The 2007 DVD release of the movie features a different song in the relevant scene, however the 2015 release by Shout! Factory restored the original song. In the 1979 horror-comedy film Love At First Bite, the vampire Dracula and his would-be bride dance to the song in a disco.It also can be heard in the 2008 episode ' Mypods and Boomsticks' in Studio 54 when Itchy travels back to Studio 54 in the 'Itchy & Scratchy' short. It was also featured in the episode ' A Milhouse Divided', with Luann Van Houten humming it while burning Kirk's storage boxes. Marge was impressed although she hates the song Homer admits that he hates it as well. In another episode, ' I'm with Cupid', Apu taught a parrot to sing 'I Love The Nightlife' with clever new lyrics to Manjula. In The Simpsons episode ' Homer's Phobia', Homer dances to the song.In 2003 it was performed by Taylor Dayne in the television special The Disco Ball.This version peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. It was re-recorded by Latin singer La India and Nuyorican Soul as a track on the soundtrack for the film The Last Days of Disco.

In 1995 the song was released by the band Bronski Beat labeled 'I Luv The Nightlife', which featured two remix versions of the original song and two remix versions of the alternate song Hit That Perfect Beat Boy.

Laura Branigan sang the song live on German television and it was included on the very rare compilation album Gut Gestimmt in 1980.

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales ( Billboard) Because of its association with the film (and also because Bridges herself is an open lesbian), the song is closely linked with gay culture.

The re-release also reached number five in Iceland and number 11 in Australia. It was subsequently re-released and found the best success in New Zealand, where it reached number four in February 1995, 12 places higher than its original peak of number 16. In 1994, the song gained renewed interest after being featured in the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. However it is as a disco classic that the song is most remembered: in an AugMTV countdown of the Top 54 Dance Songs of the Disco Era, 'I Love the Nightlife' was ranked at number 37. Bridges herself would later admit that she had hopes that the song would be received as a Memphis soul number, calling it 'something Al Green might sing'. The original title of the resultant song: 'Disco 'Round', became the subtitle under the main title 'I Love the Nightlife' as Buckingham considered it an R&B number and did not want it labeled disco. Bridges suggested to Hutcheson that they write a song with either 'disco' or 'boogie' in the title after Bridges saw a current top-ten hit list featuring several songs with dance-oriented titles. 'I Love the Nightlife' was the first single produced by Steve Buckingham who was invited to produce the single's parent album entitled Alicia Bridges after he had played guitar on a session by the singer. The song was co-written by Alicia Bridges and Susan Hutcheson in 1977 for Bill Lowery, founder of Southern Music. A re-release in 1994 allowed the song to reach number four in New Zealand and number five in Iceland.

It became a crossover hit, peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, and found worldwide success, reaching the top 10 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and South Africa, as well as making the reaching the top 30 in the UK. It was released as the first single from her debut album, Alicia Bridges (1978), and went to number two on the US Billboard National Disco Action Top 30 (now the Dance Club Songs chart) for two weeks. ' I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)' is a popular disco song recorded by American singer-songwriter Alicia Bridges in 1978. 'I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)' (edit) on YouTube 'I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)' (album ver.) on YouTube

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