Disco and karaoke were made for each other. The songs are built for voices, the groove takes over before the first chorus, and nobody in a private room has to pretend they don’t love Dancing Queen.
Every song below is in our karaoke rooms at The Old School Yard, London Bridge.
The Disco Karaoke Essentials
ABBA — Dancing Queen / Mamma Mia / Waterloo / Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! / The Winner Takes It All / Super Trouper / SOS / Fernando / Voulez-Vous / Take a Chance on Me
ABBA is the greatest karaoke catalogue in disco. Dancing Queen is non-negotiable. The Winner Takes It All for the emotional peak. Waterloo for pure camp energy. You could fill an entire session with nothing but ABBA and no one would complain.
Bee Gees — Stayin’ Alive / Night Fever / How Deep Is Your Love / More Than a Woman / Jive Talkin’
Stayin’ Alive is one of the most recognisable openings in music. Night Fever once the room is warm. How Deep Is Your Love for the slower, more intimate moment. The falsetto is the challenge — and the whole point.
Gloria Gaynor — I Will Survive
The most powerful three minutes in karaoke. I Will Survive is more than a disco song — it’s an event. Every group finds someone who needs this one.
Donna Summer — Hot Stuff / Last Dance / I Feel Love / Bad Girls
Hot Stuff from the first beat. I Feel Love for the hypnotic repetition that takes over the room.
Village People — Y.M.C.A.
It is absolutely, completely impossible to sing Y.M.C.A. in a karaoke room without the actions. This is not optional.
70s Dancefloor Classics
The songs that built the genre:
Chic — Le Freak, Good Times
Sister Sledge — We Are Family, He’s the Greatest Dancer
KC and the Sunshine Band — Get Down Tonight, That’s the Way (I Like It), Shake Your Booty
Earth, Wind & Fire — September, Boogie Wonderland, Let’s Groove, Fantasy
Kool & the Gang — Celebration, Ladies Night, Get Down on It, Jungle Boogie
Boney M — Rasputin, Rivers of Babylon, Daddy Cool, Ma Baker (Rasputin rewards full theatrical performance)
The Jacksons — Blame It on the Boogie, Can You Feel It
Michael Jackson — Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, Rock with You, Off the Wall
Diana Ross — I’m Coming Out, Upside Down, Chain Reaction
Rick James — Super Freak
The Trampps — Disco Inferno
Wild Cherry — Play That Funky Music
Chaka Khan — I’m Every Woman, Ain’t Nobody
The Pointer Sisters — I’m So Excited, Jump
Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free
The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men
Neo-Disco & Modern Dancefloor
Disco never died — it just changed outfits:
Daft Punk — Get Lucky, One More Time, Around the World
Jamiroquai — Virtual Insanity, Canned Heat, Cosmic Girl
Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk (one of the most reliably excellent karaoke openers)
Bruno Mars — 24K Magic, Treasure, Finesse
Dua Lipa — Don’t Start Now, Levitating, Physical
Kylie Minogue — Can’t Get You Out of My Head, Spinning Around, Love at First Sight
Steps — Tragedy, 5, 6, 7, 8, Chain Reaction
Blondie — Heart of Glass
Disco Karaoke Tips
Dancing Queen goes first or last. It’s a statement song — either it opens the disco section with intent, or it closes the session as the final anthem. Both work perfectly.
Rasputin is a performance. The verses require you to commit to the story. Boney M’s delivery is theatrical by design. The room will be watching and judging in the best possible way.
YMCA: the actions are mandatory. You know this. The room knows this. Don’t fight it.
Earth, Wind & Fire September. Do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do. You already know every word. Everyone does.
I Will Survive is not ironic. It’s one of the most genuinely moving karaoke songs in existence. Commit to it.
Book Your Disco Night
All these songs are loaded and ready in our private karaoke rooms at London Bridge. Groups of 6 to 20, no room hire fee.
See also: 70s & 80s Karaoke → | Hen Party Songs → | Most Popular Karaoke Songs → | Full Song List →
The Old School Yard | 111 Long Lane, London Bridge, SE1 4PH