Heardle, January 2: Hints, answer to today's music puzzle

Every new day presents an opportunity for music fans from all over the world to continue their perfect winning streak in Heardle.

In case you are learning about Heardle for the first time, the game tests the player's familiarity with contemporary hit songs and older pop tunes. The game is a musical rendition of the immensely popular Wordle word game, which also inspired a number of lucrative spin-offs such as Quordle, Octordle, Globle, Factle, and Heardle.

In order to win the game, you must correctly identify the song's title and artist after hearing the opening bars of a well-known pop song. If you know the artist but not the title, try typing their name into the search field to see if the title you're searching for appears.

Clues for today’s Heardle

• The song was first made available in 1976.
• The song contains two words.
• The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and number 16 on the UK singles chart.
• Both Tina Turner and Cyndi Lauper have performed this song as covers.
• The song belongs to the disco genre.
• The artist was a Philadelphia native.
• The song was released on the Atlantic label.

Answer to today’s Heardle

The correct answer to today's Heardle puzzle is ‘Disco Inferno’

It is a track from the 1976 release of the Trammps' fourth studio album of the same name. It peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in early 1977 along with two other songs by the group, but only achieved modest mainstream success until it was included on the soundtrack for the 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever.

The song was re-released in 1978 and peaked its highest point at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 list.

FAQs.

1- Why did several radio stations ban the song "Disco Inferno"?

Due to the repeated lyric "BURN BABY BURN," which made many think of the Watts riots in 1965, certain radio stations, particularly the AM, banned the song from playing on the air.

2- Who is the creator of Disco Inferno?

American disco band the Trammps created the song "Disco Inferno."