- Donna Summer discography
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Donna Summer discography Releases ↙Studio albums 17 ↙Live albums 2 ↙Compilation albums 32 ↙Singles 89 This is the discography of American pop singer Donna Summer. Twenty of her singles have reached the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, fourteen of the singles reached the top ten, and four of them reached number-one.
Summer's first ever single, "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", was released in Europe in 1971 under her maiden name, Donna Gaines. She would become known as Donna Summer from 1974 onwards.
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Label associations
"Love to Love You Baby" was her first single in the US; it was recorded on Oasis Records, which would join with Casablanca Records to release it in the US. Casablanca would assume responsibility for recording and distributing Summer's albums during the 1970s and also become one of the premier labels of that decade. Later, in 1977, PolyGram Records acquired a 50% ownership of Casablanca from owner Neil Bogart. Bogart was considered a good music executive in the industry, and had a "whatever it takes" approach to selling product. However, Casablanca routinely spent enormous sums of money, unbeknownst at the time to half-owner PolyGram, which was headquartered in Europe. In 1980, Summer informed Casablanca that she wanted to release other genres of music; but she and Casablanca could not find common ground on this issue. That same year Summer signed with the newly-formed Geffen Records.
Also in 1980, PolyGram began noticing the huge amount of revenue that was being spent at Casablanca, money spent as fast as it came in. In addition, Casablanca had allowed Summer to depart; she being one of the label's few acts that, if handled properly, could evolve into a successful post-disco artist in the new decade. Aside from Summer's releases, Casablanca had not been scoring as many hits as it had in the past and was now in debt. PolyGram purchased the remaining 50% of Casablanca and then it promptly fired Bogart. Casablanca continued to struggle for hits in the early 1980s, but only found sporadic success. Meanwhile, Summer had released her first two albums on Geffen Records, "The Wanderer (album)" (1980) and "Donna Summer (album) (1982), scoring one top ten hit on each. She was subsequently notified by PolyGram Records that she owed them another album, per her agreement with Casablanca. She delivered the album "She Works Hard for the Money" (1983) which PolyGram chose to release on its Mercury Records imprint as opposed to Casablanca, Summer's former label. The Mercury album became Summer's most successful album of the entire 1980s, and the title song was her most successful single of the decade. After this release Summer went back to recording for Geffen Records up until her final Geffen release in 1987 (she subsequently signed with Atlantic Records). PolyGram, which had been pouring money into Casablanca for years in an effort to save it, had decided to shut down the fading label in 1984.
In 1990, Geffen Records was sold to MCA Records, which was owned by alcoholic beverage-maker Seagram; although Summer was no longer an artist on Geffen Records.
In 1998, PolyGram and its imprints were purchased by Seagram, which merged the company with its MCA Records label and imprints to create the gigantic Universal Music Group. This had the result of Summer's MCA, Oasis, Casablanca, Geffen, and Mercury releases now being owned by one conglomerate, Universal Music. This catalgoue of Summer's material stretches from 1971 to 1987 for Universal Music Group.
Post 1987, Warner Music Group owns her Atlantic Records material, and Sony BMG owns her Epic Records material.
Albums
- All albums were released internationally unless otherwise stated. The record labels given are those used to release the records in the US (unless of course they were not released in that country). As explained in the previous paragraph other labels were sometimes used to distribute Summer's work in other countries (most notably for the Casablanca/Geffen/Atlantic albums). From Once Upon a Time through to the end of the Casablanca albums, this label was used to distribute Summer's work in most nations.
Studio albums
Year Title Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)US
[1]US R&B
[1]GER ITA JPN NL NOR
[2]NZ
[3]SWE
[4]UK
[5]1974 Lady of the Night - Label: Groovy (The Netherlands/Germany/Belgium)
– – – – – 27 – – – – - 1975 Love to Love You Baby - Label: Casablanca
11 6 23 6 64 – 9 – 7 16 1976 A Love Trilogy - Label: Casablanca
21 16 24 1 – – 9 – 18 41 Four Seasons of Love - Label: Casablanca
29 13 31 1 – – – – 40 – 1977 I Remember Yesterday - Label: Casablanca
18 11 7 1 77 11 5 12 13 3 Once Upon a Time - Label: Casablanca
26 13 – 2 31 – 9 – – 24 1979 Bad Girls - Label: Casablanca
1 1 7 2 9 8 3 3 3 23 - US: 2x Platinum[6]
1980 The Wanderer - Label: Geffen
13 12 54 7 22 – 18 16 15 55 - US: Gold[6]
1981 I'm a Rainbow - Label: Geffen (Unreleased until 1996 by Mercury)
– – – – – – – – – – - 1982 Donna Summer - Label: Geffen
20 6 37 40 20 3 3 – 2 13 - US: Gold[6]
1983 She Works Hard for the Money - Label: Mercury
9 5 14 46 27 11 12 47 8 28 - US: Gold[6]
1984 Cats Without Claws - Label: Geffen
40 24 39 29 33 15 15 – 10 69 - 1987 All Systems Go - Label: Geffen
122 53 – 27 69 49 – – 27 – - 1989 Another Place and Time - Label: Atlantic
53 71 49 – 92 19 – – 16 17 - UK: Gold[6]
1991 Mistaken Identity - Label: Atlantic
– 97 – – – – – – – – - 1994 Christmas Spirit - Label: Mercury
– – – – – – – – – – - 2008 Crayons - Label: Burgundy
17 5 73[7] 46 – – – – – - - Live albums
Year Title Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)US
[1]US R&B
[1]GER ITA JPN NOR
[2]NZ
[3]UK
[5]1978 Live and More - Label: Casablanca
1 4 – 14 52 – 4 16 1999 Live & More Encore - Label: Epic
43 33 75
[7]30 – – – – Compilations
- All albums were released internationally unless otherwise stated. The record labels shown are those used to release the album in the US (unless of course they were not released in that country). For more information about labels used in other countries, see the first paragraph of this article. Please note that this is by no means a list of ALL compilation albums, as many minor labels have also released budget compilations of Summer's work. However some of these are included here.
- Charting compilations
Year Title Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)US
[1]US R&B
[1]GER ITA JPN NZ
[3]NOR
[2]SWE
[4]UK
[5]1978 The Greatest Hits of Donna Summer - Label: GTO (UK)
NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 4 – 1979 On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 - Label: Casablanca
1 4 42 15 20 2 39 29 24 1980 Walk Away - Collector's Edition (The Best of 1977-1980) - Label: Casablanca
50 54 – NR 78 – – – NR – 1990 The Best of Donna Summer - Label: Warner Bros. Records (Europe)
NR NR – – – – – – 24 - UK: Gold[6]
1994 Endless Summer: Greatest Hits - Label: PolyGram
– – – – – 10 – – 37 – 2003 The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer - Label: UTV
111 65 – – – – 27 – 6 - UK: Gold[6]
- Complete list
- Star Collection (1977, WEA, Germany)
- Greatest Hits (1977, Atlantic, Germany)
- The Greatest Hits of Donna Summer (1977, GTO, UK)
- Greatest Hits (1977, Groovy, Netherlands)
- Star Gold (1977, Global, Germany)
- The Greatest Hits of Donna Summer (1978, GTO, UK)
- Lo Mejor De Donna Summer Volume 1 (1978, Argentina)
- Lo Mejor De Donna Summer Volume 1 (1978, Argentina)
- On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 (1979, Casablanca)
- Greatest Hits - Volume One (1979, Casablanca)
- Greatest Hits - Volume Two (1979, Casablanca)
- Wereldsuccessen (1979, Philips, Netherlands - alternative release to On the Radio)
- Walk Away - Collector's Edition (The Best of 1977-1980) (1980, Casablanca)
- The Summer Collection: Greatest Hits (1985, Mercury)
- The Dance Collection: A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles (1987, Casablanca)
- 12"ers (1990, Japan)
- The Best of Donna Summer (1990, Warner Bros., Europe)
- The Complete Hits Collection (4-CD box set) (1991, Mercury, Japan)
- Donna Summer Best (1991, Japan)
- The Dance Collection (1991, Phonogram, France)
- The Donna Summer Anthology (1993, PolyGram)
- This Time I Know It's For Real (1993, WEA, Europe)
- Donna Summer Retrospective (box set of back-to-back 12" singles) (1994, PolyGram, USA)
- Endless Summer: Greatest Hits (1994, Polygram)
- The Complete Donna Summer (1994, Razor & Tie, USA)
- Greatest Hits (1995, PolyGram, France - alternative release to Endless Summer)
- Master Series (1997, Mercury, Europe)
- Greatest Hits (1998, Polygram, USA)
- Millennium Edition (1999, Europe)
- Greatest Hits (2001, France)
- The Best Of/Millennium Collection (2003, USA)
- The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer (2003, UTV)
- The Ultimate Collection (2003)
- Gold (2005, Universal, USA)
- Chronicles (box set of first three international original albums) (2005, Universal, USA)
- The Best Of/Millennium Collection, Volume 2 (2006, USA)
Singles
1971–1979
Year Title Chart positions Album US Hot 100
[8]US Club
[9][8]US R&B
[8]AUS
[10]CAN GER
[11]IRE
[12]JPN NL
[13]NZ
[3]UK
[5]1971 "Sally Go Round the Roses" – – – – – – – – – – – — 1972 "If You Walkin' Alone" – – – – – – – – – – – 1974 "Denver Dream" – – – – – – – – – – – "The Hostage" – – – – – 2 – – 2 – – Lady of the Night "Lady of the Night" – – – – – 40 – – 4 – – 1975 "Virgin Mary" – – – – – – – – – – – — "Love to Love You Baby" 2 1 2 4 2 5 11 – 13 8 4 Love to Love You Baby 1976 "Could It Be Magic" 52 3 21 – 45 23 – – 5 – 40 A Love Trilogy "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" 80 1 35 – – 42 – – – – – "Wasted" – 7 – – – – – – – – – "Spring Affair" 58 1 24 – 38 – – – 25 – – Four Seasons Of Love 1977 "Winter Melody" 43 21 – 41 – 20 – – – 27 "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" 104 1 20 – – – – – – – – I Remember Yesterday "I Feel Love" 6 9 1 2 2 1 – 1 2 1 "Shut Out" (with Paul Jabara) – 31 – – – – – – – – – Shut Out (Paul Jabara album) "Down Deep Inside (Theme From The Deep)" – 3 – 70 – 25 10 – 5 – 5 The Deep (OST) "I Remember Yesterday" – 1 – – – – – – 20 – 14 I Remember Yesterday "Love's Unkind" – – – – 18 2 – 28 – 3 "I Love You" 37 1 28 47 32 – 16 – 6 – 10 Once Upon a Time "Fairy Tale High" – – – – – – – – – – 1978 "Rumour Has It" 53 21 – 37 21 – – 20 – 19 "Back in Love Again" – - – – – – – – – – 29 I Remember Yesterday "Last Dance" 3 1 5 69 3 – – – 10 3 51 Thank God It's Friday (OST) "Je t'aime... moi non plus" – – – – – – – – – – – "MacArthur Park" 1 1 8 8 1 39 7 – 8 4 5 Live & More 1979 "Heaven Knows" (with Brooklyn Dreams) 4 – 10 15 2 – – – – 14 34 "Hot Stuff" 1 1 3 1 1 5 4 7 21 3 11 Bad Girls "Bad Girls" 1 1 14 1 9 23 35 10 6 14 "Dim All the Lights" 2 54 13 – 3 25 30 70 28 14 29 "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" (with Barbra Streisand) 1 1 20 8 1 31 7 59 27 7 3 On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 "Never Lose Your Sense of Humor" (with Paul Jabara) – – – – – – – – – – – The Third Album (Paul Jabara album) 1980–1989
Year Title Chart positions Album US Hot 100
[8]US Club
[9][8]US R&B
[8]AUS
[10]CAN GER
[11]IRE
[12]JPN NL
[13]NZ
[3]UK
[5]1980 "On the Radio" 5 8 9 36 4 34 18 58 27 32 32 On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 "Sunset People" – – – – – – – – 42 – 46 Bad Girls "Our Love" – – – – – – – – – – – "Walk Away" 36 – 35 – 36 – – – – – – "The Wanderer" 3 8 13 6 3 – – 63 30 5 48 The Wanderer "Cold Love" 33 – – 29 – 30 – – – 44 1981 "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'" 40 – 100 39 – – – – – – 1982 "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" 10 3 4 17 10 – 14 71 12 40 18 Donna Summer "State of Independence" 41 – 31 30 35 – 10 – 3 – 14 "I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remix) – – – – – – 18 – – – 21 — "The Woman in Me" 33 – 30 – 18 – – – 12 – 62 Donna Summer 1983 "Protection" – – – – – – – – – – – "She Works Hard for the Money" 3 3 1 4 2 11 26 52 18 23 25 She Works Hard for the Money "Unconditional Love" (featuring Musical Youth) 43 – 9 57 28 – 28 – – 24 14 "People, People" – – – – – – – – – – – "He's a Rebel" – – – – – – – – – – – "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" (with Matthew Ward) 70 – 35 – 44 – – – – – – 1984 "Stop, Look and Listen" – – – – – – – – – – 57 "There Goes My Baby" 21 – 20 52 22 – – – 31 – 99 Cat Without Claws "Supernatural Love" 75 39 51 – – – – – – – – 1985 "Eyes" – – – – – – – – – – 97 1987 "Dinner with Gershwin" 48 13 10 – 39 – 13 – 43 – 13 All Systems Go "Only the Fool Survives" (with Mickey Thomas) – – – – 40 – – – – – – 1988 "All Systems Go" – – – – – – – – – – 54 1989 "This Time I Know It's for Real" 7 5 – 34 3 15 4 20 6 – 3 In Another Place And Time "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" – – – – – 25 3 – 29 – 7 "Love's About to Change My Heart" 85 3 – 83 – – 11 – 59 – 20 "When Love Takes Over You" – – – – – – – – – – 72 "In Another Place and Time" – – – 24 – – – 22 – – – 1990–present
Year Title Chart positions Album US Hot 100
[8]US Club
[9][8]US R&B
[8]CAN GER
[11]IRE
[12]NL
[13]UK
[5]1990 "State of Independence" (New Bass Mix) – – – – – – 69 45 The Best of Donna Summer 1991 "Breakaway" (Remix) – – – – – – – 49 "When Love Cries" 77 – 18 – – – – – Mistaken Identity "Work That Magic" – – – – – – – 74 1992 "Carry On" (with Giorgio Moroder) – 25 – – – – – 65 Forever Dancing (Giorgio Moroder album) 1993 "La Vie en Rose" – – – – – – – – Tribute to Édith Piaf 1994 "Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" – 1 – – – – – 21 Endless Summer: Greatest Hits "Any Way at All" – – – – – – – – 1995 "I Feel Love" (Remixes) – 9 – – – 24 26 8 I Feel Love (Maxi Single) 1996 "Whenever There Is Love" (with Bruce Roberts) 109 – – – – – – – Daylight (OST) "State of Independence" (New Radio Millennium Mix) – – – – – – – 13 — "Does He Love You" (with Liza Minnelli) – – – – – – – – Gently (Liza Minnelli album) 1999 "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)" 79 1 – 35 – – 59 44 Live & More Encore "Love Is the Healer" – 1 – – – – – – "Last Dance" (Re-release) – – – – – – – – — 2000 "The Power of One" – 2 – – – – – – Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (OST) 2004 "You're So Beautiful" – 5 – – – – – – The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer "Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live for Love)" – 20 – – – – – – 2005 "I Got Your Love" – 4 – – – – – - I Got Your Love (Maxi Single) 2006 "Power of Love" – 25 – – – – – - So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross 2008 "I'm a Fire" – 1 – – – – – – Crayons "Stamp Your Feet" – 1 – – 88 – – – "It's Only Love" – – – - – – – "Sand on My Feet" – – – 30 – – – – 2009 "Fame (The Game)" – 1 – – – – – – 2010 "To Paris with Love" – 1 – – – – – – To Paris With Love (Maxi Single) - Dance Club Play chart entries
From the inception of the Billboard Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) until the week of February 16, 1991, several (or even all) songs on an EP or album could occupy the same position if more than one track from a release was receiving significant play in clubs. Beginning with the February 23, 1991 issue, the dance chart became "song specific," meaning only one song could occupy each position at a time. Therefore;
- "Spring Affair" and "Winter Melody" both appear on Summer's Four Seasons of Love album, these two count as one #1 on the Club Play chart.
- "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)", "I Feel Love", "I Remember Yesterday", "Love's Unkind" and "Back in Love Again" all appear on Summer's I Remember Yesterday album, these three also count as one #1 on the Club Play chart.
- "I Love You", "Fairy Tale High" and "Rumour Has It" all appear on her Once Upon a Time album, these three songs also count as one #1 on the Club Play chart.
- "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls" was a double A-side 12" single, so these two also count as one #1 on this chart.
- "The Wanderer", "Cold Love" and "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'" all appear on Summer's The Wanderer album, these two count as one #8 on the Club Play chart. According to Billboard, "To Paris with Love" is Summer's 16th #1 on this chart.
Music videos
Year Title 1975 "Lady of the Night" 1975 "Love to Love You Baby" 1976 "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" 1976 "Could It Be Magic" 1976 "Spring Affair" 1976 "Autumn Changes" 1976 "Winter Melody" 1978 "Last Dance" 1978 "Fairy Tale High" 1979 "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" 1979 "Bad Girls" 1979 "Sunset People" 1979 "My Man Medley" 1980 "The Wanderer" 1982 "Love is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" 1982 "State of Independence" 1982 "The Woman in Me" 1983 "Romeo" 1983 "She Works Hard for the Money" 1983 "Unconditional Love" 1984 "Supernatural Love" 1984 "There Goes My Baby" 1987 "Dinner with Gershwin" 1987 "Dinner with Gershwin (Remix)" 1987 "All Systems Go" 1989 "This Time I Know It's for Real' 1989 "This Time I Know It's for Real (Remix)" 1989 "Love's About to Change My Heart" 1989 "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" 1990 "When Love Takes Over You" 1991 "Work That Magic" 1994 "Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" 1994 "Endless Summer Medley" 1995 "I Feel Love (Remix)" 1996 "Whenever There is Love" 1999 "My Prayer for You" 1999 "I Will Go with You (Con Te Partiró)" 1999 "I Will Go with You (Con Te Partiró) (Big Red Remix)" 2008 "Stamp Your Feet" 2008 "Mr. Music" 2008 "The Queen is Back" 2009 "Fame (The Game)" Other appearances
Year Song Album 1994 "She Works Hard for the Money" (live version) Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I[14] References
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External links
Studio albums Lady of the Night (1974) · Love to Love You Baby (1975) · A Love Trilogy (1976) · Four Seasons of Love (1976) · I Remember Yesterday (1977) · Once Upon A Time (1977) · Bad Girls (1979) · The Wanderer (1980) · I'm a Rainbow (1981/1996) · Donna Summer (1982) · She Works Hard for the Money (1983) · Cats Without Claws (1984) · All Systems Go (1987) · Another Place and Time (1989) · Mistaken Identity (1991) · Christmas Spirit (1994) · Crayons (2008)
Live albums Live and More (1978) · Live & More Encore (1999)
Compilations On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II (1979) · The Summer Collection: Greatest Hits (1985) · The Dance Collection: A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles (1987) · The Donna Summer Anthology (1993) · Endless Summer (1994) · The Ultimate Collection (2003) · The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer (2003) · Gold (2005)
U.S. Top 10
Hit singles"Love to Love You Baby" · "I Feel Love" · "Last Dance" · "MacArthur Park" · "Heaven Knows" · "Hot Stuff" · "Bad Girls" · "Dim All the Lights" · "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" · "On the Radio" · "The Wanderer" · "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" · "She Works Hard for the Money" · "This Time I Know It's for Real"
Concert tours Once Upon a Time Tour · Bad Girls Tour · The Wanderer Tour · Hard for the Money Tour · The Rainbow Tour · Silver Girl Tour · All Systems Go Tour · Endless Summer Tour · Mid Summer Nights Dream Tour · Live & More Encore Tour · Greatest Hits Tour · Crayons Tour
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