The Best Disco Album in the World is a European compilation album released by WEA Records in 1979 comprising many recent disco-orientated hits. In the UK, the album was released in June and charted the following month, reaching 1 in the albums chart for six consecutive weeks. It was the longest-running No. 1 album of the year and was certified platinum by the BPI. In other parts of Europe, the track listing was altered.
UK track listing Side one "Le Freak"Chic (Edwards, Rodgers) "Knock on Wood"Amii Stewart (Floyd, Cropper) "One Way Ticket"Eruption (Hunter, Keller) "Painter Man"Boney M (Phillips, Pickett) "I'm Every Woman"Chaka Khan (Ashford, Simpson) "One Nation Under a Groove"Funkadelic (Shider, Clinton, Morrison) "He's the Greatest Dancer"Sister Sledge (Edwards, Rodgers) "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"Rose Royce (Gregory) Side two "We Are Family"Sister Sledge (Edwards, Rodgers) "I Want Your Love"Chic (Edwards. Rodgers) "I Can't Stand the Rain"Eruption (Peebles, Miller, Bryant) "Fire"The Pointer Sisters (Springsteen) "Wishing on a Star"Rose Royce (Calvin) "Young Hearts Run Free"Candi Staton (Crawford) "Weekend"Mick Jackson (Jackson, Mayer) "You Really Touched My Heart"Amii Stewart (Leng, May) "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday"Boney M (Farian, Jay)
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