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All Through the NightDonna Summer

Released: April 25, 1979

Songwriter: Donna Summer Bruce Roberts

Producer: Pete Bellotte Giorgio Moroder

[Speaking Intro]
You know, boy
You're so busy reaching for a dream
That doesn't even exist
You can't even see someone
Who's standing right here
Who loves you so much
And I've tried
Oh I've tried
But I want you to still know this
That all you got to do is reach out for me
And I'll be there
Anytime you want me

[Chorus]
All through the night
Lay your head on my shoulder
You can make love to my mind
And you feel the magic
Don't be afraid

[Break-1]
Quit searchin'
Anticipatin'
Stop reachin'
For that distant star

[Verse-1]
I been waiting
Boy don't pass the moment
The light's right before your very eyes

[Chorus]

[Break-2]
Quit dreamin'
You're so mistaken
A perfect stranger
Will never call

Stop wishin'
If you want let good be
Me waiting at your door

[Chorus 2x]

[Interlude]
Stop searchin' boy
Stop searchin'
Stop searchin', yeah
Stop searchin', oh yeah
Why don't you stop it
Quit searchin', anticipatin'
Stop reachin'
For that distant star
I've been waitin'
Boy don't pass the moment
The lights right before your very eyes

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
All through the night
Lay your head on my shoulder
You can make love to my mind
And if you feel the magic
Don't be afraid
Stop searchin'
Stop searchin'
Stop searchin'
Stop searchin'
Stop searchin'
Cause I'm right here

Donna Summer

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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