Donna Summer

Songwriter: Bruce Roberts Donna Summer

Producer: Quincy Jones

Donna Summer
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Sometimes Like Butterflies
SOMETIMES LIKE BUTTERFLIES
Well I told ya not to fall in love
I ain't the kind you can tie down
You went did it anyway
As though I'd done ya harm
And each time I went reaching out
That's when you let go
Now don't try and pretend
That you didn't know

Chorus:
If you wanna hold me
If you wanna love me
Come on baby set me free
I've got to be free
If you wanna love me
If you wanna hold me
Butterflies were made to fly
I've got to be free
Sometimes like butterflies
Oh don't hold me no no...
Well I told you right from the beginning
I couldn't stay for love
I had to go
Now it's not because in my heart
Baby I don't love you
It's just because I'm meant to be
I'm meant to be free

Chorus:
Now it's not because in my heart
Baby I don't love you
It's only that I'm meant to be
I'm meant to be free
If you wanna love
If you wanna hold me
Come on baby set me free
I've got to be free
If you wanna hold me
If you wanna love me
Butterflies were made to fly
I've got to be free
Sometimes like butterflies...

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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