One weekend Alicia Bridges noticed that the words ‘boogie’ and ‘disco’ appeared in the titles of several songs in the top 10 and used this as inspiration to write “I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round)” with songwriting partner Susan Hutcheson.
It was originally written as an R&B song, but since t...
[Chorus]
I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
Oh, I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
[Verse 1]
Please don't talk about love tonight
Please don't talk about sweet love
Please don't talk about bein' true
And all the trouble we've been through
Ah, please don't talk about all the plans we had
For fixin' this broken romance
I want to go where the people dance
I want some action, I wanna live
[Pre-Chorus]
Action, I got so much to give
I want to give it, I want to get some too
Oh, I, I, oh, I
[Chorus]
I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
Oh, I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
[Verse 2]
Please don't talk about love tonight
Yo' sweet talk won't make it right
Lovin', lies just bring me down
When you got women all over town
You can love them all and when you're through
Maybe that'll make, huh, a man outta you
I got to go where the people dance
I want some action, I wanna live
[Pre-Chorus]
Action, I got so much to give
I want to give it, I want to get some too
I, I, oh, I
[Chorus]
I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
Oh, I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
[Saxophone Solo]
[Chorus]
Oh, I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
Oh, I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Oh, I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
Oh, I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
I love the nightlife, I got to boogie
On the disco 'round, oh, yeah
Oh, I love the nightlife…
I Love the Nightlife (Disco ’Round) was written by Alicia Bridges & Susan Hutcheson.
I Love the Nightlife (Disco ’Round) was produced by Steve Buckingham.
Alicia Bridges released I Love the Nightlife (Disco ’Round) on Thu Sep 07 1978.
Co-writer Susan Hutcheson explained to Sounds Magazine in 1979 that the song was originally an R&B song, but was remixed to fit its disco theme:
That wasn’t cut at all with disco in mind. Disco was just where I was gonna go after I’d told this man to leave me alone, it wasn’t meant to be the th...