Donna Summer

Released: August 24, 1976

Songwriter: Pete Bellotte Giorgio Moroder Donna Summer

Producer: Pete Bellotte Giorgio Moroder

[Intro]
Spring affair

[Verse 1]
Ooh, something's coming over me
Ooh, I think it's got a hold on me
You got me (You got me)
Ooh, just the man I hoped you'd be
Ooh, just the man to set me free
You got me (You got me)
You got me (You got me)

[Chorus]
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and I'm hung up on you
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and we've got something new, ooh, yeah
Me and you, oh, baby

[Verse 2]
Ooh, guess I'm falling much too fast
Ooh, I hope this love is gonna last
I've fallen
Ooh, the feeling's getting really strong
Ooh, you give me strength to carry on
I've fallen
I've fallen

[Chorus]
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and I'm hung up on you
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and we've got something new

[Post-Chorus]
It's a spring affair
It's a spring affair

[Refrain]
Spring Affair
Spring Affair
Spring affair
Spring affair

[Chorus]
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and I'm hung up on you
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and we've got something new, something new

[Bridge]
(Ooh) Oh, baby, ahh
(Ooh) Ooh, I'll have you
(Ooh) This girl is gonna have ya
(Ooh) Yeah
Oh, yeah, baby, yeah, this girl really needs ya
Ooh, this girl's gonna have ya, yeah
Spring affair, baby, you know it
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah) Spring affair
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah) It's coming in the spring air
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah) Springtime
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ah) Yeah
Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah
You're mine, you're mine, mm

[Verse 3]
Ooh, you're the sunshine in my life
Ooh, how you come on shining bright
You got me (You got me)
Ooh (Ooh), feeling's gonna grow and grow
Ooh (Ooh), let your loving river flow
You got me (You got me)
You got all of me (You got me)

[Chorus]
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and I'm hung up on you
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and we've got something new

[Breakdown]
It's a spring affair
It's a spring affair
Spring affair, give me strength to carry on
Spring affair, I got enough to turn me on
Spring affair, let your loving river flow
Spring affair

[Outro]
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and I'm hung up on you
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and we've got something new
Spring affair
Spring affair
Spring affair and we've got something new, ooh-ooh-ohh, ooh
Spring affair
Spring affair
Woah, spring affair and we've got something new

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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