Disco Deewane
{{Infobox album
| name = Disco Deewane
| label = His Master's Voice
| producer = Biddu
| prev_title =
| type = studio
| artist = Nazia Hassan
| cover = Disco-Deewane.jpg
| border = yes
| alt = The cover features Nazia Hassan holding a microphone.
| released = {{start date|1981|4|3}}
| studio = His Master's Voice Calcutta
| genre = {{hlist|Pakistani pop|disco}}
| length =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Star/Boom Boom
| next_year = 1982
}}
Disco Deewane ({{langx|ur|{{nq|ڈسکو دیوانے}}}}) is a 1981 Pakistani pop album released by the Pakistani singing duo, Nazia and Zoheb, comprising Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan, sister and brother respectively.The Herald, Volume 38, Issues 7-9, 2007: "It would not be amiss to say that music was never the same again after "Aap Jaisa Koi..." Over the next several years Nazia and Zoheb continued to rock not just the Pakistani but also the Indian disco scene. Disco Deewane that broke sales records across the subcontinent was followed by four more albums - Boom Boom, Young Tarang, Hotline and Camera Camera - released between 1982 and 1992. They were also pioneering enough to release videos of their tracks — another first." The music was composed by Indian-British music director Biddu,{{cite web |title=Nazia Hassan, Biddu - Disco Deewane |url=https://www.discogs.com/Nazia-Hassan-Biddu-Disco-Deewane/release/10481598 |website=Discogs |access-date=8 January 2019}} and Zoheb Hassan, who also produced it under the label of His Master's Voice.
The album charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record to date.{{cite book|title=Global Bollywood: travels of Hindi song and dance|author=Sangita Gopal & Sujata Moorti|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-8166-4579-4|pages=98–9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19JBf6oDOy0C&pg=PA99|access-date=2011-06-07}} The debut album led Nazia Hasan to overnight fame. It changed trends in music across South Asia, where it broke sales records. In India, it sold 100,000 records within a day of its release in Mumbai alone, went Platinum within three weeks,{{cite book|title=Asiaweek, Volume 7|year=1981|publisher=Asiaweek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=33UMAQAAMAAJ|access-date=24 June 2011|page=39}}{{cite magazine|title=Nazia-Biddu Team - 'Disco Deewane': Hit In Hindu|magazine=Billboard|date=18 July 1981|volume=93|issue=28|page=70|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT69|access-date=2011-06-24}} and went Double-Platinum soon after.{{cite journal |title=India Today |journal=India Today |date=1982 |volume=7 |issue=13–16 |page=lvii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKiVAAAAIAAJ |publisher=Thomson Living Media India Limited |quote=More importantly, Nazia Hasan's Disco Deewane last year broke the popular industry myth that only film sound-tracks sell when sales of the non-film record shot past four lakh to make a double platinum.}}
In South Asia, where the music industry was previously dominated by filmi Bollywood soundtracks, Disco Deewaane was the first non-soundtrack album to become a major success across the region, paving the way for the emergence of independent Pakistani and Indian pop music scenes. It was also the first South Asian pop album to top the charts in Brazil, while also becoming a hit in Russia, South Africa, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Latin America, and a success among the South Asian diaspora in regions such as Canada, the United Kingdom, United States, and West Indies.
This song also appeared on the soundtrack of the series Ms. Marvel, in the episode "Seeing Red", and was remixed in the Bollywood movie Student of the Year as "The Disco Song".
Track listing
File:Back cover of album "Disco Deewane".jpg
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Aao Na
| lyrics1 = Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan
| music1 = Biddu
| extra1 = Nazia Hassan
| length1 = 4:07
| title2 = Disco Deewane
| note2 = I
| lyrics2 = Anwar Khalid
| music2 = Biddu
| extra2 = Nazia
| length2 = 4:00
| title3 = Leykin Mera Dil
| lyrics3 = Nazia and Zoheb
| music3 = Biddu
| extra3 = Nazia
| length3 = 4:02
| title4 = Mujhe Chahay
| lyrics4 = MeeraJi
| music4 = Biddu
| extra4 = Nazia and Zoheb
| length4 = 3:43
| title5 = Komal
| lyrics5 = Farooq Qaiser
| music5 = Arshad Mehmood
| extra5 = Nazia
| length5 = 3:43
| title6 = Teray Qadmon Ko
| lyrics6 = Nigar Sebhai
| music6 = Biddu
| extra6 = Nazia and Zoheb
| length6 = 3:30
| title7 = Dil Mera
| lyrics7 = Nazia and Zoheb
| music7 = Biddu
| extra7 = Nazia
| length7 = 4:24
| title8 = Dhundli Raat
| lyrics8 = Meeraji
| music8 = Zoheb and Mehmood
| extra8 = Nazia
| length8 =
| title9 = Gaein Milkar
| lyrics9 = Anwar Khalid
| music9 = Zoheb and Mehmood
| extra9 = Nazia
| length9 =
| title10 = Disco Deewane
| note10 = II
| lyrics10 =
| music10 =
| extra10 = Nazia
| length10 = 4:03
}}
Credits
=Music directors=
=Lyricists=
- Nazia & Zoheb Hassan
- Anwar Khalid
- Meeraji
- Farooq Qaiser
- Nigar Sebhai{{Cite web|title=Music Label|url=https://www.saregama.com/static/about-us |date=2 June 2020|website=Saregama/ HMV India|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210163910/http://www.saregama.com:80/static/about-us |archive-date=2018-02-10 |access-date=2 June 2020}}
Cover versions
=Dreamer Devané=
Nazia Hassan performed a remixed cover version of title track "Disco Deewane" in the English language, called "Dreamer Devané" (1983), which was released as a single. It became the first single by a Pakistani Female singer to enter the UK singles chart.{{cite book|last=Abjorensen|first=Norman|title=Historical Dictionary of Popular Music|date=2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-5381-0215-2|page=23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZyrDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA23}}
=Paara Ushar=
In 1997, the title song "Disco Deewane" was reused in the Tamil song "Paara Ushar" sung by K.S. Chithra.{{Citation|title="Disco Deewane" (Tamil Version) on YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByIrPGZEgd8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ByIrPGZEgd8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en-US|access-date=2021-08-29}}{{cbignore}}{{Citation|title="Disco Deewane" (Tamil Version) on JioSaavn|date=12 March 1997|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/song/paara-ushar/PjxcYSNabks|language=en-US|access-date=2021-09-05}}{{Citation|title="Disco Deewane" (Tamil Version) on Spotify|date = 12 March 1997|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/4b9TCysG3Aw6yiYTAkAEzB?si=VB7oZFJ7Q9CC9d8Pvf1PPg&dl_branch=1|language=en-US|access-date=2021-09-05}}
=The Disco Song=
In 2012, a revamped cover version of the title song "Disco Deewane" was incorporated into the Indian Bollywood film Student of the Year.{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/432457/nazias-disco-deewane-in-kjos-student-of-the-year/|title=Nazia's 'Disco Deewane' in KJo's Student of the Year|work=The Express Tribune|date=6 September 2012|access-date=8 September 2012}} Called "The Disco Song", it incorporates Nazia Hassan's vocals, along with the vocals of Sunidhi Chauhan and Benny Dayal, while the music video features Bollywood actors, such as Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Kajol.
Director Karan Johar used the song in his 2012 film after licensing the song from Saregama (successor to His Master's Voice). It has been contested by Nazia Hassan's family, as they claim that Saregama doesn't own the album because it was financed by them in London.
Certifications and sales
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=India (EMI)|award=Platinum|number=2|certref=|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Pakistan (EMI Pakistan)|award=Platinum|certref={{cite web|title=Gold and Platinum Discs awarded to Zoheb and Nazia Hasan|url=https://scontent.fblr8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/464143936_3302782853186913_2621203431807356102_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=0b6b33&_nc_ohc=AqWuhz8wCUsQ7kNvwHXmAKW&_nc_oc=AdlZxzLVttxmKnvLqZj180cdNysG36B24gKzPuYdnqPoIv6dQEJ2UNlrnNuMyyS_y9A&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fblr8-1.fna&_nc_gid=uKK1XLlLdfBIHca0_v7MTg&oh=00_AfGy4r7QgjuCuSmffFfuRL1MmHbqUwXdgq0t48uD4RPXXQ&oe=68042A09|access-date=April 15, 2025|archive-date=April 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415120316/https://scontent.fblr8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/464143936_3302782853186913_2621203431807356102_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=0b6b33&_nc_ohc=AqWuhz8wCUsQ7kNvwHXmAKW&_nc_oc=AdlZxzLVttxmKnvLqZj180cdNysG36B24gKzPuYdnqPoIv6dQEJ2UNlrnNuMyyS_y9A&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fblr8-1.fna&_nc_gid=uKK1XLlLdfBIHca0_v7MTg&oh=00_AfGy4r7QgjuCuSmffFfuRL1MmHbqUwXdgq0t48uD4RPXXQ&oe=68042A09|url-status=dead}}|salesamount=250,000|salesref=}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|nocert=true|region=Worldwide|salesamount=14,000,000|salesref={{cite web|title=Disco Deewane, Nazia Hassan with Biddu and His Orchestra|url=http://lapelanga.com/2010/09/disco-deewane-nazia-hassan-with-biddu-and-his/|website=La Pelanga|date=19 September 2010|access-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201131755/http://lapelanga.com/2010/09/disco-deewane-nazia-hassan-with-biddu-and-his/|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}}}
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