Disco Lies

"Disco Lies"
Single by Moby featuring Shayna Steele
from the album Last Night
Released	January 21, 2008 (U.S.) September 15, 2008 (UK)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Nu-disco, pop, electronica
Length	3:23
Label	Mute
Producer	Moby
Moby featuring Shayna Steele singles chronology
"Alice" (2008) "Disco Lies" (2008) "I Love to Move in Here" (2008)

"Disco Lies" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released in Europe as the first single from his 2008 album Last Night, and well as the UK as a remix version by the Freemasons. The song was released as a single onto the US iTunes store on January 21, 2008. The song was featured in the 2008 horror film Cloverfield during a dance party scene at the protagonist's apartment.^{[citation needed]} The female vocals are provided by Shayna Steele.^[1]

Music video

The music video for the song premiered on February 14, 2008. The video follows the story of a baby chick who at a young age escapes from a chicken farm, witnessing the slaughtering of his friends and kin. The video then shows ten years later when the chicken has grown up and is out for vengeance for the killing of his friends. Dressed as a pimp, the chicken enters into an "MFC" fast food restaurant (a reference to KFC) and seeks out the owner of the franchise, a man dressed in white with a beard and cowboy hat (a clear reference to KFC's Colonel Sanders). After disposing of the owner's two bodyguards, the chicken chases the owner until he eventually corners him in the slaughterhouse where his friends were killed and beheads the owner with the same knife used to kill his kin. The video is likely the product of Moby's veganism and strong animal rights activism, as it makes a strong statement against the meat industry.

There are two versions of the video, one censored and the other uncensored. Firstly, the chicken slaughter scene is cut in the censored version. Secondly, in the scene where the chicken finally kills the Colonel, his death is indicated by the blood splattering over the MFC's poster in the uncensored version. The censored version just shows the poster. Finally, at the last scene, the colonel's leg meat is on the dish is shown in the uncensored, whilst the colonel's hand meat in the bucket (as if it was part of the fried chicken) is shown for the censored video.

Track listing

CD Mute 387

1. "Disco Lies" – 3:23
2. "Clef" – 3:34

LCD Mute 387

1. "Disco Lies" – 3:23
2. "Clef" – 3:34
3. "Disco Lies (Spencer & Hill Remix)" – 6:13
4. "Disco Lies (Eddie Thoneick Dynamik Dub!)" – 6:35
5. "Disco Lies (Diskokaine Fried Chicken Remix)" – 5:59
6. "Disco Lies (Jacques Renault Remix)" – 6:34
7. "Disco Lies (The Dusty Kid's Fears Remix)" – 9:04
8. "Disco Lies (Video: Censored Version)" – 3:26

PCD Mute 387 (club promo)

1. "Disco Lies (Spencer & Hill Remix)"
2. "Disco Lies (Eddie Thoneick Vocal)"
3. "Disco Lies (Eddie Thoneick Dub)"
4. "Disco Lies (Jacques Renault Remix)"
5. "Disco Lies (Spencer & Hill Radio Edit)"
6. "Disco Lies (Diskokaine Lied Mix)"
7. "Disco Lies (Diskokaine Old Rave)"
8. "Disco Lies (Diskokaine Fried Chicken Mix)"
9. "Disco Lies (Dusty Wild Fear Remix)"

CDMUTE407

1. "Disco Lies (Freemasons Edit)"
2. "Disco Lies (Spencer & Hill Radio Edit)"

12MUTE407

A1. "Disco Lies (Freemasons Club Mix)" A2. "Disco Lies (Eddie Thoneick Dynamik Dub!)" B1. "Disco Lies (Spencer & Hill Remix)" B2. "Disco Lies (The Dusty Kid's Fears Remix)"

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	21
Belgian Flanders Singles Chart	4
Belgian Walonia Singles Chart	15
Canadian Hot 100	46
German Singles Chart	8
Italian FIMI Singles Chart	25
Romanian Singles Chart[2][dead link]	16
Swedish Singles Chart	53
Swiss Singles Chart	10
Turkey Top 20 Chart[3][dead link]	17
UK Singles Chart	140
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Rank
German Singles Chart[4][dead link]	59

References

1. ^ Sebastian Huhn (17 March 2008). "MOBY - Disco Lies". reflectionsofdarkness.com. http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3042&Itemid=42. Retrieved 21 September 2011. 
2. ^ Romanian Top 100^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Turkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved on 2008-05-24^{[dead link]}
4. ^ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Jahrescharts2008^{[dead link]}

External links

• "Disco Lies" official music video on YouTube

Preceded by "Leavin'" by Jesse McCartney

U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single June 21, 2008

Succeeded by "Same Ol' Story" by Cyndi Lauper

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