Donna Summer

Songwriter: Adrienne Anderson Barry Manilow

Producer: Pete Bellotte Giorgio Moroder

[Intro]
Oh, baby
It's been so long
I've waited so long
And now that I have you
I want you to come
Come
Come

[Verse 1]
Spirits move me
Every time I'm near you
Whirling like a cyclone in my mind
Oh sweet Peter, angel of my lifetime
Answer to all answers I can find

[Chorus]
Baby, I want you, come, come
Come into my arms
Let me know the wonder of all of you
Baby, I want you now, now, now, and hold on fast
Could this be the magic at last?

[Verse 2]
Baby, take me
High upon your hillside
High up where the stallion meets the sun
I could love you, build my world around you
Never leave you 'til my life is done

[Chorus]
Baby, I want you, come, come
Come into my arms
Let me know the wonder of all of you
Baby, I want you now, now
Now, and hold on fast
Could it be your magic at last?

Baby I want you, come
Now, come and hold on fast
Could this be your magic at last
Could it be magic?

Come, come, come into my arms
Could this be your magic at last?
Could it be magic?

Come, come, come into my arms
Let me know the wonder of all of you, all of you
Baby I want you, now, now, oh now
Oh come and hold on fast

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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