Donna Summer

Released: September 15, 1987

Songwriter: Donna Summer Harold Faltermeyer

Producer: Harold Faltermeyer

If you're ready to fall in love
Here's the thing you've been dreaming of
Scientific fact that you should know

If you're ready to give your heart
And you don't know which way to start
And you're afraid you'll go against the flow

Ask anyone who's ever been given the blow
If you'll know when all systems are go

All systems go, ohoohoooh
All systems go, ohoohoooh
All systems go, all systems go
All systems go, oo oh oo oh
All systems go, all systems go
All systems go, oo oh oo oh

Is your mind in computer mode?
And all your senses in overload
And all controls for take off in your hands

200,000 watts of my love are starting to glow
Let you know that all systems are go

All systems go, ohoohoooh
All systems go, ohoohoooh
All systems go, all systems go
All systems go, oo oh oo oh
All systems go, all systems go
All systems go, oo oh oo oh

You're on a one way trip to the sun
Your heart's on fire and you're ready to run
Faster now faster, we're headin' out for planet Mars
Love on sudden impact, everything's under control
And all systems are go

All systems go, ohooh oooh
All systems go, ohooh oooh
All systems go, all systems go
All systems go, oo oh oo oh
All systems go, all systems go
All systems go, oo oh oo oh

As the unquestioned queen of disco, the one and only Donna Summer lit up the late 70s and 80s with flashy, exuberant vocals and automatic earworms. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on Dec. 31, 1948, Summer moved to Germany after being cast in a Munich production of Hair. There, she happened to meet Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and the trio conglomerated to form a dynamic music team. With Moroder, Summer forged together her first album, The Hostage, which reached moderate success in Northern Europe. Summer’s big break, however, would come later with the release of 1975’s sexual “Love to Love You Baby”, which became one of disco’s first mainstream hits and reached #2 on the Billboard Charts.

1977 came around with the concept album I Remember Yesterday, which featured the Top 10 single “I Feel Love”. The next year, Summer hit the silver screen with the movie Thank God It’s Friday, whose soundtrack featured one of her own the iconic “Last Dance.” This would later become one of the disco legends' signature songs. “Dance” would take home an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe, and it jumped to a peak of #3 on the charts.

Yet Summer’s illustrious career was far from finished – Summer’s first live album Live and More featured the single “MacArthur Park”, a melting ballad that was a cover of the Jimmy Webb ballad of the same name. “Park” became Summer’s first – and perhaps most memorable – No. 1 hit, and cemented her status as a vocalist as well as a performer. With the track, she became the first female in modern rock history to hold the top spot in both the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200. 1979, though, would really be the peak of her career.

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