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🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 13 Sylvester's 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘔𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭 [𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭] (1978) Such a presence, such a track, such a seminal disco CLASSIC 🕺🏻

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 12: Viola Wills' 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 [12" version] (1982) Apt!! Originally a 1933 Arlen and Koehler jazz number, young me hit the dancefloor immediately on hearing ithis number for the 1st time, after loving Elisabeth Welch's version in Jarman's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵 a few years earlier. 🕺🏻

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 11: Grace Jones' 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 (1978) Another wonderful, campy Tom Moulton production for her 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘦 album. '𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴' 🕺🏻 ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ: ᴍᴀʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪᴛꜱ

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 10: Groove Armada's 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 [𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 version] (2010) Will Young channels his best Bronski Beat/ Somerville aesthetic on this stunning co-write with Groove Armada, all 80s synths and gay bar vibes 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 🕺🏻

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 9: Donna Summer's 𝘐 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 [Patrick Cowley Megamix] (1978) Another boogalicious belter. Appearing in the underground disco scene, a year after the song's original summer '77 release (co-written by Moroder), Cowley's EDM mastery only enhances this stunning Hi-NRG track🕺🏻

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 8: Kylie Minogue's 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 (2020) Kitchen discos abounded in lockdown, and Kylie helped bring that to fruition with her awesome 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰 album, which proved as contagious as COVID. Also, the mental countdown to every weekend is still ticked off daily at work! 🕺🏻

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 7: Scissor Sisters' 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 (2010) A pulsating, chanting k-hole of a track...epic! with McKellen's thespy monologue: 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴...🕺🏻

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 6: Patti Jo's 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘔𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶 (Tom Moulton Mix) 1973/1975 A slower, more soulful, disco vibe for Saturday with this Curtis Mayfield-written track. Andrew Holleran's beautiful 1978 NYC/Fire Island gay novel, 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, opened my eyes to this funking wonder!🕺🏻

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 5: Hercules and Love Affair's 𝘉𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 [feat. Anohni ] (2008) Nu-disco crowd pleaser. If you haven't gotten sweaty sensual to this hypnotic bass banger under the strobes, then you should! 🕺🏻

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 4: Sylvester and Patrick Cowley's 𝘋𝘰 𝘠𝘢 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘬 (1982) Two EDM legends for the price of one...glorious!🕺🏻

🪩 #PlanetDisco 🪩 Day 3:Sparks' 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 (1979) Co-written,& produced by Moroder, this building gay disco anthem is uplifting ++ A strings-laden version, rerecorded,in '97, had Jimi Somerville on vocals,& was produced by Visconti, but the OG long at 7½ minutes is my jam! 🕺🏻