However, the first rock and roll generation preferred rough and tumble bars and taverns to elegant nightclubs, and the nightclub did not attain mainstream popularity until the 1970s disco era.

DylanC playing ‘Arcane Science – Should have told me (MaRLo remix)’ at the Bedroom2Bigroom DJ Competition @ Rise Nightclub, August 21 2009 A song may be remixed to give a song that was not popular a second chance at radio and club play, or to alter a song to suit a specific music genre or radio format.