Donna Summer

Songwriter: Michael Omartian Bruce Sudano Donna Summer

Producer: Michael Omartian

People, people wherever you are
Wake and listen
It won't take long
People, people wherever you are
Father wants to hear from you all

It's a shame but it's no tragedy
You've been gone much too long
Can't you see running scared
Please come back to me

Dieux vouis appelle

Callin'
People, people wherever you are
Wake and listen
It won't take long
People, people wherever you are
Father wants to hear from all you

It's a shame but it's no tragedy
You've been gone much too long
Can't you see running scared
There's still time to get in touch
With me

Dieux vouis appelle

This bulletin just in
Another story of a run-away child
Whose anguished father wants her
Back home
If anyone has any information
Regarding her whereabouts
Please call this emergency number
432-8360

She contemplates just for a moment
She turns again to get it straight
Takes the phone and dials
The number
Just in time to hear him say

It's a shame but it's no tragedy
You've been gone much too long
Can't you see running scared
Please come back to me

Call people please call
People please call
People please call
People please call
People please call me
Ooh call me

Dieux vouis appelle

People, people wherever you are
Father wants you to give him a call
People, people wherever you are
Wake and listen it won't take long
People, people wherever you are
Father wants you to give him a call

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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