迪斯科，源于 “Disco”这个词，是“Discotheque”的简称，原意是指“供人跳舞的舞厅”，60年代初源于法国。60年代，随着音乐设备的更新，舞厅里只要拥有一套唱片播放机就可以完成原来乐队的工作，并且还可以随时得到各种不同的音乐，即经济又实惠。因此，各大舞厅不再雇佣乐队来伴奏，而是雇佣一名唱片播放员通过播放唱片来提供伴舞音乐。慢慢的，人们把这种由唱片播放出来的跳舞音乐也称作迪斯科。
DISCO同时也是一种音乐风格，属于电子音乐的一种。
80年代，自张国荣的一曲《monica》风靡香港，迪斯科舞曲开始在中国流行。从音乐上看，迪斯科一般以4/4拍为主，具有强劲的节拍，并且每一拍都很突出;它的速度大约在每分钟120拍左右;它的结构短小，歌词简单，又很多段落的重复。其实，所有的曲子，只要调整一下速度，改成每一拍都很突出的节拍，都可以变成迪斯科舞曲。
风靡八十年代的一首DISCO---《青春的旋律》
Boney M RA RA RASPUTIN
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire
RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia"s greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on
He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she"d heard the things he"d done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son
RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia"s greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on
(Spoken:)
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder.
"This man"s just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged "Don"t you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they"re not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came
RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia"s greatest love machine
He drank it all and he said "I feel fine"
RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn"t quit, they wanted his head
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia"s greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead
(Spoken:) Oh, those Russians..
