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. It charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record to-date. 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. Disco Deewane went on to sell 14 million units worldwide.
| 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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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. 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,[citation needed] 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.
Contents
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 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
- Arshad Mehmood
- Biddu
- Zoheb Hassan
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.
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