You" "are genuinely fun, exciting songs that may not be lyrical triumphs, but that fact is of little importance in the genre."

Chart performance

"Your Disco Needs You" had limited success, due to being released in Germany and receiving a limited release in Australia. The song debuted at number twenty on the Australian

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singles chart, becoming the second-highest debut of the week, before descending to number forty-five the next week.

Music video

The original music video was filmed in 2000 in

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. The video pays homage to the discothèques of the 1970s, featuring an array of Minogue clones, and to the 1934 film "

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" with the

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-like formations and Minogue's head popping through at the end. Throughout the video the Minogue clones wear a variety of costumes, such as an Uncle Sam stars and stripes American-inspired outfit coupled with a black leather cane/whip. In another outfit, she wears a black-and-white striped dress with a black leather bondage cap. The video is set to the Casino Radio & Club Remix of the song. An alternate video was filmed and released to the German market and features clips of Minogue against a back drop of balloons and gold streamers while wearing a black and gold "Your Disco Needs You" T-shirt, as featured on the CD single's front cover. The alternate version was made due to Minogue's dissatisfaction with elements of the original video, however over time the video has fallen out of favour in the original video.

Formats and track listings

* Australian CD single # "Your Disco Needs You" – 3:34 # "Your Disco Needs You" ( Almighty radio edit) – 3:30 # "Your Disco Needs You" (Almighty remix) – 8:20 # "Your Disco Needs You" (Casino radio & club mix) – 3:40 # "Your Disco Needs You" (German album version) – 3:31 # "Password" – 3:49 * European CD single and digital download 1 # "Your Disco Needs You" (Casino radio & club mix) – 3:40 # "Your Disco Needs You" (UK album version) – 3:31 # "Your Disco Needs You" (Almighty remix) – 8:20 # " Please Stay" (7th District Club Flava mix) – 6:32 * Digital download 2 # "Your Disco Needs You" – 3:34 # "Your Disco Needs You" (German Almighty radio edit) – 3:29 # "Your Disco Needs You" (Almighty mix) – 8:20 # "Your Disco Needs You" (German version) / "Password" – 8:49

Charts

Sales

Release history

Cover versions

Russian-Bulgarian singer

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used the music for his song "Моя песня" (''My Song''), but with different lyrics. In 2008, the Randy Jones cover was released on his album ''Ticket to the World''.

References

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