Donna Summer

Released: May 20, 2008

Songwriter: J.R. Rotem E. Kidd Bogart Donna Summer

Producer: J.R. Rotem

She walks into the room
And everybody knows
It's not a day too soon
She stands and strikes her pose
Yeah, whoa, whoa

(She's back)
Keep on sayin' that you want to see her
(She's back)
Look in the mirror and you want to be her
(She's back)
From the beginning it's a long career
Guess who's back? Guess who's back?

(She's back)
People screaming that you want your diva
(She's back)
I always told you that I'd never leave you
(She's back)
From the beginning it's a long career
Guess who's back? Guess who's back?

I'm your friend, I'm your lover
I'm your sister, my dear brother
I'm your dear fairy godmother
Now you know your queen is back

Call the DJ, call the station
Dancing all across the nation
Here for every generation
Now you know your queen is back

So many years ago
On the radio
She crept into your soul
And loved to love you oh, oh

(She's back)
Keep on sayin' that you want to see her
(She's back)
Look in the mirror and you want to be her
(She's back)
From the beginning it's a long career
Guess who's back? Guess who's back?

(She's back)
People screaming that you want your diva
(She's back)
I always told you that I'd never leave you
(She's back)
From the beginning it's a long career
Guess who's back? Guess who's back?

I'm your friend, I'm your lover
I'm your sister, my dear brother
I'm your dear fairy godmother
Now you know your queen is back

Call the DJ, call the station
Dancing all across the nation
Here for every generation
Now you know your queen is back
The queen is back

(Keep on sayin')
That you want me when you're all alone
(Keep on sayin')
That I make you feel like you belong
(Keep on sayin')
That you want your diva one on one
I keep on sayin'
Baby, baby, baby here I come

(She's back)
Keep on sayin' that you want to see her
(She's back)
Look in the mirror and you want to be her
(She's back)
From the beginning it's a long career
Guess who's back? Guess who's back?

(She's back)
People screaming that you want your diva
(She's back)
I always told you that I'd never leave you
(She's back)
From the beginning it's a long career
Guess who's back? Guess who's back?

I'm your friend, I'm your lover
I'm your sister, my dear brother
I'm your dear fairy godmother
Now you know your queen is back

Call the DJ, call the station
Dancing all across the nation
Here for every generation
Now you know your queen is back
The queen is back

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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