Mickey Mouse Disco
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Mickey Mouse Disco is an album released by Disneyland Records
Disneyland Records
Disneyland Records is the original name of the Walt Disney Company's record company.After long associations with primarily RCA Victor Records, with a few select titles on Capitol, Disneyland Records was established by the Disney studio in 1956 with its first release entitled A Child's Garden of...

 in 1979. A late entry in the genre of disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

, Mickey Mouse Disco included disco-fied versions of Disney classics and Disney-fied versions of disco classics. Re-released on CD in 1995, this album is currently out of print in all physical formats, but is currently available for download from iTunes
ITunes
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.

A music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 of the album was released in 1980 and was occasionally shown on television since then. It was also included in episodes of various Disney cartoon compilation shows, such as Mickey's Mouse Tracks
Mickey's Mouse Tracks
Mickey's Mouse Tracks was a television series on the Disney Channel which featured Disney cartoons and animated short films, dating from before the advent of Disney Channel. A similar show was Donald's Quack Attack. The show premiered in 1992 and was made to replace Good Morning, Mickey!...

and Donald's Quack Attack
Donald's Quack Attack
Donald's Quack Attack was a television series on the Disney Channel which featured Disney animated short films, especially those with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy...

. The music video disappeared into obscurity when Quack Attack was removed from Toon Disney
Toon Disney
Toon Disney was an American cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company. A spinoff of Disney Channel, it mostly aired children's animated series and some live action programming. Its format had similarities to those of Cartoon Network and Nicktoons...

's schedule in 2002, and it has yet to be released on DVD
DVD
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.

Chart performance

The album peaked at #35 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart
Billboard 200
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 and was certified 2x Platinum
RIAA certification
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 by the RIAA.

Side one

  1. "Disco Mickey Mouse" - 4:00
  2. "Welcome to Rio" - 3:23
  3. "The Greatest Band" - 4:10
  4. "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
    Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
    "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song from the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South, sung by James Baskett. With music by Allie Wrubel and lyrics by Ray Gilbert, "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song...

    " - 2:13

Side two

  1. "Macho Duck" - 4:36
  2. "Mousetrap" - 2:56
  3. "Watch Out for Goofy!" - 3:30
  4. "It's a Small World" - 2:28
  5. "Chim Chim Cher-ee
    Chim Chim Cher-ee
    "Chim Chim Cher-ee" is a song from Mary Poppins, the 1964 musical motion picture. It was originally sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" is also featured prominently in the award winning Cameron Mackintosh/Disney stage musical of the same name which premiered in London at...

    " - 2:10
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