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On My HonorDonna Summer

Released: April 25, 1979

Songwriter: Harold Faltermeyer Donna Summer Bruce Sudano

Producer: Pete Bellotte Giorgio Moroder

[Verse-1]
Here I am on my own again the days rush by
The nights all seems so slow
Guess I've let you down in my way, somehow
If you take me back I know we'll make it
We'll make a promise and then break it

[Hook]
On my honor I will try, always do the best I can
Though the tears may fall like raindrops
From your eyes, honey
On my honor I will try

[Bridge]
If you want me to be strong, give it everything I have
You'll never have to worry
We're not in a hurry
On my honor I will try

[Verse-2]
It's a lover's dance in a fiery chant
Don't be afraid to face the music, now
It's a gambler's chance not a lost romance
And I'm not you and you're not me
And sometimes we feel differently

[Hook]
[Bridge]

[Outro]
I'll try
I will try
I'll try

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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