Le Disko

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"Le Disko"
Shiny Toy Guns - Le Disko single cover art.jpg
Single by Shiny Toy Guns
from the album We Are Pilots
ReleasedAugust 7, 2006
Recorded2005
Studio California
Genre Electroclash, electronic rock
Length3.59
Label Universal Motown
Songwriter(s) Jeremy Dawson, Stephen Petree
Shiny Toy Guns singles chronology
"Le Disko"
(2006)
"You Are the One"
(2007)

"Le Disko" is the first single by rock group Shiny Toy Guns from their album We Are Pilots . In the United States, it peaked at No. 26 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. It reached No. 42 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart.

Contents

Official versions

Music video

There are three music videos for "Le Disko":

Charts

Chart (2006-2007)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 26
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 14

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