Disco Duck - Inspirations and Later Uses

Inspirations and Later Uses

The 1979 Disney-produced album Mickey Mouse Disco featured a track called "Macho Duck", (inspired mostly by the Village People hit, Macho Man) with the voice of Nash on the track, in response.

In 1979, Kermit the Frog sang a song called "Disco Frog" on Sesame Street, which he also later sang on The Muppet Show, and was most likely inspired by "Disco Duck".

"Disco Duck" was covered in 1977 by D.J. Scott and Willem, a German Parody Version called "Tarzan Ist Wieder Da".

Also in 1977, Peter Pan Records put out a series of children's records featuring Irwin the Disco Duck.

In 1989, Grandmaster Chicken & D.J. Duck included a sample of the song in the 12" version of Check Out The Chicken.

"Disco Duck" was referenced in an episode of Animaniacs when the Warner siblings attend a karaoke club and Dot Warner flips through the book, saying "See if they have Disco Duck."

In the Beverly Hills, 90210 episode, "Duke's Bad Boy", Steve Sanders insults David Silver's producer by asking if his last hit was "Disco Duck".

DJ Shadow sampled "Disco Duck's" trademark riff on the track "Right Thing/GDMFSOB", on his 2002 album The Private Press.

In the 1989 movie, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Andrew Dice Clay's character called disco-loving Ed O'Neill's character "the Disco Duck".