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Alicia Bridges (born July 15, 1953 in Lawndale,
North Carolina) is an United States|American
singer.

Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Bridges worked as a
singer and songwriter during the 1970s and secured
a recording contract with Polydor|Polydor Records.
  Her 1978 disco single "I Love the Nightlife
(Disco Round)" reached number five on the U.S.
charts several months after its release. (It
actually had not been intended for single release
until discos throughout the United States began
playing it.)  Ultimately it became a worldwide
hit.  This unanticipated success presented Polydor
with a challenge in marketing Bridges—she
was not primarily a disco artist, nor was she
interested in becoming one, and "I Love the
Nightlife" was not indicative of her style.  Her
next single, "Body Heat", was a departure from the
disco sound, and presented Bridges in a more
hard-edged, abrasive light. Despite a general
consensus among critics that it was a stronger
single, it failed to chart. Several albums
followed including a critically acclaimed 1979
album Play It As It Lays, but Bridges simply did
not deliver the disco material her public expected
from her.  She faded from public view and came to
be regarded as a one-hit wonder.

Bridges' only other hit single charted in 1994,
after a Rapino Brothers remix of the song was
featured in the film The Adventures of Priscilla,
Queen of the Desert.

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Alicia Bridges (born July 15, 1953 in Lawndale,
North Carolina) is an United States|American
singer.

Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Bridges worked as a
singer and songwriter during the 1970s and secured
a recording contract with Polydor|Polydor Records.
  Her 1978 disco single "I Love the Nightlife
(Disco Round)" reached number five on the U.S.
charts several months after its release. (It
actually had not been intended for single release
until discos throughout the United States began
playing it.)  Ultimately it became a worldwide
hit.  This unanticipated success presented Polydor
with a challenge in marketing Bridges—she
was not primarily a disco artist, nor was she
interested in becoming one, and "I Love the
Nightlife" was not indicative of her style.  Her
next single, "Body Heat", was a departure from the
disco sound, and presented Bridges in a more
hard-edged, abrasive light. Despite a general
consensus among critics that it was a stronger
single, it failed to chart. Several albums
followed including a critically acclaimed 1979
album Play It As It Lays, but Bridges simply did
not deliver the disco material her public expected
from her.  She faded from public view and came to
be regarded as a one-hit wonder.

Bridges' only other hit single charted in 1994,
after a Rapino Brothers remix of the song was
featured in the film The Adventures of Priscilla,
Queen of the Desert.