Since Donna is being discussed here alot recently,I thought it was time to list our Top 10 Donna Summer songs.So,pull out those old albums and compile your list.Here's mine...


"Bad Girls" (1979)
"Last Dance" (1978)
"Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)" (1982)
"Could It Be Magic" (1976)
"Heaven Knows" (1979)
"Dim All The Lights" (1979)
"Unconditional Love" with the Musical Youth (1983)
"Take Me" (1977)
"Dance Into My Life" (1977)
"This Time I Know It's For Real"(1989)

Love to Love you,Bad Girl,Finger on the trigger love is in Control,Heaven Knows,last dance,She works hard for the money,UnConditional Love with Musical Youth,Dinner with Gerswin,on the Radio,Mcarthur Park

I don't know 10 songs by her. My knowledge of her is quite limited, but my top ten would be:

1. Woman
2. People, People
3. Stop, Look and Listen
4. I Feel Love
5. Con Te Partiro

Moonbeam said:

It looks like you're a huge fan of her 'She Works Hard For the Money' album...lol...

Freaks. And Geeks. And Disco.

hehehe

Running For Cover
State Of Independence
Hot Stuff
Carry on
All Systems Go
There Goes My Baby
She Works Hard For The Money
Love To Love You Baby
Love Is In Control
Romeo
Sunset People
Breakaway

Gooey.Don't be rude to us. This is not an attitude. We really enjoy her music

PANDURITO said:

I absolutely LOVE this song!! The entire 'Wanderer' album is a masterpiece,particularly Side 1."Breakdown","Grand Illusion" and "Running For Cover" all sound like they're from a movie...very dramatic and tension-filled songs!

DavidEye said:

I can't blame Moonbeam for not knowing many Donna's songs.
I was dancing to Hot Stuff BEFORE he was born.

DavidEye said:

Manuel,I'm really impressed with your list overall.I see that you included "Romeo".Do you know the whole story of that song and the rejected 1981 album from which it came?

Yes, I got the soundtrack to Flashdance and all these years I thought it was a one track collaboration.

Till recently (not more than 3 years) I heard about the I'm a rainbow Project which I hurriedly ordered online.

It was funny to hear all those "new" songs with the Moroder/Bellotte sound

DavidEye said:

That's the only one I know lol.

PANDURITO said:

Yeah,I bought the 'I'm A Rainbow' CD in 1996,fifteen years after it was recorded.It had been circulating as a bootleg for all those years! Geffen rejected it in '81,then sent her back into the studio with Quincy Jones to make a "replacement" album.

Moonbeam said:

'She Works Hard For The Money' is a solid album.I love the three singles (title track,"Unconditonal Love" and "Love Has A Mind Of It's Own"),plus I love "Tokyo" and "He's A Rebel".But get a few of her other albums too!

DavidEye said:

LOL- you don't list the 3 songs I love from that album the most. Man, I was like 5 when my brother played me those songs, and I absolutely fell in love with "Woman" and it holds a soft spot in my heart to this day.

Quincy Jones was busy that year.DONNA SUMMER (the album) is one of my favorites .

DONNA SUMMER & THRILLER have the same overall sound.
Though we know who won,don't we?

PANDURITO said:

You know what? I was making this *same* point on another site.About the similarities between Donna's album and 'Thriller' (both produced by Quincy Jones).I love the 'Donna Summer' album too.The three "middle songs" on Side 2 ("Protection","If It Hurts Just A Little" and "Love Is Just A Breath Away") just blow my mind.

Moonbeam said:

"Woman" has a cool R&B sound,which was a refreshing change for her,as most of her 80s singles were more "pop".But I have to tell you,I consider "People,People" to be one of her *WORST* songs ever

DavidEye said:

What can I say?.It's like reading my own thoughts written by another person. So strange.

PANDURITO said:

Strange indeed

Hmmm...

No particular order

Now I Need You
All Through The Night
Melanie
Rumor Has It
Breakdown
Hot Stuff
Dinner With Gerswhin
Back In Love Again
This Time I Know It's For Real
Say Something Nice

This list could change at any time. Expect updates. I really love Donna.

Bad Girls
toot toot..beep beep

VinnyM27 said:

Here's a little trivia about this song."Back In Love Again" is a 1977 song that can be found on Donna's 'I Remember Yesterday' album.But it is actually a remake of an older Donna Summer song from 1974 called "Something's In The Wind".In 1977,Donna and her producers simply took the music from the 1974 song,wrote different lyrics and voila,it became "Back In Love Again".

Dim All Da Lights
I Feel Luv
Luv 2 Luv U Baby
MacArthur Park
Enough Iz Enough
On Tha Radio (On Da Radio)
I Will Go Wit U

JANFAN4L said:

This is one of my least favorite Donna songs.I really don't think Barbra Streisand's voice blends well with Donna.It also sounds like they're both trying to out-sing the other one...lol...these days,I can enjoy this song as a campy,late 70s novelty,but both singers have done better.

DavidEye said:

I agree. It's cute and a good listen once and a while but not one of her best. In general, I tend not to like the hits that Donna hasn't written as much (except for "Hot Stuff" and "Dinner With Gerswhin"). "Last Dance" is good but my least favorite of the big hits. And thanks for the "Back In Love Again". I think I heard something like that before. Was "Something's In the Wind" intended for "Lady Of the Night", her 1974 LP which no one has and fewer know about.

VinnyM27 said:

Nope,as far as I know,"Something's In The Wind" was never intended for the 1974 'Lady Of The Night' album.It was released as a B-side single in Holland,the A-side being a song called "Denver Dream".This rare single was released on Lark Records.Donna actually released several singles outside the U.S. long before her "official" 1975 debut album,'Love To Love You Baby'.For more info on these early singles,go to...

http://www.donna-tribute.com/disc.htm

Oh,and by the way,I have her 'Lady Of The Night' CD.It's actually quite easy to find,from on-line places like Amazon.com.

DavidEye said:

I have it too but it certaintly isn't something you see in the CD store (then again,, you don't see any of her semi-popular eighties discs like "The Wanderer" either). I don't think fans really know about it and don't reliaze it was her real debut.