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"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.

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"Le Disko"
Single by Shiny Toy Guns
from the album We Are Pilots
Released	August 7, 2006
Recorded	2005
Studio	California
Genre	Electroclash, electronic rock, dance-punk
Length	3:23
Label	Universal Motown
Songwriter(s)	Jeremy Dawson, Stephen Petree
Shiny Toy Guns singles chronology
"Le Disko" (2006) "You Are the One" (2007)

Official versions

• Version 1
• Version 2
• Radio Edit
• Tommie Sunshine Demo Mix
• Tommie Sunshine Remix
• Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire and Brimstone Remix
• Dirt Empire Mix
• Mark Saunders Mix
• Ferry Corsten Remix
• Boys Noize Vocal Mix
• Boys Noize Fire Dub
• Disco D Dirty Mix
• La Dolce Vita Remix

Music video

There are three music videos for "Le Disko":

• The first involves the band performing in a desert-like area while soldiers run around and mimic children, showing that they are "little boys" with "little toys." It uses the version of "Le Disko" found on We Are Pilots version 1.
• The second is filmed on a green screen. It involves Carah dancing and romancing the men of the band, only to strangle them to death. It uses the version of "Le Disko" found on We Are Pilots version 1.
• The third, focused on the band playing in a club, is the official version. The primary character of focus is of a young man. He is seduced by a woman that dances with him after breaking from dancing with another woman. Eventually most of the women turn into Kafkaesque monsters and murder the men. It uses the version of "Le Disko" found on We Are Pilots.

Charts

Chart (2006-07)	Peak position
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[1]	26
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[2]	14

Usage in other media

• "Le Disko" was featured in the 2010 Sundance film, "Welcome to the Rileys".
• "Le Disko" was featured on an episode of The Real World: Sydney.
• It was featured on the British programme Waterloo Road.
• Also featured in the soundtrack of the video game Burnout Dominator.
• It appeared on an episode of So You Think You Can Dance in Lacey Schwimmer's solo.
• Also appeared in episode 2 season 4 "Livin La Vida Loca" of The L Word.
• It appeared as well in episode "Things I Forgot at Birth" of One Tree Hill.
• The song was also featured and on the soundtrack for the snowboard film People by MDP.
• It is also included in Logic Pro 8 as an entire session file.
• "Le Disko" was also used as lead song on an America's Next Top Model cycle 8 commercial.
• The song was used in a commercial for the new season of Dancing with the Stars.
• Used also in an advertisement for the Asia Extreme series on the Sundance Channel.
• In Australia, it was used in a commercial for the Honda CR-V.
• A commercial for the Motorola RAZR2 also featured the single.
• The song was used in a trailer for the 2009 film Sorority Row.
• "Le Disko" is also heavily sampled on the song "& Down" by German electronic producer Boys Noize.
• "Le Disko (Boys Noize Vocal Mix)" was used in the film Project X.
• "Le Disko" is one of 30 songs which can be played while riding Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit in Universal Studios Florida
• "Le Disko" was one of the songs featured in ABC Family's Beyond The Shadows: The Making Of Shadowhunters

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