Le Disko
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"Le Disko" is the first single by rock group Shiny Toy Guns
from their album We Are Pilots
. This single peaked at #26 on the Modern Rock Tracks
chart, and peaked at #14 on the Billboard
Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts. It peaked #114 on the U.S. Hot 100
chart and #42 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart.
Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns is an American indie rock band that formed in 2002 in Los Angeles, California. They released their first studio album We Are Pilots in 2006, after recording it two previous times. It featured three singles that peaked inside the top 30 in the Alternative Songs Chart. We Are Pilots...
from their album We Are Pilots
We Are Pilots
We Are Pilots is the major label debut album by Los Angeles-based band Shiny Toy Guns. It was released on October 17, 2006 by Universal Motown and is the third release by the band following two independently released versions of the album also titled We Are Pilots...
. This single peaked at #26 on the Modern Rock Tracks
Modern Rock Tracks
Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...
chart, and peaked at #14 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts. It peaked #114 on the U.S. Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart and #42 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart.
Official versions
- Version 1
- Version 2
- Version 3
- Radio Edit
- Tommie SunshineTommie SunshineTommie Sunshine is a record producer, remixer, DJ and songwriter of electronic music from Chicago currently living in Brooklyn, New York. He is perhaps best known for creating dance remixes to popular rock and alternative songs, by artists such as Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, Good Charlotte,...
Demo Mix - Tommie Sunshine Remix
- Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire and Brimstone Remix
- Dirt Empire Mix
- Mark SaundersMark SaundersMark Saunders, is a British record producer who has worked on a number of albums. He relocated to New York City in 1996 and currently works from his facility in Manhattan - Beat360 Studios....
Mix - Ferry CorstenFerry CorstenFerry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...
Remix - Boys NoizeBoys NoizeBoys Noize is the stage name of Alexander Ridha, a German electronic music producer and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005...
Vocal Mix - Boys Noize Fire Dub
- Disco DDisco DDavid Aaron Shayman, better known by his stage name Disco D , was an American record producer and composer. He started as a teenage DJ in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he helped DJ Godfather popularize the Detroit electronic music called "Ghettotech"...
Dirty Mix - La Dolce Vita Remix
Music video
There are three music videos for "Le Disko":- The first involves the band performing in a desert-like area while soldiers run around and mimic children, showing that they are "little boys" with "little toys." It uses the version of "Le Disko" found on We Are Pilots version 1.
- The second is filmed on a green screen. It involves Carah dancing and romancing the men of the band, only to strangle them to death. It uses the version of "Le Disko" found on We Are Pilots version 1.
- The third is the official version. It involves the band playing in a club. A woman goes in and is seduced by the other women; however eventually the women turn into monsters and murder the men. It uses the version of "Le Disko" found on We Are Pilots.
Charts
| Chart (2006-2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs... |
26 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
14 |
Usage in other media
- It was featured on the British programme Waterloo Road.
- "Le Disko" was featured on an episode of The Real World: SydneyThe Real World: SydneyThe Real World: Sydney is the nineteenth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras document their lives and interpersonal relationships...
, in the soundtrack of the video game Burnout Dominator, on an episode of So You Think You Can DanceSo You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
in Lacey SchwimmerLacey SchwimmerLacey-Mae Schwimmer is an American competitive ballroom dancer, singer, and the winner of multiple youth championships. She is best known as the fourth place finalist of the third season of So You Think You Can Dance...
's solo, in episode 2 season 4 "Livin La Vida Loca" of The L WordThe L WordThe L Word is an American co-production television drama series originally shown on Showtime portraying the lives of a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and their friends, family and lovers in the trendy Greater Los Angeles, California city of West Hollywood...
, in episode "Things I Forgot at Birth" of One Tree HillOne Tree Hill (TV series)One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
, and on the soundtrack for the snowboard film People by MDP. It is also included in Logic Pro 8 as an entire session file. - "Le Disko" was also used as lead song on an America's Next Top ModelAmerica's Next Top ModelAmerica's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....
cycle 8 commercial, in a commercial for the new season of Dancing with the StarsDancing with the StarsDancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
, in an advertisement for the Asia Extreme series on the Sundance Channel, a commercial in Australia for the Honda CR-VHonda CR-VThe Honda CR-V is a compact suv, now called crossover, manufactured since 1995 by Honda. It was loosely derived from the Honda Civic to satisfy a public demand for a sport-utility vehicle from Honda. There are discrepancies as to what "CR-V" stands for, with Honda sources in different markets...
, and a commercial for the Motorola RAZR2Motorola RAZR2The Motorola RAZR2 is a series of clamshell/flip mobile phones from Motorola, and is one of the series in the 4LTR line. It is the successor to the popular RAZR series....
. - The song was used in a trailer for the 2009 film Sorority RowSorority RowSorority Row is a 2009 American slasher film, and a re-imagining of the 1983 slasher film The House on Sorority Row. It was directed by Stewart Hendler, written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger, and stars Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Margo Harshman, Audrina Patridge,...
. - "Le Disko" is also heavily sampled on the song "& Down" by German electronic producer Boys NoizeBoys NoizeBoys Noize is the stage name of Alexander Ridha, a German electronic music producer and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005...
.