Donna Summer

Released: March 20, 1989

Songwriter: Pete Waterman Matt Aitken Mike Stock

Producer: Stock Aitken & Waterman

You seem to be in a dizzy spin
And you can't work it out
You can't explain the mood you're in
You're stumbling about

But it's the same thing happening to you
As happened to me

I understand what you're going through
Over emotional and confused
You can't keep up with your change of moods
But it's true
These are the things we do
When love takes over you

You've got no time, for anyone
Even your friends get in the way
But you won't take any good advice
Or listen to what I say

Because it don't just happen to you
It happens to everyone

I understand what you're going through
It's nothing new 'cos I've been there too
It's all too much for a girl like you
Yes it's true
There are the things we do
When love takes over you

Ooh, baby la, la, la, la
Ooh, baby la, la, la, la

But it's the same thing happening to you
As happened to me

I understand what you're going through
Over emotional and confused
You can't keep up with your change of moods
But it's true
These are the things we do
When love takes over you

I understand what you're going through
It's nothing new 'cos I've been there too
It's all to much for a girl like you
Yes it's true
These are the things we do
When love takes over you

I understand what you're going through
Over emotional and confused
You can't keep up with your change of moods
But it's true
These are the things we do
When love takes over you

I understand what you're going through
It's nothing new 'cos I've been there too
It's all to much for a girl like you
Yes it's true
These are the things we do
When love takes over you

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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