In early 1982,producer Quincy Jones assembled an "all-star choir" to sing backup vocals on the song "State Of Independence",from Donna Summer's self-titled album.However,Donna herself was sick on this day so she wasn't able to be there (she was also pregnant at the time).This rare footage shows Quincy in the studio with all of the background vocalists (Stevie Wonder,Michael Jacksons,Christopher Cross,Dionne Warwick,Brenda Russell,Michael McDonald,Lionel Richie,etc).

the actual song

Great song! So many great singers on this song, this would never never happen today (lack of real singers lol) xD

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Fantastic

Awesome stuff. Thx for posting.

Thanx a lot for sharing!

Awesome!

Dig it! This is outta sight! One of my Top 5 favorite Donna songs. LOL at Dionne with the cig in her hand.

super cool. but one of the awkwardest videos i seen in A long time lol

thanks a lot for posting, I love this song.

Cool to see this video.

I own the 1982 album both on cd and vinyl......

maybe the last great album from Donna Summer.

(it is the last great Donna S album - imho)..

SoulAlive said:

In early 1982,producer Quincy Jones assembled an "all-star choir" to sing backup vocals on the song "State Of Independence",from Donna Summer's self-titled album.However,Donna herself was sick on this day so she wasn't able to be there (she was also pregnant at the time).This rare footage shows Quincy in the studio with all of the background vocalists (Stevie Wonder,Michael Jacksons,Christopher Cross,Dionne Warwick,Brenda Russell,Michael McDonald,Lionel Richie,etc).

Am I the only one can clearly hear Dionne over all the other voices? Or am I confusing her with Donna's lead vocal? Either way I've always loved Donna's version of this song, epecially this perfomance.

Adisa said:

SoulAlive said:

In early 1982,producer Quincy Jones assembled an "all-star choir" to sing backup vocals on the song "State Of Independence",from Donna Summer's self-titled album.However,Donna herself was sick on this day so she wasn't able to be there (she was also pregnant at the time).This rare footage shows Quincy in the studio with all of the background vocalists (Stevie Wonder,Michael Jacksons,Christopher Cross,Dionne Warwick,Brenda Russell,Michael McDonald,Lionel Richie,etc).

Am I the only one can clearly hear Dionne over all the other voices? Or am I confusing her with Donna's lead vocal? Either way I've always loved Donna's version of this song, epecially this perfomance.

My baby...Donna...

Fantastic track from my favourite DS album ever. It SO deserves a good remaster!

whitesockedfunk said:

Fantastic track from my favourite DS album ever. It SO deserves a good remaster!

Ditto. I really want to be see a Deluxe CD reissue of this one complete with alternate versions, Walk Hand In Hand and any other outtakes they can find... the Bruce/Donna duet version of Protection, maybe?

ChickenMcNuggets said:

whitesockedfunk said:

Fantastic track from my favourite DS album ever. It SO deserves a good remaster!

Ditto. I really want to be see a Deluxe CD reissue of this one complete with alternate versions, Walk Hand In Hand and any other outtakes they can find... the Bruce/Donna duet version of Protection, maybe?

that would be interesting! It's well-known that when Quincy produces an album,he goes though dozens of songs so I'm sure that there are numerous outtakes from this album.Donna has mentioned that she received "What's Love Got To Do With It" a few years before Tina Turner recorded it...I wonder if it was recorded during these 1982 sessions?

SoulAlive said:

In early 1982,producer Quincy Jones assembled an "all-star choir" to sing backup vocals on the song "State Of Independence",from Donna Summer's self-titled album.However,Donna herself was sick on this day so she wasn't able to be there (she was also pregnant at the time).This rare footage shows Quincy in the studio with all of the background vocalists (Stevie Wonder,Michael Jacksons,Christopher Cross,Dionne Warwick,Brenda Russell,Michael McDonald,Lionel Richie,etc).

Thanks for posting this, SoulAlive! I see Kenny Loggins is in the video too. This seems like a real-life Yacht Rock episode

SoulAlive said:

kitbradley said:

Dig it! This is outta sight! One of my Top 5 favorite Donna songs. LOL at Dionne with the cig in her hand.

You see that!!! Dionne didn't put that Virginia Slim down for a second. She was taking slow drags.

ChickenMcNuggets said:

So, is this previously unseen footage? I don't recall seeing anything from these sessions in this quality before. Anyway, I love the song and the whole album. I don't really understand why it got such mixed reviews, as it's one of my favourite Quincy productions.

I think it's a good album too. I listen to it now.

What a voice... I miss u Donna

ChickenMcNuggets said:

SoulAlive said:

that would be interesting! It's well-known that when Quincy produces an album,he goes though dozens of songs so I'm sure that there are numerous outtakes from this album.Donna has mentioned that she received "What's Love Got To Do With It" a few years before Tina Turner recorded it...I wonder if it was recorded during these 1982 sessions?

There's loads of stuff from the two-month Thriller sessions, which we know about because it a lot of it leaked... so there surely has to be at least that much from the 'Donna Summer' sessions, which lasted five months longer.

such as this one.I love the strong R&B vocals that Donna uses on this song.Quincy really brought out the best in her.And that bassline is fire!!

"Walk Hand In Hand" (1982 outtake