Customer Reviews

Disco Nights 8: Dance Floor

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While this volume lacks a large number of 12" versions as promised, it has a couple of goodies. for starters, Somebody's Watching Me is mislabeled on the case as being the 3:57 radio verion. It's not. It's the full 4:58 12" version!!! Plus, you also get the radio remix of Michael Sembello's Maniac, which sounds very different from both the Flashdance soundtrack version and the original 12" mix by Jellybean (although I believe this mix is by Jellybean also). Track times are:

1. Somebody's Watching Me (4:58)
2. Maniac (4:13) (7" remix)
3 Makin It (3:08) (7")
4. San Francisco (5:27)
5. Brazil (5:12)
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water (3:18) (7")
7. Can't Get Enough of You Love Baby (4:31) (7")
8. Hot Stuff (6:46)
9. Thank God It's Friday (4:32) (7")
10. Take Me Home (3:26) (7")
11. She Works Hard for the Money (5:18) (album length, not 12" extended version)
12. ain't that enough for you (5:55)

The cover says, "Extended long play club versions!", but only 5 out of 12 songs are longer than 5 minutes. I've heard the album version of "Makin' It" (the reason why I bought this compilation) and this ain't it. The long version is at least 5 minutes and this is 3:08. This version of "Bridge over Troubled Water" is only 3:18, but the mix I already have is at least 9 minutes.

Save your money if you like long play.

Maniac, Makin' It, San Francisco, Brazil, Can't Get Enough ..., Hot Stuff and She Works Hard ... were huge pop hits in the late 70s and early 80s, whilst Linda Clifford's version of the Simon & Garfunkel classic was an underground club hit and considered something of an outrage by musical snobs way back then. Thank God Its Friday was the theme song from the movie. So this compilation veers more to the pop side of disco but is very enjoyable and an excellent reminder of those good times.

The tracks "Brazil, She Works Hard For The Money, Ain't That Enough for You and Hot Stuff are surprising. Hot Stuff is the 12" version. I was expecting that "Makin' It-by David Naughton would be longer but it's not. Hopefully, a longer version of this can be found in future releases.

Dance Floor Hits is forty-seven minutes and thirty-eight seconds and was released on April 16, 1995. This is Volume 8 in the Disco Nights series. On it are two songs by Donna Summer. Also the cassette version only has ten songs while the CD version has twelve songs. All of the songs are original recordings. Dance Floor Hits has some of the best songs on it from that era. Disco Nights, Volume 8: Dance Floor Hits gets an AAA+++.

Side 1
Twenty-two minutes and fifty-six seconds

Donna Summer-Hot Stuff
#1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (three weeks at #1)
#1 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (seven weeks at #1)
#3 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles
#1 Cash Box Magazine Top Singles (four weeks at #1)
John Davis and the Monster Orchestra-Ain't That Enough for You
#89 U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#4 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
David Naughton-Makin It
#5 U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#11 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
Love and Kisses-Thank God It's Friday
#22 U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#1 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (six weeks at #1)
#23 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles
Cher-Take Me Home
#8 U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales
#2 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
#21 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles
#19 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening

Side 2
Twenty-four minutes and forty-one seconds

Donna Summer-She Works Hard for the Money
#3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#3 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
#1 U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles (three weeks at #1)
Barry White-Can't Get Enough of You Love Babe
#1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#1 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles (four weeks at #1)
#1 Cash Box Magazine Top Singles
Michael Sembello-Maniac
#1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (two weeks at #1)
#34 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary
#6 U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles
#34 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock
Grammy Award for Best Album Of Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television Special in 1983
Village People-San Francisco (You've Got Me)
Did not chart
The Ritchie Family-Brazil
#11 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles
#1 U.S. Billboard Disco Singles (seven weeks at #1)
#5 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening
#13 U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles

this cd is worth $4.99 and there is good song you can dance to the tune "MAKIN' IT - David Naughton. but the rest of the songs needs to be replace with ther songs.

A música "making it" é um marco em minha vida..preciso dela !
Vcs poderiam dizer se existe em outro CD ???
Please....

This cd is good because Rockwell plays "Somebody's Watching Me" on it and that is the best song in the world! The 3 stars are for Rockwell and only Rockwell, I don't listen to any other tracks, Just # 1! Rockwell all the way!