Shake Your Booty to Billboard’s Best Disco Hits of All Time!

Brian Bishop July 27, 2023

Disco, Bee-Gees- Donna Summer, Diana Ross — Everett Collection

Love it or hate it the July 2023 print issue of ReMIND Magazine celebrates all things DISCO! We’ve ranked the top disco hits based on the weeks these singles held the No. 1 position on the charts, as well as the number of weeks in the Top 10 and Top 40, and the number of weeks the song was No. 1 on the dance charts. Get your groove on jiving to this list!

1. Night Fever, Bee Gees (’78)

2. Shadow Dancing, Andy Gibb (’78)

3. Le Freak, Chic (’78)

4. Best of My Love, Emotions (’77)

5. Bad Girls, Donna Summer (’79)

6. Upside Down, Diana Ross (’80)

7. Stayin’ Alive, Bee Gees (’78)

8. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?, Rod Stewart (’79)

9. Funkytown, Lipps Inc. (’80)

10. Rock With You, Michael Jackson (’80)

11. Hot Stuff, Donna Summer (’79)

12. I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor (’79)

13. Boogie Oogie Oogie, A Taste of Honey (’78)

14. MacArthur Park, Donna Summer (’78)

15. Fly, Robin, Fly, Silver Convention (’75)

16. Ring My Bell, Anita Ward (’79)

17. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough), Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer (’79)

18. Love Hangover, Diana Ross (’76)

19. That’s the Way (I Like It), KC and the Sunshine Band (’75)

20. Tragedy, Bee Gees (’79)

21. Kung Fu Fighting, Carl Douglas (’74)

22. Jive Talkin’, Bee Gees (’75)

23. Last Dance, Donna Summer (’78)

24. Celebration, Kool & the Gang (’81)

25. Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band, Meco (’77)

26. TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia), MFSB w/ The Three Degrees (’74)

27. (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty, KC and the Sunshine Band (’76)

28. If I Can’t Have You, Yvonne Elliman (’78)

29. A Fifth of Beethoven, Walter Murphy (’76)

30. Car Wash, Rose Royce (’77)

31. Good Times, Chic (’79)

32. Got to Give It Up (Part 1), Marvin Gaye (’77)

33. Don’t Leave Me This Way, Thelma Houston (’77)

34. Dancing Queen, Abba (’77)

35. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Leo Sayer (’77)

36. You Should Be Dancing, Bee Gees (’76)

37. The Hustle, Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony (’75)

38. Pick Up the Pieces, Average White Band (’75)

39. Heart of Glass, Blondie (’79)

40. Boogie Fever, The Sylvers (’76)

41. Love’s Theme, Love Unlimited Orchestra (’74)

42. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, Michael Jackson (’79)

43. Theme From S.W.A.T., Rhythm Heritage (’76)

44. I’m Your Boogie Man, KC and the Sunshine Band (’77)

45. Love Machine (Part 1), The Miracles (’76)

46. Rock the Boat, The Hues Corporation (’74)

47. Get Down Tonight, KC and the Sunshine Band (’75)

48. Y.M.C.A., Village People (’79)

49. Dim All the Lights, Donna Summer (’79)

50. Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right), Silver Convention (’76)

51. Dancing Machine, The Jackson 5 (’74)

52. Boogie Nights, Heatwave (’77)

53. You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine, Lou Rawls (’76)

54. Right Back Where We Started From, Maxine Nightingale (’76)

55. Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl, Spinners (’80)

56. Love to Love You Baby, Donna Summer (’76)

57. Take Your Time (Do It Right), The S.O.S. Band (’80)

58. We Are Family, Sister Sledge (’79)

59. (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again, L.T.D. (’77)

60. Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied), B.T. Express (’74)

61. Keep It Comin’ Love, KC and the Sunshine Band (’77)

62. I Love the Nightlife (Disco ‘Round), Alicia Bridges (’78)

63. I Love Music, The O’Jays (’76)

64. Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah), Chic (’78)

65. I’m Coming Out, Diana Ross (’80)

66. Boogie Wonderland, Earth, Wind & Fire w/ The Emotions (’79)

67. On the Radio, Donna Summer (’80)

68. Boogie Down, Eddie Kendricks (’74)

69. In the Navy, Village People (’79)

70. Makin’ It, David Naughton (’79)

71. More, More, More (Part 1), Andrea True Connection (’76)

72. Express, B.T. Express (’75)

73. I Feel Love, Donna Summer (’77)

74. The Groove Line, Heatwave (’78)

75. Shake Your Groove Thing, Peaches & Herb (’79)

76. Heaven Knows, Donna Summer w/Brooklyn Dreams (’79)

77. Ladies Night, Kool & the Gang (’80)

78. Love Is in the Air, John Paul Young (’78)

79. I Want Your Love, Chic (’79)

80. Dance With Me, Peter Brown w/ Betty Wright (’78)

81. He’s the Greatest Dancer, Sister Sledge (’79)

82. Everlasting Love, Carl Carlton (’74)

83. Shame, Evelyn “Champagne” King (’78)

84. September, Earth, Wind & Fire (’79)

85. Take Me Home, Cher (’79)

86. Never Can Say Goodbye, Gloria Gaynor (’75)

87. Turn the Beat Around, Vicki Sue Robinson (’76)

88. Stomp!, The Brothers Johnson (’80)

89. Off the Wall, Michael Jackson (’80)

90. Get Off, Foxy (’78)

91. I Was Made for Dancin’, Leif Garrett (’79)

92. Bad Luck, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (’75)

93. A Lover’s Holiday, Change (’80)

94. Do What You Wanna Do, T-Connection (’77)

95. San Francisco (You’ve Got Me), Village People (’78)

96. Brazil, The Ritchie Family (’75)

97. Dancer, Gino Soccio (’79)

98. Relight My Fire, Dan Hartman (’80)

99. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), Sylvester (’79)

100. Thank God It’s Friday, Love & Kisses (’78)

Bonus Tracks!!!

Get out your dancing shoes, here are 30 more that didn’t fit in print.

101. Dance (Disco Heat), Sylvester (’78)

102. Disco Inferno, The Trammps (’78)

103. Ease On Down the Road, Consumer Rapport (’75)

104. If My Friends Could See Me Now, Linda Clifford (’78)

105. Mighty High, Mighty Clouds of Joy (’76)

106. Runaway Love, Linda Clifford (’78)

107. Devil’s Gun, C.J. & Co. (’77)

108. Forever Came Today, The Jackson 5 (’75)

109. Supernature, Cerrone (’78)

110. Come to Me, France Joli (’79)

111. Shame, Shame, Shame, Shirley & Company (’75)

112. Movin’, Brass Construction (’76)

113. Dance Little Dreamer, Bionic Boogie (’78)

114. I’ll Be Holding On, Al Downing (’75)

115. Hijack, Herbie Mann (’75)

116. Born to Be Alive, Patrick Hernandez (’79)

117. Found a Cure, Ashford & Simpson (’79)

118. Hot Shot, Karen Young (’78)

119. I Need a Man, Grace Jones (’77)

120. In the Bush, Musique (’78)

121. And the Beat Goes On, The Whispers (’80)

122. The Boss, Diana Ross (’79)

123. Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now, McFadden & Whitehead (’79)

124. Disco Nights (Rock-Freak), G.Q. (’79)

125. I Was Made for Lovin’ You, Kiss (’79)

126. Got to Be Real, Cheryl Lynn (’79)

127. I Wanna Be Your Lover, Prince (’80)

128. Heaven Must Have Sent You, Bonnie Pointer (’79)

129. Can’t Fake the Feeling, Geraldine Hunt (’80)

130. Four Seasons of Love (album), Donna Summer (’76)