I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round) – Alicia Bridges | Top 40 Chart Performance, Story and Song Meaning

Chart Performance: Pop (#5), R&B (#31) and Dance (#2); 1978

Story Behind The Song By Ed Osborne

Although Alicia Bridges released one of the disco era’s signature tracks, not much is known about her pre-dance days. Reportedly her earlier association with dance – of sorts – involved fronting a heavy rock band called Zachary Bridge that backed up strippers (who, one presumes, danced) at burlesque houses.

Alicia appeared on the national scene in July of 1978 when a tune she’d co-written, I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round), debuted on the Hot 100. From there it began an agonizingly slow climb upwards, peaking at #5 at Christmas time.

The club deejays, too, were slow getting on the Bridges bandwagon, not doing so until mid-September, after which they spun Nightlife to #2 on the dance chart. For her efforts, Alicia received a nomination for the Best R&B Vocal Performance – Female, but lost to Donna Summer and Last Dance.

Alicia and Nightlife returned in 1994 for a command performance on the soundtrack from The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert.

This content and all Song Meaning articles were created and written by Top 40 Contributing Editor Ed Osborne. © 2024 Ed Osborne. All Rights Reserved. In addition to these song meaning articles, Ed has written our “Year in Music 1960s-1990s” articles.

Produced by:

• Steve Buckingham

Lyrics Written by:

• Alicia Bridges
• Susan Hutcheson

Awards:

• “I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round)” was nominated for the 21st Annual Grammy Awards in 1979 for Best R&B Vocal Performance