I Love the Nightlife

"I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" is a popular disco song recorded by Alicia Bridges in 1978. It went to number five on the Billboard charts, and also achieved success in Europe.

The song was co-written by Bridges and Susan Hutcheson in 1977 for Bill Lowery, founder of Southern Music. [More information about Alica Bridges and her subsequent releases of various remixes of this song and others can be found on the "Alicia Bridges" page.]

In popular culture

*In "The Simpsons" episode "Homer's Phobia", Homer dances to the song. In another episode, "I'm with Cupid", Apu taught a parrot to sing "I Love the Nightlife" with clever new lyrics to Manjula. Marge was impressed although she hates the song; Homer admits that he hates it as well. It was also featured in the episode "A Milhouse Divided", with Luann Van Houten humming it while burning Kirk's storage boxes.
*In the 1979 horror-comedy film "Love At First Bite", the vampire Dracula and his would-be bride dance to the song in a disco; however, as of 2007, the current DVD release of the movie features a different song in the relevant scene.
* It was re-recorded by Latin singer La India as a track on the soundtrack for the film "The Last Days of Disco".
* In the Steve Martin movie Sgt. Bilko, the Colonel sings this song while tending his garden.
* In the Jeopardy! round of the May 29, 2006 episode of Jeopardy!, the last two categories were I LOVE THE NIGHTLIFE (about cities at night) and I GOT TO BOOGIE (about famous escapees).
* The members of the MTV Jackass crew danced to this song along with the audience members during their MTV 24-Hour take over.
* In "The Fairly OddParents" episode "Land Before Timmy", Timmy says while he's asleep, "I like the nightlife, I gotta boogie".
* The Countdown Singers covered the song in the late-90's.
*In 1994 the song gained renewed interest after being featured in the film "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". The song was also re-released on the Australian charts, where it was a modest success. Because of its association with the film, the song is closely linked with gay culture.
* Alicia Bridges has released "Say It Sister 2007" featuring her original version of "I Love The Nightlife".
* Alicia Bridges has released a remastered and remixed version of "I Love The Nightlife" under her label Alicia Bridges Music.

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