Donna Summer

Released: May 13, 1977

Songwriter: Giorgio Moroder Pete Bellotte Donna Summer

Producer: Pete Bellotte Giorgio Moroder

Oh baby, I've got all this love, it's more than enough
Oh baby, I'm filled with desire, I'm caught in your fire
Oh baby, you've got the power to turn me on

You knew it, you looked in my eyes, you read in my mind
You move me, spinning me 'round, around and around
Oh you have the power to rule my mind and soul

Take me, I'll be your woman
Use me, make me your own
Take me, make me your woman
Love me now, and don't leave me alone

Oh baby, there's something inside, that's I just can't hide
Oh baby, well I want you so, just take me real slow
Oh baby, you've got the power to turn me on

I want you, I know what I want, I want what I see
I need you, I need you right now, and you know just how
Well I need you to cool the fire that's burning so

Take me, I'll be your woman
Use me, make me your own
Take me, make me your woman
Love me now, and don't leave me alone

Baby, baby, baby, oh baby
Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby

Take me, I'll be your woman
Use me, make me your own
Take me, make me your woman
Love me now, and don't leave me alone
Love me now, and don't leave me alone
Love me now, and don't leave me alone

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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