Donna Summer

Released: September 15, 1987

Songwriter: Keith D. Nelson Jeffrey Lams Donna Summer

Producer: Keith D. Nelson Jeff Lams Donna Summer

I was walkin', down the street
I was lookin' to someone who was standing there
And didn't seem to really care

I was lookin' out the window
I was hopin', that the sun would show
Didn't know, didn't know

I was
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby, yeah...

I was searchin', for a summer day
I was hopin', for someone to say
Would you come out?
Instead I stood and I pout

I was wanting, just another chance
To make you, feel my fine romance
Didn't know, want to go
I was
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby, yeah...

Want my baby, lookin' for him high and the love, yeah
Want my baby, he's the only way to fly I know, yeah

I was searchin' for another day
I was hopin', just to see your smilin' face, your smilin' face

I was
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby
Thinkin' bout him, thinkin' about my baby, yeah, yeah...
Thinkin' bout my baby, thinkin' about my baby
Thinkin' bout my baby, thinkin' about my baby...

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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