Donna Summer

Released: August 27, 1975

Songwriter: Giorgio Moroder Pete Bellotte

Producer: Pete Bellotte

[Verse 1]
Another Monday morning
Another five-day week ahead
Such a lonely weekend
Sleeping in a half-filled bed

[Chorus]
Got those need-a-man blues
I need a man so bad
Got those need-a-man blues
And it's driving me mad

[Verse 2]
All the evening people
Dressing up just to get undressed
And me I'm stuck at home
Losing more and gaining less

[Chorus]
Got those need-a-man blues
I need a man so bad
Got those need-a-man blues
And it's driving me mad

[Verse 3]
Emptiness inside
Empty as a glass in my hand
Whisky friend of mine
Help me make it easy without

[Chorus]
Got those need-a-man blues
I need a man so bad
Got those need-a-man blues
And it's driving me mad

[Verse 4]
"Baby baby baby"
Goes the singer on my hi-fi
"Honey honey honey"
My reply

[Chorus]
Got those need-a-man blues
I need a man so bad
Got those need-a-man blues
And it's driving me mad

[Verse 3]
Emptiness inside
Empty as a glass in my hand
Whisky friend of mine
Help me make it easy without

[Chorus]
Got those need-a-man blues
I need a man so bad
Got those need-a-man blues
And it's driving me mad

[Verse 1]
Another Monday morning
Another five-day week ahead
Such a lonely weekend
Sleeping in a half-filled bed

[Chorus]
Got those need-a-man blues
I need a man so bad
Got those need-a-man blues
And it's driving me mad

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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Love to Love You Baby

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Love to Love You Baby (1975)

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