Your Disco Needs You

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Written by Robbie Williams, Guy Chambers and Kylie Minogue, Your Disco Needs You appeared on Minogue’s 2000 album Light Years and became one of her most beloved fan anthems. Although released as a single in Australia, Germany and Switzerland, it was controversially withheld from UK release by her record label, who feared it was “too camp” for mainstream radio. Despite this, the song charted on imports alone and went on to achieve cult status.

Recorded during the same sessions that produced Kids, the track is a euphoric call to the dance floor. Built around a pounding disco beat and orchestral strings, it combines ABBA-like harmonies with Village People–style exuberance. Williams and Chambers wrote it as a tongue-in-cheek homage to disco’s power to unite communities through joy and defiance.

It’s the gayest song ever written — and I’m very proud of that. It’s a celebration, not a parody.Robbie Williams

Minogue delivers the message with knowing sincerity, her voice soaring over the chant “Your disco needs you!” while multilingual spoken sections in French, German, Spanish and Japanese reinforce its international inclusivity. The track’s theatricality, humour and heart embody the camp exuberance that both Williams and Minogue admired in classic pop.

Over time, Your Disco Needs You has become a staple of Minogue’s live shows and a defining anthem of LGBTQ+ pop culture. For Williams, it stands as a proud example of his songwriting beyond his own releases — witty, unifying and irresistibly flamboyant, proof that pop at its boldest can also be its most sincere.