Donna Summer

Released: March 20, 1989

Songwriter: Pete Waterman Mike Stock Matt Aitken Donna Summer

Producer: Stock Aitken & Waterman

Last night
We showed how much we cared
But sadness filled the air
How it made us cry
As we waved goodbye
Then you left me standing there

Last night
I came home on my own
And watched a movie show
And the saddest part
Really broke my heart
As it made me miss you so

I get so sentimental
Can't control the beat of my heart
I get so sentimental
Sentimental when we're apart

Last night
I tried to let you know
How it hurts to see you go
And how I want you near
Every time I hear
Our love song on the radio

I get so sentimental
Can't control the beat of my heart
I get so sentimental
Sentimental when we're apart

Can't control the beat of my heart
I get so sentimental
Sentimental when we're apart

How you made me cry
When we waved good bye
As it made me miss you so

I get so sentimental
Can't control the beat of my heart
I get so sentimental
Sentimental when we're apart

I get so sentimental

I get so sentimental
Sentimental when we're apart

I get so sentimental
Can't control the beat of my heart
I get so sentimental

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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