Lyrics to
Burn The Disco Out

This version of Burn The Disco Out was released by Michael Jackson in 1979.

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There’s A Steam Beat
And It’s Comin’ After You
You Can Take It
If You Only Let Your Feelings Through

So D.J. Spin The Sounds
There Ain’t No Way That Your Gonna
Let Us Down
Gonna Dance Gonna Burn This Disco Out

Groove All Night
Keep The Boogie Alright
Get That Sound
Everybody Just Get On Down

Got A Hot Foot
Better Freak Across The Floor
Join The Party
And We’ll Keep You Movin’, That’s For Sure

So D.J. Spin The Sounds
There Ain’t No Way That Your Gonna
Sit Us Down
Gonna Dance ‘Til We Burn This Disco Out

Groove All Night
Keep The Boogie Alright
Get That Sound
Everybody Just Get On Down

Once You Get The Beat Inside Your Feet
There Ain’t No Way To Stop You Movin’ Good
Now The Weekend’s Come It’s Time For Fun
You Got To Groove Just Like You Know You Should

People Now
Are You Ready
Won’t You Rock Across The Room
Got A Feelin’
That We’re Gonna Raise The Roof Off Soon

So D.J. Spin The Sounds
There Ain’t No Way That Your Gonna
Sit Us Down
Gonna Dance ‘Til We Burn This Disco Out

Groove All Night
Keep The Boogie Alright
Get That Sound
Everybody Just Get On Down

So D.J. Spin The Sounds
There Ain’t No Way That Your Gonna
Sit Us Down
Gonna Dance ‘Til We Burn This Disco Out

Groove All Night
Keep The Boogie Alright
Get That Sound
Everybody Just Get On Down

Gonna Dance, Gonna Shout
Gonna Burn This Disco Out
Gonna Dance, Gonna Shout
Gonna Burn This Disco Out
Gonna Dance, Gonna Shout
Gonna Burn This Disco Out

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About Lyrics and Burn The Disco Out by Michael Jackson

The lyrics to Burn The Disco Out are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Michael Jackson used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Burn The Disco Out have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Michael Jackson and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Burn The Disco Out by Michael Jackson. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Burn The Disco Out" means the words set to the music of Burn The Disco Out, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Michael Jackson. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Burn The Disco Out and the lyrics to Burn The Disco Out are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Michael Jackson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Burn The Disco Out, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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