DISCO NEVER DIED [Spoken Intro] Ladies and gentlemen... Please keep your sequins, platform shoes and questionable dance moves inside the venue at all times... The groove is now boarding... The glitter is permanent... The rhythm is unavoidable... And if you hear a bassline calling your name... Don't fight it. [Verse 1] A mirrorball discovered it could turn the night to gold, A bassline found a heartbeat and a story to be told, Platform shoes and polyester making promises so bold, Nobody knew tomorrow but they danced like they controlled it, Strangers became family underneath the flashing light, Every little worry checked itself out for the night, One rhythm, one feeling, one beautiful disguise, The world got a little brighter through a thousand dancing eyes. [Pre-Chorus] Round and round the planet spun, But the groove was only just begun, Oh-oh... Can you feel it? Yeah-yeah... Can you feel it? [Chorus] Disco never died, It just slipped into disguise, Trading satin for the future Underneath a thousand lights, Every generation thinks It found a brand-new sky, Then the mirrorball starts laughing... Disco never died. Hey! Hey! Shake, shine, spin around, Love goes up when the beat comes down, Hey! Hey! Hands up high, let the whole world know, We're still living in the disco glow. [Verse 2] The roller rinks kept rolling and the rooftops touched the stars, The city wore its neon like a collection of battle scars, The fashions came and wandered off then came right back once more, Like old friends at a reunion knocking on the same front door, A clap, a cheer, a cheeky grin, A shoulder moving time, The world outside could disagree, But everybody moved in line, Ooh... One more song, Ahh... All night long. [DISCO CLAP SOLO] (Music Drops Out Completely) [Clapping] Crowd: "Hey!" [Clapping] Female: "Come on..." Crowd: "Hey!" Female: "Everybody got a rhythm..." Crowd: "Hey!" Female: "Everybody got a heartbeat..." Crowd: "Hey!" Female: "Everybody got a reason..." Crowd: "Hey!" Female: "To dance tonight..." Crowd: "HEY!" (Bass Returns) [Disco Rap] History lesson but nobody studied, New shoes, same groove, everybody loves it, Hair went higher, trousers got wider, Dancefloor preacher with a rhythm provider, New decade, new sign hanging outside, Same four beats keeping everybody alive, Fashion left and fashion came, The groove just changed its middle name. [Verse 3] They held a funeral for the groove and everybody came, Spoke about the good old days and whispered its name, But halfway through the eulogy a bassline filled the room, A shoulder moved, a foot approved and suddenly there was movement, The lights came on, the crowd joined in, the speakers found their voice, And every soul in attendance accidentally made a choice, Turns out you can't bury rhythm, Turns out you can't hide sound, Because every time it disappears, It simply circles round. [Bridge] They changed the labels on the boxes, Changed the colours on the sign, Changed the names and changed the fashions, But not that state of mind, The future borrowed from the past, The past stepped back and smiled, And somewhere in the distance, A mirrorball winked like a child. [Final Chorus] Disco never died, It just slipped into disguise, Trading satin for the future Underneath a thousand lights, Every generation thinks It found a brand-new sky, Then the mirrorball starts laughing... Disco never died. Hey! Hey! Shake, shine, spin around, Love goes up when the beat comes down, Hey! Hey! Hands up high, let the whole world know, We're still living in the disco glow. [Outro Spoken] The clothes got smaller... Then bigger... Then smaller again... The hair got higher... Then disappeared completely... The names kept changing... But the dancefloor? The dancefloor remembered everything. [Final Chant] Disco never died! Disco never died! Shake, shine, spin around, Love goes up when the beat comes down. Disco never died! Goodnight, glitterball... See you tomorrow.
