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The disco crowd. >> i have been to goat ropings and space shots. i've been in a lot of strange places and seen a lot of strange things but nothing stranger than studio 54 at the height of its popularity in the '70s. ♪ >> it's where you come when you want to escape. it's really escapism. >> in the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would walk by to watch the people not get in. because that was fun, too. >> oh, you are not shaved. there's no way you're going to get in. it doesn't matter. if you're not shaven, just go home. >> you had to be selected. you had to be chosen to get in....

So everything is -- ♪ burn, baby, burn >> that's the sound of disco. ♪ burn, baby, burn ♪ burn, baby, burn >> i loved disco. i always loved dance music anyway. because whatever i did as a producer was always danceable. >> georgio moroder working out of munich put together technology and soulful vocalist. donna summer being the ultimate embodiment. and they make some of the biggest record of all-time. ♪ ooh, love you love you, baby ooh, love to love you, baby ♪ >> "love to love you baby" was four minutes of singing. 14 minutes of -- a lot of not singing. ♪ oh, love to love you, baby...

>> this is the scene outside a new york disco called studio 54. this is the place that's in with the disco crowd. >> i have been to goat ropings and space shots. i've been in a lot of strange places and seen a lot of strange things but nothing stranger than studio 54 at the height of its popularity in the '70s. ♪ >> it's where you come when you want to escape. it's really escapism. >> in the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would walk by to watch the people not get in. because that was fun, too. >> oh, you're not shaved. there's no way you're going to get in. it doesn't matter...

Dance craze ♪ ♪ listen to us i'm sure you'll be amazed ♪ >> it was kind of a diss to studio 54 for rejecting them. the part where they say "freak out" actually began as something else. ♪ freak out ♪ le freak, c'est chic >> it went from something off to freak off to being freak out. ♪ just come on down to the 54 ♪ find a spot out on the floor ♪ oh, freak out >> that's probably the best thing that ever came out of studio 54 was that song. >> disco was a revolutionary force. funk marries disco and it leads to hip-hop. >> it's 1979, i heard chic's "good times" come on. i kept heari...

The idea of four on the floor with eight on the high hat. so everything is -- bam, bam, bam. ♪ burn, baby, burn >> that's the sound of disco. ♪ burn, baby, burn ♪ burn, baby, burn >> i loved disco. i always loved dance music anyway. because whatever i did as a producer was always danceable. >> the melody. >> giorgio moroder working out of munich put together technology and soulful vocalists. donna summer being the ultimate embodiment. and they make some of the biggest record of all time. ♪ ooh, love to love you, baby ooh, love to love you, baby ♪ >> "love to love you baby" was four m...