Donna Summer

Released: March 20, 1989

Songwriter: Pete Waterman Mike Stock Matt Aitken

Producer: Stock Aitken & Waterman

So many heartaches I put you through
So much trouble and pain
So many tears I made you cry
I'll never put you though that again

I'm gonna make every minute count
And cover you with all my love

If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna give it all up to you
If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna make all your dreams come true

You're not alone in the world
There's always someone who cares
This time I'm sure I'm your girl
I'm not going anywhere

Let me show you what the girl can do
I'll cover you with all my love

If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna make it all up to you
If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna make all your dreams come true

If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna make it all up to you
If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna love you through, through and through

I kept you waiting for so long
Now I see that I was wrong
I guess love you oh so much
Now I thrill to your touch

I kept you waiting for so long
Now that's all in the past
Don't you say you can't go on
I'm gonna give you love that lasts

I'm gonna make ever minute count
And cover you with all my love

If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna make it all up to you
If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna make all your dreams come true

If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna make it all up to you
If it makes you feel good
I'm gonna love you through, through and through

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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