Why disco made pop songs longer

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Disco, DJs, and the impact of the 12-inch single.
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In the early 1970s, a musical sensation took over New York City. It was called Disco. Before Disco became synonymous with Saturday Night Fever, Rod Stewart, and celebrity-fueled parties, it was an underground movement powered by the innovations of young DJs challenging themselves and each other to throw the city’s most adventurous dance parties.
By 1973, their influence as musical taste makers became apparent, and a handful of unconventional dance tracks became pop crossover hits. With barely any radio airplay, songs like "Love Theme" and "Girl You Need a Change of Mind" became defining tracks of the disco era.
These songs were repetitive, hypnotic, and funky, and they were also pretty long compared to other pop hits. That presented a problem for DJs using 7-inch 45rpm singles, which fit only 3:30 minutes of quality audio on them, during their night-long sets. They needed a vinyl record that could make their most popular tracks sound powerful on a dance floor and last the whole night.
In 1976, an accidental studio discovery by Disco pioneer Tom Moulton provided the solution: A 12-inch single. By stretching one song across 12 inches of vinyl, a format typically reserved for full-length albums, those extended dance tracks had room to breath.
By the 1980s, the 12-inch single dominated pop music. It not only changed the sound of records, it allowed for music producers to experiment with length and structure.
SOURCES:
While I dug through hundreds of pages of billboard charts and oral histories of the disco era to research and write this piece a few select sources proved incredibly helpful and they are linked below. I highly recommend checking them out if you want to learn more about this story.
Books:
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster
Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979
by Tim Lawrence
Articles:
Mix Mag’s collection of stories on Disco and I Feel Love
mixmag.net/feature/the-master...
Red Bull Music Academy’s Disco story archive:
daily.redbullmusicacademy.com...
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Previous headline: The disco invention that changed pop music
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  • @Vox
    @Vox5 жыл бұрын

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  • @tomritter7618

    @tomritter7618

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well I’m not, so yeah I’ll carry on with what I was doing

  • @c.b.5535

    @c.b.5535

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to see artists go back to 3 minute songs. The songs I listen to now, are like 2 minutes-ish. My attention span can last 3 minutes

  • @nomeansno5481

    @nomeansno5481

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just saying, you misspelled Morley's name in the video. You spelt it as 'Morely' around the 1:43 mark when it should be spelt as 'Morley.'

  • @chetanraina

    @chetanraina

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nomeansno5481 Also 'occasional'

  • @anirudhdasari69

    @anirudhdasari69

    5 жыл бұрын

    where is the spotify playlist?

  • @coclicococo6971
    @coclicococo69715 жыл бұрын

    "It was revolutionary, we could go do drugs" the 12-inch is marvelous

  • @phetogokgathi4217

    @phetogokgathi4217

    5 жыл бұрын

    Coclico Coco this guy 😂it slipped out

  • @anchorbait6662

    @anchorbait6662

    5 жыл бұрын

    12"?? Yesh right, at most his was 7" or 8"

  • @PopeSalty1

    @PopeSalty1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nope, wouldn't know anything about that... :P

  • @pistolen87

    @pistolen87

    5 жыл бұрын

    He probably lived a very full life

  • @renesrelics

    @renesrelics

    5 жыл бұрын

    My favorite bit

  • @verebellus
    @verebellus5 жыл бұрын

    the audio and visual engineering in these videos are so amazing

  • @Jesse__H

    @Jesse__H

    5 жыл бұрын

    seriously.

  • @proletaire6442

    @proletaire6442

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm loving Vox's visual style too, and the audio almost always complements the picture well.

  • @Culturephile0

    @Culturephile0

    5 жыл бұрын

    rightfully said

  • @manualLaborer

    @manualLaborer

    5 жыл бұрын

    Should we give any credit to Adobe?

  • @kotetszu1570

    @kotetszu1570

    3 жыл бұрын

    They use powerpoint and notepad bruh. Get real please.

  • @bluecandies
    @bluecandies5 жыл бұрын

    I wish earworm videos would have a list of the songs used/featured in the video, like on the description

  • @josephstanichar5434

    @josephstanichar5434

    5 жыл бұрын

    That would be nice, but they do show the music used in the credits at the end of the video.

  • @bluecandies

    @bluecandies

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@josephstanichar5434 ah I completely missed it 😅 silly of me

  • @rickflarez

    @rickflarez

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or a spotify playlist plz

  • @TheGerm24

    @TheGerm24

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rickflarez They have done multiple spotify playlists in the past. I remember listening to them. Not sure why they don't have one here.

  • @SudaNIm103

    @SudaNIm103

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agreed text in the description would be great: Song, Artist, and Year would be ideal!

  • @animec-dramaskpop6362
    @animec-dramaskpop63625 жыл бұрын

    6:18 "Wow we can go to the bathroom, do drugs and smoke a joint." 😂 He was a little bit too happy for the extra time.

  • @rudylabsilica2286

    @rudylabsilica2286

    4 жыл бұрын

    I laughed when he said that! Good times!

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    back when you were not drug-screened for every goddammed job.

  • @Hargan
    @Hargan5 жыл бұрын

    Great, now I need to make a 70s/80s disco playlist

  • @magicomerv

    @magicomerv

    5 жыл бұрын

    Harrison Ganner Vox should make one to go along with each video. It’ll be great!

  • @voorachter2733

    @voorachter2733

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just look for the GTA Vice City playlists and you'll have a great base to start from.

  • @FITTOO

    @FITTOO

    5 жыл бұрын

    Let’s make one on Spotify and everyone can contribute !!!!

  • @amir-lp2mx

    @amir-lp2mx

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@FITTOO honestly let's do that

  • @raoul649

    @raoul649

    5 жыл бұрын

    Made one open.spotify.com/user/12175828226/playlist/3QjrTVIHEGtqjuNhI5deJn?si=Z0CM2RbIQAqyCK1txLVd4w

  • @riinak7212
    @riinak72125 жыл бұрын

    "I Feel Love" is Summer at her best, her angelic voice surrounded by a totally electronic landscape and layers of harmony. The memories...

  • @Mohuh

    @Mohuh

    4 жыл бұрын

    my favourite artist, the queen of disco

  • @TheAnthraxBiology
    @TheAnthraxBiology5 жыл бұрын

    Without 12 inch singles we wouldn't have hip hop in its current form either. One of the best selling 12 inches of all time was The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. That changed hip hop forever.

  • @iMergeAndSee

    @iMergeAndSee

    5 жыл бұрын

    nahhh son, hip hop is Kool Herc and em other Djs rocked 12 and 45 but the culture that really made it has to be the instrumental tape versions you could then record with on a multitrac or cheap boom box that had the Mic in and dual tape deck

  • @TheAnthraxBiology

    @TheAnthraxBiology

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@iMergeAndSee I'm saying the song changed hip hop by introducing socially conscious lyrics into the fold.

  • @tdxownyou

    @tdxownyou

    5 жыл бұрын

    1.radio edit 2.album version 3.instrumental 4.a cappella

  • @banjoplayingbison2275

    @banjoplayingbison2275

    5 жыл бұрын

    The 12 inch version of Rapper’s Delight was the entire original one take recording

  • @firstnamelastname364

    @firstnamelastname364

    4 жыл бұрын

    We’d still have Hip Hop without 12 inches though. Just the songs would be shorter and DJs would have less vinyl room to work with. Lol.

  • @lkbergen
    @lkbergen5 жыл бұрын

    At the superstore that I worked at, and when Donna Summer passed away, the person in charge of the store's nation-wide instore radio played the extended version of "I Feel Love" 4 times to pay their respects. They then played "Dire Striaghts - Sultans of Swing", once, then played "I feel Love Another 3 times. They were given a very stern warning, and to keep to brand. Additionally, when they left their position 8 month later, they played Eagles - Hotel California, on repeat, from 6PM Until it was changed in the morning at 7:30AM. Most stores chose to plug in their (then) iPods. When I asked the boss what the story was about, he said, Working for the company was a bit like the Hotel California, "You can swipe out anytime, but you can never leave."

  • @RangKlos

    @RangKlos

    5 жыл бұрын

    You gotta love oral history like this. It's one of the best things KZread brings.

  • @firstnamelastname364

    @firstnamelastname364

    4 жыл бұрын

    TIL Donna Summer died. Relatively young too :/

  • @clingclanglarry3327
    @clingclanglarry33275 жыл бұрын

    " My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio. "

  • @MrNobbless

    @MrNobbless

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ay sick reference bro

  • @RefugeeKLicious

    @RefugeeKLicious

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lmao I busted out laughing at this reference

  • @MysteryMii

    @MysteryMii

    5 жыл бұрын

    One of the best tracks on that album! (Song is Giorgio by Moroder. Album is Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories (which, in my opinion, is the best album of the decade))

  • @pranavmanie1479

    @pranavmanie1479

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cue one of the best electronic tracks of all time!

  • @pattyc.4978

    @pattyc.4978

    4 жыл бұрын

    YASSSSSSSSS

  • @viviandarkbloom23
    @viviandarkbloom235 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for them to bring up Blue Monday: highest selling 12 inch single of all time 🎧 📀🎶🎵

  • @CAPOCAP

    @CAPOCAP

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same, after being exposed to the song from Joris Voorn in a NYC club, I have loved it ever since. Very influential song.

  • @iMergeAndSee

    @iMergeAndSee

    5 жыл бұрын

    really? well tell us..."How does it feel?" :D

  • @alex.thedeadite

    @alex.thedeadite

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hearing Blue Monday for the 1st time in this video made me realize that I'd heard it before. It's the sample used at the Darmok breakdown in The Picard Song by Dark Materia.

  • @FinalSentinel

    @FinalSentinel

    5 жыл бұрын

    I see a ship in the harbor.

  • @crusherbmx

    @crusherbmx

    5 жыл бұрын

    I got all excited when I found a copy in a thrift store in the 90's....my friend tried to burst my bubble with that fact, "cool, but It's the highest selling single of all time." True, but you never find it in a bargain bin....people don't give it away!

  • @juniorlks1
    @juniorlks14 жыл бұрын

    And now in the stream era, songs are getting shorter again. It has been increasing a lot the amount of 2/2 and a half minute songs on their top playlists. The choruses have moved to the very first few seconds, so it gets people's attention and the shorter length makes you want to listen to it again and again. Technology evolving and changing our lives on ways we barely notice.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    A clear sign of declining attention spans

  • @YourGuyWedge

    @YourGuyWedge

    Жыл бұрын

    @@danieldaniels7571 well in 63 the beatles had a song on there album that was only 1:50 ( and most of the rest hovered around 2 minutes) so who knows. All i know is these kids are ruining music!

  • @unknowna8056

    @unknowna8056

    11 ай бұрын

    And I always assumed it was because of TikTok songs were shorter but it's been a thing in the past too

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte71985 жыл бұрын

    Queen on the 45’s: I’m about to end this man’s whole career

  • @phishfuud9481

    @phishfuud9481

    5 жыл бұрын

    Napoleon I Bonaparte YESSSSS💀

  • @robertmatheus8004
    @robertmatheus80045 жыл бұрын

    I'm a music nerd, so I can't tell how much I appreciate these videos

  • @TheUnillustratedChaos

    @TheUnillustratedChaos

    4 жыл бұрын

    Do you know Adam Neely?

  • @Derpy1969

    @Derpy1969

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why can’t you tell?

  • @SuberProduction
    @SuberProduction5 жыл бұрын

    Video idea: How streaming made songs shorter & more repeteative

  • @LeonardoPimentel20

    @LeonardoPimentel20

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Now it's the rule to release as much short songs as possible in one single album (Lover for example)

  • @McFred1065

    @McFred1065

    4 жыл бұрын

    shower, repetitive and MORE annoying...

  • @johnsticford9862

    @johnsticford9862

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think streaming is amazing. If u are only hearing short repetitive songs your are listening to the wrong stuff

  • @exampaperplanes

    @exampaperplanes

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or how search engines shaped song titles

  • @luc4662

    @luc4662

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did it?

  • @zuko1569
    @zuko15695 жыл бұрын

    Now we use Spotify free version with unskippable 30 seconds ads.

  • @thenwordpass1809

    @thenwordpass1809

    5 жыл бұрын

    No

  • @whoompwhoomp3791

    @whoompwhoomp3791

    5 жыл бұрын

    Stop

  • @cedricjoshuapayne

    @cedricjoshuapayne

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lot's of people still buy vinyl.

  • @BennyBNYC

    @BennyBNYC

    5 жыл бұрын

    And Spotify and streaming has shortened the length of songs again because artist get paid per song not per minute. So instead of putting out long songs, without many short ones.

  • @istoleurfaceha3527

    @istoleurfaceha3527

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hey I just payed for like 2 months then didn’t have any money in my debit card Spotify had, so I haven’t payed for it in like 5 months and still use premium

  • @elianekeller8504
    @elianekeller85045 жыл бұрын

    *Agressively listens to Blue Monday for 12 hours straight*

  • @Winterharbourmusic

    @Winterharbourmusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @marianalerma5044

    @marianalerma5044

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yesss

  • @footballchannel7025
    @footballchannel70255 жыл бұрын

    So we put a click on the 24 track which was then synch to the moog modular I knew that it could be a sound of the future But I didn't realize how much impact it would be My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio

  • @leplanetesauvage

    @leplanetesauvage

    5 жыл бұрын

    *beat drops*

  • @Non-disjunction

    @Non-disjunction

    5 жыл бұрын

    Always goosebumps at the drop after :)

  • @Cwluc

    @Cwluc

    5 жыл бұрын

    I can honestly remember the moment when I first heard that track. I just kept driving. God that entire album. Perfect.

  • @ludwigfein8714

    @ludwigfein8714

    5 жыл бұрын

    Daft Punk

  • @SeazBreeze

    @SeazBreeze

    5 жыл бұрын

    This is my favourite quote of R.A.M

  • @wshark23
    @wshark235 жыл бұрын

    whoever does the graphics for shows needs a raise

  • @amysarg
    @amysarg5 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video. Great to see this presented in such a clear and concise way. The voice over work and animation is superb.

  • @hueleb1cho
    @hueleb1cho5 жыл бұрын

    BIG RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ME: - Heartbeat (Larry Levan Mix 12”) by Taana Gardner - Walking into Sunshine (Larry Levan Mix 12”) by Central Line - nearly anything by Evelyn “Champagne” King (I’m In Love, Shame, Love Come Down, Betcha She Don’t Love You) - The Glow of Love (LP Version) by Change - Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life by Indeep - Genius of Love (Long Version) by Tom Tom Club - Inside Out (12” Version) by Odyssey - Forget Me Nots (12” Version) by Patrice Rushen - You’re the One for Me by D Train - Walk on By (12”) by D Train - Somebody Else’s Guy (M&M Remix) by Jocelyn Brown I’ve got more, but can’t think of them right now. Enjoy!

  • @RaymondHng

    @RaymondHng

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Look Up" by Patrice Rushen

  • @calvinganza9448

    @calvinganza9448

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hung Up - Madonna

  • @andreshernandez3107

    @andreshernandez3107

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ring My Bell by Anita Ward

  • @MysteryMii

    @MysteryMii

    5 жыл бұрын

    The 11-minute remix of Get Lucky by Daft Punk that they done was issued as a 12-inch single (of which I own a copy of), so I’ll throw that as my recommendation. It’s basically an entirely different song from the original.

  • @iloathepeoplewhorestilltal2774

    @iloathepeoplewhorestilltal2774

    5 жыл бұрын

    From here to eternity by giorgo moroder

  • @frank1845
    @frank18455 жыл бұрын

    I really hope that disco can come back

  • @SPAZZOID100

    @SPAZZOID100

    5 жыл бұрын

    It never left.

  • @frank1845

    @frank1845

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SPAZZOID100 OOOOHHHHHH

  • @sleepynori8819

    @sleepynori8819

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have a feeling it will! These past 5 years the music industry has been dominated by 80s inspired tracks and ppl are slowly morphing their sound to be funky ! I think this change will be refreshing

  • @PHSDM104

    @PHSDM104

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@SPAZZOID100 You're absolutely right. It never left. It just evolved and got worked into different genres.

  • @LindiKalash

    @LindiKalash

    4 жыл бұрын

    FRANK Well Dua Lipa is kinda bringing it back with Future Nostalgia

  • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
    @lawrencedoliveiro91044 жыл бұрын

    8:10 Wondering when you were going to mention _Blue Monday_ ! Note it wasn’t a disco piece by any stretch, though it obviously would have had trouble existing if the 12” format wasn’t already popular. Also note that FM radio took full advantage of 12” singles as well, since they sounded so good, and hi-fi stereo radio could really show that off.

  • @Tazmanian_Ninja
    @Tazmanian_Ninja5 жыл бұрын

    Next video: "Why Streaming Made Pop Songs Shorter" (more plays)

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tazmanian Ninja also shorter attention spans

  • @MysteryMii

    @MysteryMii

    2 жыл бұрын

    (and TikTok)

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MysteryMii Songs not snippets of songs....

  • @davidb5205
    @davidb52055 жыл бұрын

    I'll never understand why Rock n Roll fans hated disco so much. Disco is the embodiment of positive vibes, fun, freedom, and dance.

  • @bltvd

    @bltvd

    5 жыл бұрын

    David Boucard they hated the black and gay people who listened to disco but pretended it was about the music!

  • @JamoboBorg

    @JamoboBorg

    5 жыл бұрын

    Disco is great, but at the time it was everywhere, anything can get old if there's a lot of it. It's the same reason the 80s were filled with melancholic Pop in the form of New-Wave and stuff like Depeche Mode and that left in the 90s for happier stuff again e.g. Spice Girls

  • @RaymondHng

    @RaymondHng

    5 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/c514u6mlg62_Yag.html

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bltvd Historians seem to agree with this according to an article I read some time ago. During "Disco Demolition" people were bringing records that were not Disco but music by black artists and when the doorman told them they could not get the special promotional admission discount, he was over ridden and told to allow them to still get the discount. Historians believe it was more about social issues as Disco had brought people from different walks of life and the whites felt excluded - probably felt that way because they didn't want to be associated with the crowd Disco created.

  • @Suite_annamite
    @Suite_annamite5 жыл бұрын

    I've been wondering about that: *disco songs could last over half-an-hour!* So much longer than those 50's and 60's 3-minute "doo-wops"!

  • @Meridian83West
    @Meridian83West5 жыл бұрын

    I remember finding out about extended singles when I first heard the Brothers Johnson's "Get The Funk Out Ma Face" on the radio. My best friend and I were both disappointed when he got the Brothers' LP and found it was only 2 and a half minutes long. That's when we found out we were hearing a special extended version only available to deejays. That was in 1976 just before Double Exposure's "Ten Percent" was released.

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember "Get The Funk Out Ma Face" and it was on a 45 with the entire long version of 6:01.

  • @TimTkachyk
    @TimTkachyk5 жыл бұрын

    12 inch singles really do sound amazing. I remember first hearing the difference when I began collecting vinyl. Night and day from 7” to 12”.

  • @HelgaCavoli
    @HelgaCavoli5 жыл бұрын

    In the 70’s the DJs really had to work, develop actual skills.

  • @Prof_Potato

    @Prof_Potato

    5 жыл бұрын

    For real. They were, and had to be ahead of the curve. Modern club/bar DJs are so badly behind the curve they play the same tired “top 40s” over and over. They wait to be told what’s “popular” and play that no matter how bad it is

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    Prof. Potato it’s hard to get a keep a DJ gig now if you’re actually creative

  • @dennis_johnson
    @dennis_johnson5 жыл бұрын

    Yess. No disco without Nile Rodgers though 🎸

  • @CodyAlushin

    @CodyAlushin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Damn right

  • @robinsss

    @robinsss

    5 жыл бұрын

    disco around quite a while before Nile...…………………………………………….sorry

  • @dennis_johnson

    @dennis_johnson

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@robinsss Nile and Bernard Edwards were inarguably major contributors to disco throughout the 70s ❤️.

  • @robinsss

    @robinsss

    5 жыл бұрын

    as far as I know it was only in the late 70's and that's a much different statement than there's no disco without Nile

  • @millennialfalcon8958

    @millennialfalcon8958

    4 жыл бұрын

    SPEAK ON IT!!!!!!

  • @Vox
    @Vox5 жыл бұрын

    Check out Estelle's Spotify disco playlist here! open.spotify.com/playlist/0kiccAoMr1744Ti2X0anMX.

  • @erronblack1
    @erronblack15 жыл бұрын

    "We can go do drugs. We could smoke a joint." Good man!:)

  • @Mochrie99
    @Mochrie994 жыл бұрын

    The introduction of the 12-inch Disco single was definitely one of the most defining moments of the 1970s. Thanks to mixers like Tom Moulton, the grand-daddy of them all. And they're still going strong to this day.

  • @theSPUDereHD
    @theSPUDereHD5 жыл бұрын

    This should be made into a longer documentary!! 👌🏻

  • @damedesuka77
    @damedesuka775 жыл бұрын

    Wait... So the origin of why most pop songs even today is around 3,5 minutes long is because of storage capacity limitation back in the day? Interesting...

  • @Bayareakid_

    @Bayareakid_

    5 жыл бұрын

    well mostly radio djs back in the day disliked songs that were over 3 min long

  • @Yetaxa

    @Yetaxa

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pop songs were typically under 3 minutes 3:30 was the upper limit Today, a large number of pop songs exceed 4 minutes Some hit 5 minutes Usually for no good reason

  • @RaymondHng

    @RaymondHng

    5 жыл бұрын

    Shorter songs means more commercial spots means more ad revenue.

  • @zibbybone

    @zibbybone

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@RaymondHng, exactly. And radio stations now edit longer songs down. I've heard a whole verse taken out of C, S & N's "Suite Judy Blue Eyes", the ARP 2600 sound effects taken out of Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein", a verse take out of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes", instrumental break in Duran Duran's "Hungry Like The Wolf" cut short. I'm sure there's others (maybe an Eagles song?), that I'm forgetting.

  • @RaymondHng

    @RaymondHng

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@zibbybone Editing out the introductory 33 seconds of "ooga chaka" from Blue Swede's "Hooked On A Feeling" earned two commercial spots for the radio station. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gKZ9j7d7eaWees4.html (full single version) At the time, I thought the removal was due to listeners feeling creeped out being assaulted by cannibalistic headhunters as backup singers. I remember a radio station shaved off eleven seconds consisting of two lines from the bridge of The Carpenter's "I Won't Last A Day Without You" kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4qXxLxmlq7Zh6g.html (full single version)

  • @tuomasgrannas3656
    @tuomasgrannas36565 жыл бұрын

    Earworm is the best series on this channel, it's so good!

  • @lopezzz.5996
    @lopezzz.59964 жыл бұрын

    Disco is one of the best genres ever!💘

  • @bicisnobombas
    @bicisnobombas5 жыл бұрын

    this is totally fascinating. Once again we see the symbiotic relationship between technological advances and artistic necessity.

  • @mmmfuhlendorf
    @mmmfuhlendorf5 жыл бұрын

    Earworm is a gem. The perfect example of how art and technology are historical processes that co-evolve. I LOVE it.

  • @IntergalacticSpaceKitten
    @IntergalacticSpaceKitten3 жыл бұрын

    Nicky Siano seems like such an awesome fun guy to chill with. I love his energy and humor. What a legend.

  • @akinmytua4680
    @akinmytua46805 жыл бұрын

    Love blue Monday:)

  • @christoph6824
    @christoph68245 жыл бұрын

    The "big discovery" was that you could use a 12 inch instead af a 7 1/2 for longer Songs?! Damn drugs ...

  • @that_one_reptile

    @that_one_reptile

    5 жыл бұрын

    Was waiting for someone to say that.

  • @robinsss

    @robinsss

    5 жыл бұрын

    more space between the part of the song you're playing and the part you're trying to get to making it easier to locate

  • @SPAZZOID100

    @SPAZZOID100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Christoph much better sonics

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    No drugs involved. Tom Moulton had run out of 7" blanks and so he used a 12" blank.

  • @S.E.C-R
    @S.E.C-R4 жыл бұрын

    Rappers Delight was my first 12” single and I still have it today!!

  • @victoriajavier7045
    @victoriajavier70455 жыл бұрын

    Damn woke up to this! Good morning!!

  • @THTSound
    @THTSound4 жыл бұрын

    I'm deeply amazed how everybody mention only Donna summer song from 77 (when they talk about electonic music pionners) and nobody mention the real deal - Gershon Kingsley - Popcorn (1969) Jean Michelle Jarre, Kraftwerk. .. etc. come on people. (I know you want to belive that everything is around America but is not true)

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    THTSound Vox isn’t exactly known for being thorough or factual

  • @almostvlue9364

    @almostvlue9364

    4 жыл бұрын

    T HIS, it's not that hard to find

  • @popuptoaster

    @popuptoaster

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's not the same thing at all, I Feel Love was a disco dance record that happened to be electronic and it started a revolution in the way that dance music was made. Much of the stuff that came before was experimental, or made a feature of being electronic music, it's fair to say it could not have existed without what went before or that it isn't inherently "better" but it changed the way the general public wanted dance music to sound, it hit a bigger audience and pioneered "popular" electronic dance music.

  • @originaluddite

    @originaluddite

    4 жыл бұрын

    I Feel Love sounds so different from other disco tracks of 1977, like Everybody Dance by Chic, which owes much more to its soul heritage. I guess the difference comes from Moroder who draws on that other tradition of till-then rather experimental electronic music and shifts it to the purpose of dancing.

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    I think they were talking about song-length vs a style.

  • @flashuser777
    @flashuser7775 жыл бұрын

    I have a 12” single of Headhunter by Front 242... I never understood why it was on full LP. Now I do!

  • @alperenerol1852
    @alperenerol18525 жыл бұрын

    4:00 that comprises the quality of audio Queen: hold my beer

  • @callmezagh3884

    @callmezagh3884

    5 жыл бұрын

    what did queen do?

  • @jonlivington9179

    @jonlivington9179

    5 жыл бұрын

    call me zagh I wanna know, too. I don’t have too much musical knowledge - someone please tell me

  • @alperenerol1852

    @alperenerol1852

    5 жыл бұрын

    They recorded bohemian rhapsody on a 7 inch disk

  • @KoenvMeijel

    @KoenvMeijel

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jonlivington9179 my best guess is how they released Bohemian Rhapsody, a 6-minute song, on a 7" record in 1975 and still hit number 1 for a couple of weeks

  • @chaowingchinghongfingshong3109

    @chaowingchinghongfingshong3109

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@antonlain6238 In comparison, it is

  • @markmadaras2508
    @markmadaras25085 жыл бұрын

    I love these. I’m so glad they brought it back for season two

  • @gregoriogucci
    @gregoriogucci5 жыл бұрын

    Hey Vox, you make really good videos, huge fan. Keep up the amazing work! Loved this segment on Disco music

  • @markcoycoyescueta6922
    @markcoycoyescueta69224 жыл бұрын

    I am a proud owner of 12” inch BLUE MONDAY vinyL.. Loveth

  • @johntylersounds
    @johntylersounds4 жыл бұрын

    here's a idea on the next video. "why pop songs today are now less than 2mins"

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    Johnny Llama streaming revenue and short attention spans

  • @apollozero

    @apollozero

    4 жыл бұрын

    And awful.

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    @@apollozero Speak for yourself...

  • @anchorbait6662
    @anchorbait66625 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome. Thanks soo much for making this video! You rock!

  • @dhpbear2
    @dhpbear24 жыл бұрын

    Another symptom of this phenomenon. Casey Kasem's 'American Top 40' countdown was lengthened from 3 to 4 hours around 1978.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    David Perkins that’s interesting. I have two sets of that show on the original airplay vinyl, one from ‘77 that’s 3 hours and one from ‘84 that’s 4. Never gave any thought as to why. I did notice some songs on it are greatly shortened.

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    @@danieldaniels7571 More commercial breaks perhaps?

  • @PopeSalty1
    @PopeSalty15 жыл бұрын

    Sadly, the era of the extended club play mix is starting to come to an end, and it isn't just the obsolescence of vinyl. DJ software has made beat-mixing so easy that 3 or so minutes is more than enough time to click on the next track and match the BPM. That, coupled with the impatience of the average clubber, is making extended mixes a thing of the past. It is even going the other way, with many remixers making "quick-hit" edits of tracks, many under 2:00 in length, that allow DJs to quickly and easily transition between tracks. As a result, the average length of even "exdtended" remixes often falls short of 5 minutes - assuming there's an extended mix at all.

  • @mitchwebb7745

    @mitchwebb7745

    5 жыл бұрын

    His Holiness Pope Salty I generalizing a bit much. Yes most DJs are lazy, but go see an underground minimal house show and tell me those mixes aren’t 10 min+

  • @PopeSalty1

    @PopeSalty1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Some are, yes. But when you're talking about having to go to an underground show to hear extended mixes, I think my overall point stands. Mainstream audiences have neither the attention span nor the open minds necessary to appreciate the art of the extended mix. It's a shame, but it's the way it is today.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    His Holiness Pope Salty I I hate when I’m at a club and DJ Snippet is playing the music.

  • @johndonaldson3619
    @johndonaldson36195 жыл бұрын

    Donna Summer - Packed the dancefloors, raised the bodyheat, rattles the glasses on the tables, left your ears ringing. By the time you walked off the dance floor you were drenched in sweat and felt giddy high...yeah, I WAS THERE!

  • @johndonaldson3619
    @johndonaldson36195 жыл бұрын

    My First 12inch buy was "Shame' By Evelyn 'Champagne King'...and I still play it today

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    You and me both!

  • @lostover50
    @lostover505 жыл бұрын

    I bought the Blue Monday 12 inch in 1984. I was 16. I wish I still had it. Love New Order.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    James there’s always hundreds of them for sale on Discogs starting at around $6

  • @leonyoungs463
    @leonyoungs4635 жыл бұрын

    Blue Monday ; one of the greatest songs ever on a 12 inch record

  • @majdnemkocka

    @majdnemkocka

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's one of the greatest songs ever, full stop.

  • @SPAZZOID100

    @SPAZZOID100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Leon Youngs mehhh

  • @ebinski3939
    @ebinski39394 жыл бұрын

    The audio and visual engineering in these videos are so amazing, editor does a fire job

  • @coldfito
    @coldfito5 жыл бұрын

    "I feel Love" & "blue monday"...non-stop infectious beats!...you cant help but dance

  • @Starcrash6984
    @Starcrash69845 жыл бұрын

    I _have_ heard it called a "45" in _Brim Full of Asha_ by Cornershop. That's the only reason I know that a record spins at 45 rpm.

  • @worrywirt

    @worrywirt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not all records ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @qwertyTRiG

    @qwertyTRiG

    5 жыл бұрын

    45rpm & 33rpm are the two most common formats.

  • @brianmiller1077

    @brianmiller1077

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@qwertyTRiG There was also 16 and 78 which we called cow speed and chipmunk speed.

  • @djmajiktuch82

    @djmajiktuch82

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also, there were certain 12" records that were at 45 rpm.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    juan's Dawon I even have albums that spin at 45. Divide by Ed Sheehan and the new one from Charli XCX both are 45rpm

  • @FloppyDisks233
    @FloppyDisks2335 жыл бұрын

    My name is Giovanni Giorgio but everybody calls me, Giorgio

  • @sachikoaichan

    @sachikoaichan

    5 жыл бұрын

    and now I have that whole album stuck in my head.

  • @matdob7677
    @matdob76775 жыл бұрын

    Estelle, your videos are always as fascinating. I was just listening to Blue Monday this morning and when I heard it featured here, I thought heck, good things never die.

  • @Spoggi99YT
    @Spoggi99YT5 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so incredibly well made, it amazes me every time. Keep up the great work, greetings from Germany!

  • @tomcreaven1
    @tomcreaven15 жыл бұрын

    Don't suppose there's a Spotify playlist for this video is there? I loved some of the ones made for older videos.

  • @swathywithay

    @swathywithay

    5 жыл бұрын

    YES PLEASE!

  • @OllyNewport

    @OllyNewport

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@swathywithay If you want to hear tracks from the New York disco underground (70-80s) I've compiled a playlist of commonly played songs from the club Paradise Garage open.spotify.com/user/ollynewport/playlist/4qGSISujH6kSZGP65lDLL4?si=KXeMdvFHT8Sc1_K0l0EBfQ

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nope. You’re supposed to go buy the 12” vinyl singles.

  • @mythirdchannel
    @mythirdchannel4 жыл бұрын

    I Love earworm :) I always learn something new! and the videos are so well written and edited

  • @buksveikas
    @buksveikas5 жыл бұрын

    I squeel in enjoyment every time a new Earworm video is available. THANKS VOX !

  • @sandrasanders706
    @sandrasanders7065 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this story! What a history of this..what a creative time!

  • @ImedEddineBenloucif
    @ImedEddineBenloucif5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you a lot you are one of best music journalists

  • @thewhitewolf58
    @thewhitewolf585 жыл бұрын

    1:22 wait so that huge thing could only hold 2 songs god damn the progress we have made

  • @baylinkdashyt
    @baylinkdashyt5 жыл бұрын

    So, you know what would be great? If you went back and redid this video and made sure that when you're counting off beats on screen, the downbeat ended up on the *one* instead of somewhere in the middle. :-)

  • @auralxtc
    @auralxtc5 жыл бұрын

    Love these videos. Excellently researched and beautifully produced. Thank you for making them!

  • @LeafseasonMagbag
    @LeafseasonMagbag5 жыл бұрын

    That Nick Slano guy looks and sounds exactly how I ever could have hoped he'd sound.

  • @joseaavellanet4322
    @joseaavellanet43224 жыл бұрын

    This should make a comeback, they should bring back dance music again. You cannot dance, to new music today is boring !

  • @PogieJoe
    @PogieJoe5 жыл бұрын

    I adore Earworm! I always come away learning so much. And the presentation and writing is spectacular.

  • @monkeylordofdoom14
    @monkeylordofdoom145 жыл бұрын

    Another awesome episode!! This is one of my favourite series on KZread by far!!

  • @BothHands1
    @BothHands15 жыл бұрын

    I freakin love Blue Monday

  • @5pctLowBattery
    @5pctLowBattery5 жыл бұрын

    Back when the billboard charts actually meant something. Now 🙄

  • @princegoatcheese9379

    @princegoatcheese9379

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Billboard charts just cataloged the most popular tracks at any given time. It hasn't really changed since.

  • @timschulz9563
    @timschulz95635 жыл бұрын

    I saw Moroder two weeks ago live in concert and it was just awesome!

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tim Schulz 74 is the new 24

  • @hkpfrostbite
    @hkpfrostbite5 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate these videos so much!! Thanks for your work!

  • @stefannikola
    @stefannikola5 жыл бұрын

    I think “45” meant that the record spun around 45 times in a minute, but I’m not sure.

  • @danieldaniels7571

    @danieldaniels7571

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep. Duh.

  • @APH1991
    @APH19914 жыл бұрын

    Every time I hear Donna Summer - I Feel Love, I have to remind myself that I'm not listening to Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger.

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    You have it backwards, hee hee.

  • @alex11cam11
    @alex11cam115 жыл бұрын

    Earworm is genuinely one of the greatest things on KZread, please never ever stop

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    This video was great. Besides being the editorial and subject was great as being a long time occasional disco DJ, learned new things from this.

  • @CashisKingtrucking
    @CashisKingtrucking5 жыл бұрын

    2:12 to bad he lost all his furniture when disc died

  • @that_pizza_drive6687
    @that_pizza_drive66875 жыл бұрын

    Pop Pop Pop. Goes the Music industry

  • @CrisBlyth
    @CrisBlyth5 жыл бұрын

    This is simply FANTASTIC !!!! I thought the 'Orch' sample piece was amazing, and this also had so much depth, WONDERFUL !!

  • @neppy6804
    @neppy68042 жыл бұрын

    so many amazing tracks I've uncovered from just this video uploaded three years ago

  • @mahendrasarsambe9394
    @mahendrasarsambe93945 жыл бұрын

    Vox has gone into premium category on youtube.. Can't download anymore. 😢😢

  • @nickgehr6916
    @nickgehr69165 жыл бұрын

    How did you still single with 12"?

  • @RangKlos

    @RangKlos

    5 жыл бұрын

    Living in Asia?

  • @djstarsign

    @djstarsign

    4 жыл бұрын

    What?

  • @shanettequao9043
    @shanettequao90435 жыл бұрын

    I love electronic music so this ear worm episode is my mojo. Thanks Vox!

  • @JaJaHerSelF
    @JaJaHerSelF5 жыл бұрын

    These Earworm videos are fantastic, thank you for the beautiful work you do in terms of research, structuring the video, voiceover, animation and everything else that goes into it that us viewers don't even notice.

  • @djdigital3806
    @djdigital38065 жыл бұрын

    The DJ is the industry. To this day the 12 inch is my favorite. It gives my time to smoke my weed between the mix.

  • @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    @istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398

    Жыл бұрын

    Play one of DJDiscoCat's hour long remix of Stayin Alive on KZread.

  • @akiuehi
    @akiuehi5 жыл бұрын

    what are the Queen 45's references about? am I missing something?

  • @MysteryMii

    @MysteryMii

    5 жыл бұрын

    BR was 6 minutes long and was released as an A-side on a 7” record.

  • @akiuehi

    @akiuehi

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@MysteryMii Thank you :)

  • @johnsanvictores6639
    @johnsanvictores66395 жыл бұрын

    Earworm is my favorite series on Vox. Really enjoy the work you put out

  • @simonklein6588
    @simonklein65885 жыл бұрын

    The editing in this video is sooooo amazing

  • @RetsamX
    @RetsamX5 жыл бұрын

    Blue Monday

  • @omeyehead7436
    @omeyehead74365 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm sounds like someone was listening to kraftwerk before they cut Donna's album.

  • @gabrielazki

    @gabrielazki

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just because Kraftwerk made electronic music doesn't mean they made electronic dance music. They are different things.

  • @maggie.online

    @maggie.online

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or maybe Telex? Or a bunch more

  • @suzaynnschick158
    @suzaynnschick1584 жыл бұрын

    You helped me, finally understand what was going on with 12 inch singles! Thank you!!!!!!

  • @girlinterrupted9792
    @girlinterrupted97925 жыл бұрын

    I always wondered why 50's/60's songs were so short. Welp, one more mystery solved; thanks Vox👍🏽 ETA: *LOVE* this series, by the way!