Donna Summer

Released: May 20, 2008

Songwriter: Toby Gad Donna Summer

Producer: Toby Gad

Wakin' up this morning
Saw the sun come through my blinds
And I looked up on the porch
And found an owl shrieking by
But never could I have imagined
Such a place like this
And you're lyin' next to me
I wanna wake you with a kiss

And all the crazy things about you
That I so adore
Are the little things that keep me
Coming back for more

[Chorus:]
And it feels like love, and it feels so good
I wanna feel like the roarin' thunder
Wanna be the heaven that your sky is under
Oh, I say, you say, oh (It's like love)
All that I need, baby it's true
The sand on my feet and you

I will go wherever you go
Take me where you lead?
Lead me where you want
My heart doesn't know?
Anything but what you say
You're the one for me
You make me feel complete

I can silent read your whisper
And my lips still feel your touch
And I'm oh so glad to be here
Oh so glad to be here

[Chorus]
But you and I have walked the oceans
Miles along the shore
And a thousand seagulls called on me
So we came right back for more
And I love to feel the water
It makes me feel so free
Underneath the purple sky
Every time you look at me

I reach up to forever
With the promises you keep
They fill me with such happiness
It makes my heart believe

[Chorus]
How many lovers
Have walked along the shore before
Before you and I
How many said goodbye

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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