2. Michael Jackson, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" This funky six-minute jam from Thriller is just one of the many MJ tracks we could have grabbed. Having so overshadowed disco, and all other forms of music, it's hard to remember how rooted his earlier works like Off the Wall and portions of Thriller were in the long-form disco dance tunes of the late '70s.

You know, while we're at it, Justin Timberlake devotees could stand to give this one a re-evaluation as well, especially in comparison to The 20/20 Experience and songs like "Let the Groove Get In."

1. Donna Summer, "Last Dance" It's hard to top the King of Pop, but there's a reason they didn't call him the King of Disco. He may have made some awesome records in the genre, but there was only room for one regent in the genre and that was the Queen, Donna Summer.

The unfortunately departed singer who passed away last year ruled the genre during the '70s and on into the '80s. She produced hit after hit with superstar producer Giorgio Moroder, who would become a force to reckon with in '80s soundtracks just a few short years later.

Of all the amazing songs they produced together though, "Last Dance" has to be the best. It's the perfect combination of Summer's incredible vocal prowess with a sweeping chorus that predicts Moroder's major-key climactics for film scores. Not to mention the deceptive, sexual balladry that opens the song, then descends dreamily into the rollicking bass-driven dance track.

It encapsulates everything that was great about disco while avoiding all of the genre's pitfalls that destroyed it in the first place. If artists like Daft Punk wish to revive it, here's where they should start their studies.