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| Donna Summer discography | |
|---|---|
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| Singles | 89 |
| Promotional singles | 7 |
| Other | 3 |
The discography of singles for American singer and songwriter Donna Summer consists of ninety-two singles, eight promo-only singles, and two other charted songs. To look at her albums discography it is found in a separate page.
Summer's first single, "Wassermann" was taken from the German cast recording of the musical Hair and released by Polydor Records. The next few singles were one-offs, released on different labels until she was signed to the Dutch label Groovy Records in 1974 ("The Hostage" being her first single for them). Atlantic Records became responsible for distributing Summer's work in Germany at the same time and both labels would continue to distribute Summer's work in the respective countries for the following few years (including the first few years of her signing to Casablanca Records in North America).
| Year | Title | Peaks | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [1] | NL [2] | |||
| 1968 | "Wassermann" [A] b/w "Finale" (Donna Gaines und Ensemble) | — | — | Haare (Hair) |
| 1969 | "If You Walkin' Alone" [A] b/w "Can't Understand" (Donna Gains) | — | — | N/A |
| 1971 | "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" b/w "So Said the Man" (Donna Gaines) | — | — | |
| 1974 | "Denver Dream" [B] b/w "Something's in the Wind" | — | — | |
| "The Hostage" b/w "Let's Work Together Now" | — | 2 | Lady of the Night | |
| "Lady of the Night" b/w "Wounded" | 40 | 4 | ||
| 1975 | "Love to Love You" [C] b/w "Need-A-Man Blues" | — | 13 | N/A |
| "Virgin Mary" [C] b/w "Pandora's Box" | — | — | ||
None of the above singles were released in the United States and "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" and "The Hostage" were released in the United Kingdom.
These singles were all released commercially in at least one format in one country. Promotional formats may have also been released in that country/those countries or in others.
Summer's recordings during this era were distributed by Casablanca Records in North America and, from late 1977 onwards, in most other nations. Various other labels released Summer's work internationally prior to said time (and in a small number of cases, during it). Summer left the label in 1979 but they continued to issue previously released material for a while afterwards.
Singles from the film soundtracks of The Deep and Thank God It's Friday were distributed internationally by Casablanca, as that label was responsible for releasing the soundtracks worldwide.
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] | US Dan [3] | US R&B [3] | AUS [4] | CAN [5] | GER [1] | IRE [6] | NL [2] | NZ [7] | UK [8] | ||||
| 1975 | "Love to Love You Baby" b/w "Need-A-Man Blues" | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | Love to Love You Baby | |
| 1976 | "Could It Be Magic" b/w "Whispering Waves" (from Love to Love You Baby) | 52 | 3 | 21 | — | 64 | 23 | — | 5 | — | 40 | A Love Trilogy | |
| "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" [D] b/w "Wasted" | 80 | 1 | 35 | — | 68 | 42 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Spring Affair" [D] b/w "Come With Me" (from A Love Trilogy) | 58 | 1 | 24 | — | 80 | — | — | 25 | — | — | Four Seasons of Love | ||
| 1977 | "Winter Melody" b/w "Full of Emptiness (Reprise)" (from Love to Love You Baby) | 43 | 21 | — | 59 | — | 20 | — | — | 27 | |||
| "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" [E] b/w "I Feel Love" | — | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I Remember Yesterday | ||
| "I Feel Love" b/w "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| "Theme from The Deep (Down, Deep Inside)" [F] b/w Instrumental version of A-side | — | 3 | — | 70 | — | 25 | — | 5 | — | 5 | "The Deep" soundtrack | ||
| "I Remember Yesterday" (Part 1) [F] b/w "I Remember Yesterday (Part 2)" | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | 14 | I Remember Yesterday | ||
| "Love's Unkind" [F] b/w "Black Lady" | — | — | — | — | 18 | 2 | 28 | — | 3 | ||||
| "I Love You" b/w "Once Upon a Time" | 37 | 1 | 28 | 47 | 27 | — | — | — | — | 10 | Once Upon a Time... | ||
| "Fairy Tale High" [G] b/w "I Love You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Once Upon a Time" [H] b/w "(Theme) Once Upon a Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | "Rumour Has It" b/w "(Theme) Once Upon a Time" | 53 | 21 | — | 64 | 21 | — | 20 | — | 19 | |||
| "Back in Love Again" [F] b/w "Try Me, I Know, We Can Make It" / "Wasted" (both from A Love Trilogy) [GTO] "A Man Like You" (from Once Upon a Time) [Atlantic] | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | I Remember Yesterday | ||
| "Last Dance" b/w "With Your Love" | 3 | 1 | 5 | 69 | 4 | — | — | 10 | 3 | 51 | "Thank God It's Friday" soundtrack | ||
| "Je t'aime... moi non plus" (Part 1) [I] b/w Part 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "MacArthur Park" b/w "(Theme) Once Upon a Time" | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | Live and More | ||
| "Heaven Knows" (with Brooklyn Dreams) b/w "Only One Man" | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 14 | 34 | ||||
| 1979 | "Hot Stuff" b/w "Journey to the Center of Your Heart" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 11 | Bad Girls | |
| "Bad Girls" b/w "On My Honor" | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| "Dim All the Lights" b/w "There Will Always Be a You" | 2 | 54 | 13 | — | 13 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 29 | |||
| "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" [J] (with Barbra Streisand) b/w "Lucky" (from Bad Girls) | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 3 | On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II | ||
| "On the Radio" b/w "There Will Always Be a You" (from Bad Girls) | 5 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 27 | 32 | 32 | |||
| 1980 | "Sunset People" [F] b/w "Our Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | 46 | Bad Girls | |
| "Our Love" [K] b/w "Sunset People" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Walk Away" b/w "Could It Be Magic" (from A Love Trilogy) | 36 | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
These singles were all released commercially in at least one format in one country. Promotional formats may have also been released in that country/those countries or in others.
Summer's material during this era was released by three different Warner Bros. labels: Geffen, Atlantic and the main Warner Bros. label. In North America, Summer was signed to Geffen from 1980-1988 and Atlantic from 1989-1991. Internationally, Geffen released her material from 1980-1981 but all subsequent Geffen/Atlantic releases were released by Warner Bros. Records.
Summer's original North American label (Casablanca), now owned by PolyGram, also released two official Donna Summer singles in the United Kingdom in 1982 and 1983 respectively; these were new remixes and/or edits of two of Summer's biggest hits from during her time with that label. See notes below for details.
During Summer's court battle regarding her leaving Casablanca, it was decided that she still owed them an album. Subsequently, PolyGram's Mercury Records released the 1983 album She Works Hard For The Money , so all singles from that album were also released by Mercury.
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] | US Dan [3] | US R&B [3] | AUS [4] | CAN [5] | GER [1] | IRE [6] | NL [2] | NZ [7] | UK [8] | ||||
| 1980 | "The Wanderer" b/w "Stop Me" | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 30 | 5 | 48 | The Wanderer | |
| "Cold Love" b/w "Grand Illusion" | 33 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | 44 | ||||
| 1981 | "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'" b/w "Running for Cover" | 40 | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Looking Up" [L] b/w "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" b/w "Sometimes Like Butterflies" | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 14 | 12 | 40 | 18 | Donna Summer | |
| "State of Independence" b/w "Love Is Just a Breath Away" | 41 | — | 31 | 30 | — | — | 10 | 1 | — | 14 | |||
| "I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remixes) [M] 12" single b/w "Bad Girls" and "Hot Stuff" (both from Bad Girls) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | 21 | N/A | ||
| "The Woman in Me" b/w "Livin' in America" | 33 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | 62 | Donna Summer | ||
| 1983 | "Protection" [N] b/w "(If It Hurts Just a Little)" [Europe] "State of Independence" [Japan] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Love to Love You Baby" (Young & Strong Edit) [M] 12" single b/w another mix of A-side | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A | ||
| "She Works Hard for the Money" b/w "I Do Believe (I Fell in Love)" | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 25 | She Works Hard for the Money | ||
| "Unconditional Love" (Additional vocals by Musical Youth) b/w "Woman" | 43 | — | 9 | 57 | — | — | 28 | — | 24 | 14 | |||
| "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" (with Matthew Ward) b/w "Stop, Look and Listen" | 70 | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "People People" [O] b/w "Tokyo" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "He's A Rebel" [P] b/w "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1984 | "Stop, Look and Listen" [M] b/w "Tokyo" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | ||
| "There Goes My Baby" b/w "Maybe It's Over" | 21 | — | 20 | 52 | 31 | — | — | 31 | — | 99 | Cats Without Claws | ||
| "Supernatural Love" b/w "Face the Music" (Non-album track) | 75 | 39 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1985 | "Eyes" [Q] b/w "It's Not the Way" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | ||
| 1987 | "Dinner with Gershwin" b/w instrumental version of A-side (Non-album track) | 48 | 13 | 10 | — | 39 | — | 13 | 43 | — | 13 | All Systems Go | |
| "Only the Fool Survives" [R] (with Mickey Thomas) b/w "Love Shock" | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1988 | "All Systems Go" [Q] / | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | ||
| "Fascination" [S] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1989 | "This Time I Know It's for Real" b/w "If It Makes You Feel Good" | 7 | 5 | — | 40 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 6 | — | 3 | Another Place and Time | |
| "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" [Q] b/w instrumental version of A-side (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 3 | 29 | — | 7 | |||
| "Love's About to Change My Heart" b/w another mix of A-side (Non-album track) | 85 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 59 | — | 20 | |||
| "Breakaway" [S] b/w "Thinkin' Bout My Baby" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "When Love Takes Over You" [Q] b/w "Bad Reputation" (from All Systems Go) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | |||
| 1990 | "State of Independence" [Q] (re-release) b/w "Love Is Just a Breath Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | 45 | Donna Summer | |
| "Breakaway" [Q] (Remix) b/w "Love Is in Control" (from Donna Summer) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | Another Place and Time | ||
| 1991 | "When Love Cries" 12" single with four different mixes | 77 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mistaken Identity | |
| "Work That Magic" b/w "Let There Be Peace" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | |||
These singles were all released commercially in at least one format in one country. Promotional formats may have also been released in that country/those countries or in others.
Several of the singles from this era are in fact from albums by various artists on which Summer appeared.
PolyGram released the 1994 compilation album Endless Summer , so the two singles from that album (both newly recorded tracks) were released on Mercury, as were the 1999 and 2000 re-releases of "Last Dance" and "I Feel Love" respectively.
The remixes of "I Feel Love" and "State of Independence" were released by the former UK-based Manifesto label, a division of Universal (who had owned the rights to much of Summer's back catalogue for some time).
Summer signed to Sony in 1999 and both her singles from that year were released by their Epic label. Summer's final album (2008's Crayons ) and the singles from it were released by Sony's Burgundy Records.
Universal released 2005's "I Got Your Love", originally featured two years earlier in the television series Sex and the City .
The final Donna Summer single, "To Paris with Love" was released on her own Driven by the Music label.
The posthumous remix album released in 2013 (entitled Love to Love You Donna) and its singles were released by Verve Records, by then part of Universal Music Group, who had long since owned the rights to Summer's Casablanca/PolyGram recordings from 1975 to 1983.
| Year | Title | Peaks | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Dan [3] | |||
| 1978 | "With Your Love" [Z] | — | Thank God It's Friday |
| 1979 | "On My Honor" [!] | — | Bad Girls |
| 1987 | "Thinkin' Bout My Baby" [!] | — | All Systems Go |
| 1993 | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" [Z] | — | The Donna Summer Anthology |
| 1999 | "Donna Summer Medley" [Z] | — | Live & More Encore |
| 2003 | "You're So Beautiful" [Z] | 5 | The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer |
| 2003 | "Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live for Love)" [Z] | 20 | |
| 2005 | "I Feel Love" [!](Remixes) | — | N/A |
| Year | Title | Peak | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Dan [3] | |||
| 1976 | "Wasted"/"Come with Me" | 7 | A Love Trilogy |
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;
All of the following singles were released commercially.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] | US Dan [3] | US R&B [3] | AUS [4] | CAN [5] | GER [1] | IRE [6] | NL [2] | NZ [7] | UK [8] | ||||
| 1977 | "Shut Out" (Paul Jabara featuring special guest Donna Summer) | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shut Out | |
| 1979 | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" [Y] (with Barbra Streisand) | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 3 | Wet | |
| 1980 | "Foggy Day/Never Lose Your Sense of Humor" (with Paul Jabara) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Third Album | |
| 1989 | "Spirit of the Forest" (as part of charity group Spirit of the Forest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
| 1992 | "Carry On" (Giorgio Moroder featuring Donna Summer) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Forever Dancing | |
| 2012 | "Angel" (O'Mega Red featuring Donna Summer) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A | |
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