Writing A Disco Song

Disco's all about feeling good and letting go, which is something that the lyrics are all about and reflect feeling good. Heavily influenced by a range of previously existing genres such as:

• Psychedelic music - "And the scene's combination of overwhelming sound, trip lighting and hallucinogens was indebted to the late 60's psychedelic culture" (Reynolds, 2001)
• Funk
• Soul
• Latin (especially salsa) - "the fusion of Latin rhymes, Anglo-Carribena instrumentation, North American black 'soul' goals and Euro-American melodies gave rise to the disco music" (Lipsitz, 2001)
• Gospel
• Swing

Taking into account all of this inspiration, disco became the feel good genre that allowed the masses to become free, and instead of being the part of the counterculture that was against 'the man', it was more about individuality and feeling empowered, especially for the minorities "initially, disco musicians and audiences like belonged to marginalised communities: women, gay, black and latinos" (Nicholls, 1998).

When writing 'To The Groove', I took into account the idea of the feeling of letting go of all of the weeks troubles and waiting for the weekend to begin to finally let loose on the dance floor. The upbeat tempo of it and the repeating and catchy chorus and bridge helps to create the foot-tapping and hips moving beat which is emphasised by the funky bass line and the simplistic drum beat. 

After the second chorus, a simplistic bridge is repeated several times and it builds creating the uplifting theme that disco has. Building up helps to create a climatic finish and also enables the audience to join in with the catchy song, something that is also key in disco music.

"The rhythm and the dancing, makes you move your feet

The rhythm and the dancing, moving to the beat"

The simplistic bridge that is also repeated at the end of the song as well I think helps to round off the song in a fun an engaging way, especially if the audience join in.