Donna Summer

Released: March 20, 1989

Songwriter: Pete Waterman Mike Stock Matt Aitken

Producer: Stock Aitken & Waterman

I can't lie
I was attracted too
Somehow the feelings
Were so strong inside
But I'm not free to be
In love with you maybe
Things would be different
In another place and time

And I can't give you
All you want me to
And I know you deserve
The best from me
But I can't give you more
Of all that you long for
I would have loved you
In another place and time

Dreams aren't always bound to come true
But that's no reason you should cry

'Cos I would have loved you
Really loved you
In another place and time

I'm hurting deep inside
Just want you to know
Oh, I would have loved you
Oh yeah, in another place and time

Fate can't always be led by you
The time ain't right for you and I

In another place and time
In another place and time...

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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