What's popular in one country doesn't always translate to the next. But what's strange about Vanessa is that this blonde former model who sang in perfect English seemed to check all the right boxes for success in America. Her story is part of a broader narrative of musical trends, when disco died in the US, but kept on thriving in Europe.

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Editing by Aldo Pinheiro
Special thanks to Peter Shapiro, author of "Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco"

0:00 A-ha - Take On Me
0:05 Blondie - Heart of Glass
0:10 Vanessa - Upside Down
1:59 Telex - Moskow Diskow
2:31 Donna Summer - I Feel Love
2:42 Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity
3:12 Giorgio Moroder - Utopia (Me Giorgio)
3:57 K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
4:12 Kool & The Gang - Ladies' Night
4:17 Rick James - Super Freak
4:23 Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly
4:27 Boney M - Rasputin
4:54 Surface Noise - The Scratch
5:00 Falco - Der Kommissar
6:00 Connie - Leder Meisje Droomt Van Liefde
6:18 Vanessa - In the Heat of the Night
6:38 Cerrone - Supernature
7:09 Vanessa - Upside Down
8:41 Vanessa - Cheerio
8:50 Vanessa - Gimme Love
8:59 Vanessa - Yummie Yummies
9:07 Yahoo - Situation
9:13 Thompson Twins - Lies
9:18 Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl
9:43 Vanessa - Hocus Pocus
9:52 Vanessa - Bitch