Disco Deewane
| Disco Deewane | ||||
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| Studio album by Nazia Hassan & Zoheb Hassan | ||||
| Released | April 3, 1981 | |||
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| Label | HMV | |||
| Producer | Biddu | |||
| Nazia Hassan & Zoheb Hassan chronology | ||||
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Disco Deewane is a 1981 best-selling Pakistani pop/disco album by the duo Nazia and Zoheb, consisting of Nazia Hassan and her brother Zoheb Hassan, with composition and production by Indian synth-pop producer Biddu.[1] It charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record to-date.[2] It changed trends in music across South Asia, where it broke sales records. In India, it sold 100,000 records within a day of its release in Mumbai alone, and achieved Platinum status in three weeks.[3] Disco Deewane went on to sell 14 million units worldwide.[4]
In South Asia, where the music industry was previously dominated by filmi Bollywood soundtracks, Disco Deewaane was the first non-soundtrack album to become a major success across the region, paving the way for the emergence of independent Pakistani and Indian pop music scenes.[2][3] It was also the first South Asian pop album to top the charts in Brazil,[2] while also becoming a hit in Russia, South Africa, and Indonesia, and a success among the South Asian diaspora in regions such as Canada, the United Kingdom, United States, and West Indies.[5] Nazia Hassan was the first girl who introduced pop music in Asia.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aao Na" | Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan | Nazia Hassan | 4:07 | |
| 2. | "Disco Deewane" (I) | Anwar Khalid | Nazia | 4:00 | |
| 3. | "Leykin Mera Dil" | Nazia and Zoheb | Nazia | 4:02 | |
| 4. | "Mujhe Chahay" | Nazia and Zoheb | Zoheb Hassan | Nazia and Zoheb | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Komal" | Zoheb and Arshad Mehmood | Mehmood and Farooq Qaiser | Nazia | 3:43 |
| 6. | "Teray Qadmon Ko" | Nigar Sebhai | Zoheb and Mehmood | Nazia and Zoheb | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Dil Mera" | Nazia and Zoheb | Zoheb | Nazia | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Dhundli Raat" | Meeraji | Zoheb and Mehmood | Nazia | |
| 9. | "Gaein Milkar" | Khalid | Zoheb and Mehmood | Nazia | |
| 10. | "Disco Deewane" (II) | Nazia | 4:03 |
Credits
Music directors
Lyricists
- Nazia & Zoheb Hassan
- Anwar Khalid
- Meeraji
- Farooq Qaiser
- Nigar Sebhai
Cover versions
Dreamer Deewane
Nazia Hassan performed a remixed cover version of title track "Disco Deewane" in the English language, called "Dreamer Deewane" (1983), which was released as a single. It became the first single by a Pakistani singer to enter the UK pop charts.[6]
The Disco Song
In 2012, a revamped cover version of the title song "Disco Deewane" was incorporated into the Indian Bollywood film Student of the Year.[7] Called "The Disco Song", it incorporates Nazia Hassan's vocals, along with the vocals of Sunidhi Chauhan and Benny Dayal, while the music video features actress Alia Bhatt and actors Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan.
Karan Johar used the song in his 2012 film Student of the Year after licensing the song from Sa Re Ga Ma. It has been contested by Nazia Hassan's family, as they claim that HMV doesn't own the album because it was financed by them in London.
References
- ↑ The Herald, Volume 38, Issues 7-9, 2007: "It would not be amiss to say that music was never the same again after "Aap Jaisa Koi..." Over the next several years Nazia and Zoheb continued to rock not just the Pakistani but also the Indian disco scene; Disco Deewane that broke sales records across the subcontinent was followed by four more albums - Boom Boom, Young Tarang, Hotline and Camera Camera - released between 1982 and 1992. They were also pioneering enough to release videos of their tracks — another first."
- 1 2 3 Sangita Gopal & Sujata Moorti (2008). Global Bollywood: travels of Hindi song and dance. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 98–9. ISBN 0-8166-4579-5. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- 1 2 Asiaweek, Volume 7. Asiaweek. 1981. p. 39. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ↑ "Disco Deewane, Nazia Hassan with Biddu and His Orchestra". La Pelanga. 19 September 2010.
- ↑ "Nazia-Biddu Team - 'Disco Deewane': Hit In Hindu". Billboard. 93 (28): 70. 18 July 1981. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ↑ Abjorensen, Norman (2017). Historical Dictionary of Popular Music. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 23. ISBN 9781538102152.
- ↑ "Nazia's 'Disco Deewane' in KJo's Student of the Year". Express Tribune. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.