Donna Summer

Released: August 23, 1991

Songwriter: Keith Diamond Donna Summer Anthony L. Smith

Producer: Keith Diamond

(Talk)
I'm writing you this song
Cause I've always wanted to let you know
That no matter where you go
My love is with you

Long after the curtain falls
Its your I hear
Breaking down the walls
To let me know you're there

So sincerely
You've stood beside me
All through the years
Together we have grown
My friends unknown

Down on your knees your pray for me
Deep in my heart you'll stay
Eternally

You can turn my gray skies blue
There's just no me without you
For all the love you've shown
My friends unknown

(Bridge):
This road may be long and winding
But no matter where it takes me to
I will always find my way
Back to you

(Talk):
And you should know
That no matter where you go
I'm always there for you
I say a prayer for you
And I love you eternally

And if we never, never ever meet again
You'll always know where I stand
I'll never be alone
My friends unknown
For all the love you've shown
I wanna thank you
My friends unknown

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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