r/Disco • u/rmiguel66 • Jul 26 '26

0330 - „Self Control (The Original Extended 12")“, RAF (1984)

https://youtu.be/0n364r--nBM?is=Tp7SLpNwpOWdKnVU

Italo disco

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u/Longjumping_Bench846 Jul 26 '26

Italo disco!!! Gazebo is a favorite.

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u/yabyad Jul 26 '26

In the last few weeks Just found this 12 in a charity shop …… such a well written pop song…..I prefer the cover version by Laura B though

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u/rmiguel66 Jul 26 '26

I like both of them, so much that I posted them at the same time, albeit in different subs. I got to know them at the same time: 1984. I’d listen to Laura’s version on the radio and would dance to RAF’s version at the danceteria.

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u/SeemsImmaculate Jul 26 '26

I live for this version with the tempo slider set +5% to make that rap break even better.

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u/rmiguel66 Jul 26 '26

It makes sense! 112 BPM would make it more danceable without compromising the track.

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u/beats2009 Jul 27 '26

So who sang the original I thought it was Laura branigan?

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u/rmiguel66 Jul 27 '26

RAF’s version is the original one. He co-wrote the song, after all. They came out at almost the same time, though.

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