Donna Summer

Released: March 20, 1989

Songwriter: Pete Waterman Mike Stock Matt Aitken Donna Summer

Producer: Stock Aitken & Waterman

I've never had the luck to find
This kind of love in my life before
I knew there must be more
The room started swaying
And bands started playing
Inside of me
Since you stole my heart
Come on boy, take the rest of me
The best of me

What...ever your heart desires
Whatever you may need just for you
What...ever your love requires
I'll follow your ever lead

I glad this time
Fate has changed her mind
Took the tears from my arms
Imitations of love
Just left me feeling bad
All alone and so sad
But this is the best
Love I've ever had, I've ever had

What...ever your heart desires
Whatever you may need just for you
What...ever your love requires
I'll follow your ever lead

I'm not afraid
This time
This is my kind of love
So much joy in my life
More than I was dreaming of
The room started swaying
The band started playing
Inside me
Since you stole my heart
Come on boy, take the rest of me
The best of me

What...ever your heart desires
Whatever you may need just for you
What...ever your love requires
I'll follow your ever lead
What...ever your heart desires
Whatever you may need just for you
What...ever your love requires
I'll follow your ever lead

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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