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Thread started 01/06/14 7:45am

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Donna Summer Hits #1 Dance

http://www.billboard.com/...t-after-35

Donna Summer Returns 'MacArthur Park' To Top Of Dance Chart After 35 Years

By Gordon Murray, N.Y. | December 19, 2013 7:15 PM EST

Donna Summer Returns 'MacArthur Park' To Top Of Dance Chart After 35 Years
Queen of disco Donna Summer poses for a portrait in circa 1976.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
The late legend brings the song back to the summit after it first led in 1978. Plus, Neon Jungle and Hardwell debut, while Avicii continues to climb.

Donna Summer returns a classic to the top of Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart, as "MacArthur Park 2013" rises 2-1. Summer's "MacArthur Park Suite" first hit No. 1 on what was then known as the National Disco Action Top 40 ranking the week of Oct. 21, 1978, remaining in charge for five weeks. On Nov. 11, 1978, "Park" became Summer's first of four career No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100, enjoying three weeks at the top.

While her version is well-known, the song wasn't originally a Summer smash: "MacArthur Park" first became a hit for Richard Harris, who carried it to No. 2 on the Hot 100 in 1968. (Harris is likely best known for his acting roles, including the part of Albus Dumbledore in the first two "Harry Potter" films, prior to his death in 2002.) "Park" later yielded hits for Waylon Jennings (No. 23 on Hot Country Songs, 1969), the Four Tops (No. 27 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, 1971) and Andy Williams and Tony Bennett (No. 26, 1969, and No. 39, 1972, respectively, on Adult Contemporary). The song has also been covered by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Chet Atkins, Liza Minnelli and Glen Campbell. "Weird Al" Yankovic even offered his mock version in 1993, reworked as "Jurassic Park," in honor of that year's box office blockbuster.

"MacArthur Park 2013" is Donna Summer's 15th career No. 1 on Dance Club Songs, lifting her ahead of Jennifer Lopez into seventh place on the tally of artists with the most leaders in the chart's history. From the chart's Aug. 28, 1976, start as a national survey through this week, here are the artists with the most No. 1s on Dance Club Songs:

43, Madonna
21, Rihanna
19, Janet Jackson
18, Beyonce
16, Mariah Carey
16, Kristine W
15, Donna Summer
14, Jennifer Lopez
13, Whitney Houston
13, Lady Gaga

"MacArthur Park 2013" is the lead single from Summer's new career-spanning remix album "Love to Love You Donna." The track was remixed by Laidback Luke, Rosabel and Frank Lamboy.

While the song is Summer's fifth consecutive Dance Club Songs No. 1, it's her first since her May 17, 2012, passing. She becomes the first act to top the chart posthumously since Michael Jackson led on June 11, 2011, almost two years after he died, with "Hollywood Tonight."

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Reply #1 posted 01/06/14 3:38pm

SoulAlive

Great news! but I have to say,I just can't get into the new 'Love To Love You Donna' remix CD.I really tried,but I just don't like hearing her music "modernized".All of those songs basically defined the whole disco era.I prefer to hear the songs as they were originally recorded.I'm not against the idea of remix albums,but not for an artist like Donna.

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Reply #2 posted 01/06/14 7:58pm

Cinny

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hey SOUL ALIVE! Have you seen that movie American Hustle??

It is set in 1978 and packed with great music from the era, including "I Feel Love" in a disco scene.

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Reply #3 posted 01/07/14 7:36am

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SoulAlive said:

Great news! but I have to say,I just can't get into the new 'Love To Love You Donna' remix CD.I really tried,but I just don't like hearing her music "modernized".All of those songs basically defined the whole disco era.I prefer to hear the songs as they were originally recorded.I'm not against the idea of remix albums,but not for an artist like Donna.

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It is absolute shit cool so it does make sense it made it onto Billboard #1 as thats kinda how it goes these days.

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Reply #4 posted 01/07/14 12:03pm

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eek

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #5 posted 01/07/14 2:01pm

jeidee

purplethunder3121 said:

eek

LOL is absolute shit a little too realistic a description? I thought for sure at least one track would not have that robohump 4 on the floor beat to it, but alas it was all oontz and no soul. I want to say something nice about it. How about this? Its nice that these folks are attempting to introduce Donna's music to a younger demographic. That fair?

"Dance music" is shambles these days.

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