Donna Summer

Released: October 31, 1977

Songwriter: Donna Summer Giorgio Moroder Pete Bellotte

Producer: Giorgio Moroder Pete Bellotte

You'll never compete with the others!
Why, look at the way you're dressed!
Come on now, get yourself together!

Baby if you got it
You have got to flaunt it now
Baby if you flaunt it
You can make them want it now baby
Yes, I got it
And I'm gonna flaunt it now
Gonna make him want it
Yeah I'm gonna flaunt it now

Sister thinks she's got it
And she's gonna flaunt it now
(who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?)

Sister thinks she's got it
And she's gonna flaunt it now
(who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?)

Sister thinks she's got it
And she's gonna flaunt it now
(who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?)

All you catty creatures
I've got my better features too
So step aside you leeches
I'm gonna teach a little trick to you

Baby if you got it
You had better flaunt it now
Baby if you flaunt it
You can make him want it now
Baby yes, I got it
And I'm gonna flaunt it now
Gonna make him want it
'cause I'm gonna flaunt it now

Sister thinks she's got it
And she's gonna flaunt it now
(who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?)
Sister thinks she's got it
And she's gonna flaunt it now
(who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?)
Sister thinks she's got it
And she's gonna flaunt it now
(who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?)

All you catty creatures
I've got my better features too
Step aside you leeches
'cause I can teach a trick to you

I can teach you how to walk and talk
How to hold you head high
And I can flaunt my stuff as good as anybody else
I can shake my hip, or my thigh
I'll make you wanna run someplace and hide
'cause I got it, and I'm gonna flaunt it

Sister thinks she's got it
And she's gonna flaunt it now
(who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?)
Sister thinks she's got it
And she's gonna flaunt it now
(who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?)

All you catty creatures
You've gotta get out of my way right now
Step aside all you leeches
I've got a trick and I'll show you how

Spoken:
Anyways, I'll teach you a trick or two

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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