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Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)Donna Summer

Released: June 15, 1982

Songwriter: Quincy Jones Merria Ross Rod Temperton

Producer: Quincy Jones

[Verse 1]
I've hung around with big shots
Never knew love was in the sights
I guess I missed the target
Caught up in a different line of fire

But I know
Since I've been aiming
For the sweetness in your soul
Your name is on the bullet
And it's getting ready to explode

There's been a change inside my life
And I just wanna let you know

[Chorus]
I've got my finger on the trigger
Love is in control
I've got my finger on the trigger
I ain't letting go

Baby, let's have some fun
A won't you be my
My number one

[Verse 2]
Mama used to tell me
Girl, you better load your gun up right
She said you
You gotta come out smoking
Hit it with your best shot
Every time

Well, I didn't understand her
Til you walked right into range
I saw your love at twenty paces
And I knew I'd won the game

You better raise your heart up high
Or love will blow you right away

[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge]
Leave off that safety catch
There ain't no risk
We're gonna have some fun

I've got you
Love's begun
So stay with me until the morning sun

You're superbullet number one

Baby, let's have some fun
A won't you be my
My number one

There's been a change
Inside my life
And I just wanna let you know

[Repeat Chorus x3]

Donna Summer

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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