"All Night Disco Party" is a song by Brakes

Brakes (band)

Brakes is a four member band from Brighton, England. The group formed in 2003. It consists of Eamon Hamilton , Thomas White , Marc Beatty , and Alex White .-Biography:Brakes formed in 2003, when Thomas White and Alex White of The Electric Soft Parade saw Eamon Hamilton perform...

. It was the band's second single and the first to be released on Rough Trade Records

Rough Trade Records

Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...

 as opposed to its spin-off label Tugboat. The song showed Brakes progress from being a side project to a serious proposition as it picked up airplay, especially with the support of Steve Lamacq

Steve Lamacq

Steve Lamacq , sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo or "The Cat" is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.-Early career:He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire...

 and BBC Radio 6 Music. The song itself is a simple punk

Punk rock

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-funk

Funk

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 piece with Eamon Hamilton

Eamon Hamilton

Eamon Hamilton is frontman of Brakes and formerly played keyboards for British Sea Power.-Biography:Eamon Peter Hamilton is the singer and songwriter for the band Brakes, born on 19 April 1974 in Stewart, BC, Canada and raised in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK.Hamilton moved to Brighton in 2000 and in...

's typically bizarre lyrics on "croque-monsieurs" and "croque-madames". The single was backed with two simple acoustic songs, "Tabitha" and "Lil' Booba Freya". There was also a demo version of album track "NY Pie" entitled "NY Basement Pie" featuring Eamon backed with slightly off-kilter drumming from British Sea Power

British Sea Power

British Sea Power are an indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band members originally come from Kendal in Cumbria. Critics have likened their sound to a variety of groups, from The Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire. The band are famed for their live...

's bassist Hamilton

Hamilton (musician)

Neil Hamilton Wilkinson is the bassist and second vocalist in British Sea Power.Earlier in the band's career, he was the secondary songwriter, his brother Yan writing the majority of the tracks for their first two albums...

. The animated video, directed by Dylan White, featured the band playing in the Antarctic as ice shelves melted and penguins became entranced by their sound.

A remixed version was released in 2006.

Tracklisting

All tracks by Brakes.

• CD (RTRADSCD241)
  1. "All Night Disco Party" - 2:43
  2. "Lil' Booba Freya" - 1:23
  3. "N.Y. Basement Pie" - 2:03

• 7" vinyl (RTRADS241)
  1. "All Night Disco Party (Brakes) - 2:43
  2. "Tabitha" (Brakes) - 1:52

• Remix CD (RTRADSCD339)
  1. "All Night Disco Party" (Graham Sutton mix)
  2. "All Night Disco Party" (Kahuna Mix)
  3. "Porcupine or Pineapple"

• Remix 7" vinyl (RTRADS339)
  1. "All Night Disco Party" (Graham Sutton mix)
  2. "All Night Disco Party" (Matthew Herbert remix)