From Disco to Disco explained

From: Disco to: Disco
Cover:	Whirlpool_Productions-From_Disco_to_Disco.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Whirlpool Productions
Album:	Dense Music
B-Side:	Remix
Released:	1996
Studio:	Planet Whirlpool + Can Studio, Weilerswist
Genre:	House nu-disco
Length:	3:20
Label:	ElektroMotor Ladomat 2000 Sum Records
Producer:	Whirlpool Productions
Prev Title:	Cold Song
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Crazy Music
Next Year:	1998

"From: Disco to: Disco" is a song recorded by German experimental house music project Whirlpool Productions. It is produced by Eric D. Clark, Justus Köhncke and Hans Nieswandt, and was released in 1996 by ElektroMotor, Ladomat 2000 and Sum Records as the second single from the project's second album, Dense Music (1996). A huge hit in clubs, the song reached number-one in Italy for nine weeks in the summer of 1997. Additionally, "From: Disco to: Disco" also peaked at number 13 in Belgium and number 54 in the Netherlands. The accompanying music video was directed by Smoczek Policzek.^[1] Ten years later, in 2006, the song was released in a new version, as "From: Disco to: Disco 2006".

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "This German production is a killer dancefloor filler, as the Cologne-based house triumvirate radiate a real "Let's do-a-disco-pastiche!" feeling. Serious or not, Eric D. Clark, Justus Köhncke and Hans Niewandt have obviously hit the right key, as this single, taken from their second album Dense Music has already been a hit in Italy. In Holland, it is one of the favourite dance videos on music television channel TMF. Station head of music Erik Kross is enthusiastic about the track, but concedes: "It is a kind of 'love-it-or hate-it' track. A little resistance is always good, though, as it makes people talk about it." However, Kross predicts "From: Disco to: Disco" will be around for a while this summer. "Although it won't by far become as big a hit as Bellini's "Samba de Janeiro"," he suggests, "it has all the elements of a genuine sleeper."^[2] Spex included "From: Disco to: Disco" in their "The Best Singles of the Century" list in 1999.^[3]

Track listing

• 12" single, Germany (1996)

1. "From: Disco to: Disco" (DJ Pierre's Wild Pitch Mix) — 9:22
2. "From: Disco to: Disco" (Album Version) — 5:58
3. "From: Disco to: Disco" (Extended Disco Mix) — 11:44

• CD single, Germany (1996)

1. "From: Disco to: Disco" (Single Mix) — 3:20
2. "From: Disco to: Disco" (Original Album Version) — 5:56

• CD maxi, UK & Europe (1996)

1. "From: Disco to: Disco" (Original Album Version) — 5:56
2. "From: Disco to: Disco" (Just Us Disco Mix) — 7:33
3. "From: Disco to: Disco" (The Whirlpool Disco Opera) — 11:44
4. "From: Disco to: Disco" (Arj Snoek) — 5:18
5. "From: Disco to: Disco" (DJ Pierre's Wild Pitch Mix) — 9:07

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[4]	46
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[5]	1
Lithuania (M-1)^[6]	16
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)^[7]	4
Scotland (OCC)	89
UK Singles (OCC)	79

Notes and References

1. Web site: whirlpool productions - from: disco to: disco (viva tv). YouTube. 23 August 2020.
2. Summer '97: beats from the beach. Music & Media. 12 July 1997. 3 January 2020.
3. Web site: Die besten Singles aller Zeiten at home.rhein-zeitung.de. 7 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20120706022353/http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/spex20jh.htm#singles. 6 July 2012. dead.
4. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 12 April 1997. 13 January 2020.
5. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e Dischi. it. 30 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Whirlpool Productions".
6. Web site: M-1 TOP 40. M-1.fm. 28 March 2022. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120611211807/http://m-1.fm/top40/?topid=1407. 15 June 1997. 11 June 2012.
7. Web site: Whirlpool Productions - From: Disco To: Disco. Dutch. top40.nl. 3 January 2020.