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"Death Disco" Single by Public Image Ltd from the album Metal Box A-side 7" - "Death Disco"
12" - "½ Mix"B-side 7" - "No Birds Do Sing"
12" - "Megga Mix"Released July 1979 (UK) Format 7" & 12" vinyl Genre Post-punk Length 4:11 Label Virgin VS-274 Producer Public Image Ltd. Public Image Ltd singles chronology "Public Image"
(1978)"Death Disco"
(1979)"Memories"
(1979)"Death Disco" is a song by Public Image Ltd. The record was released in both 7" and 12" single formats with a "1/2 mix" of the song and "Megga mix" (an instrumental re-recording of "Fodderstompf" from First Issue) on the 12" version. It reached number twenty on the UK Singles Chart.
The song was released in an alternate version as "Swan Lake" on the group's second album, Metal Box, with slight changes at the end. The title change reflects the quote from Tchaikovsky's score that surfaces in Keith Levene's guitar part.
"Death Disco" was also included on the 1983 album Live in Tokyo.
In his autobiography, Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, Lydon stated that the song was written for his mother, who had died of cancer not long before.
Public Image Ltd John Lydon • Lu Edmonds • Bruce Smith • Scott Firth
Keith Levene • Jah Wobble • Jim Walker • Vivian Jackson • David Humphrey • Richard Dudanski • Karl Burns • Martin Atkins • Steve New • Ken Lockie • Pete Jones • John McGeoch • Allan DiasStudio albums First Issue · Metal Box · The Flowers of Romance · This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get · Album · Happy? · 9 · That What Is NotCompilations Commercial Zone · The Greatest Hits, So Far · Box · Plastic Box · Public Image/Second EditionLive albums Paris au Printemps · Live in Tokyo · AliFESingles Public Image · Death Disco · Memories · Flowers of Romance · This Is Not A Love Song · Bad Life · Rise · Home · Seattle · The Body · Disappointed · Warrior · Don't Ask Me · Cruel · Acid DropsRelated articles Sex Pistols · The Clash · The Damage Manual · Cowboys International · The Flowers of Romance · Jeannette Lee · Members of Public Image Ltd.Categories:- 1979 singles
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