''Disco Deewane'' () is a 1981 Pakistani pop album released by the

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singing duo,

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, comprising Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan, sister and brother respectively. The music was composed by Indian-British music director

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, and Zoheb Hassan, who also produced it under the label of

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. The album charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record to date. The debut album led Nazia Hasan to overnight fame. It changed trends in music across

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, where it broke sales records. In India, it sold 100,000 records within a day of its release in

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alone, went Platinum within three weeks, and went Double-Platinum soon after. In South Asia, where the music industry was previously dominated by ''

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'' 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

and Indian pop music scenes. It was also the first South Asian pop album to top the charts in

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, while also becoming a hit in

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and

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, and a success among the

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in regions such as

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, the

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, and

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. This song also appeared on the soundtrack of the series '' Ms. Marvel'', in the episode " Seeing Red", and was remixed in the

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movie '' Student of the Year'' as "The Disco Song".

Track listing

Credits

Music directors

Most of the songs were composed by

* Arshad Mehmood * Zoheb Hassan

Lyricists

* Nazia & Zoheb Hassan * Anwar Khalid * Meeraji * Farooq Qaiser * Nigar Sebhai

Cover versions

Dreamer Devané

Nazia Hassan performed a remixed

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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.

Paara Ushar

In 1997, the title song "Disco Deewane" was reused in the Tamil song "Paara Ushar" sung by K.S. Chithra.

The Disco Song

In 2012, a revamped cover version of the title song "Disco Deewane" was incorporated into the Indian

film '' Student of the Year''. Called "The Disco Song", it incorporates Nazia Hassan's vocals, along with the vocals of

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and

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, while the music video features Bollywood actors, such as

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, Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Kajol. Director

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used the song in his 2012 film after licensing the song from

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(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

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Certifications and sales

References

{{Authority control Urdu-language albums 1981 debut albums Disco albums Nazia and Zoheb albums Nazia Hassan albums