"I Love You" | ||||
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![]() German single picture sleeve (also used for the back cover and other European releases; cropped from the cover of the parent album) | ||||
Single by Donna Summer | ||||
from the album Once Upon a Time | ||||
B-side |
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Released | December 15, 1977 | |||
Genre | Disco | |||
Length | 4:43 | |||
Label | Casablanca | |||
Songwriter(s) | Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte | |||
Producer(s) | ||||
Donna Summer singles chronology | ||||
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"I Love You" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer from her sixth studio album Once Upon a Time (1977). It peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and reached number 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1977. The song also peaked at 29, 10, and 24 in Canada, Norway, and Spain respectively. [1] [2]
Originally featured on Donna Summer's album Once Upon a Time , it was edited in length for release as a single. The album is a double LP concept album telling a modern-day Cinderella rags-to-riches story. "I Love You" is featured toward the end of the album when the main character comes face to face with the object of her desire and they declare their love for each other.
Record World called it a "swirling, melodic disco tune." [3]
Chart (1977–78) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] | 47 |
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [5] | 29 |
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [6] | 16 |
Norway (VG-lista) [7] | 10 |
Spain (AFE) [8] | 24 |
UK Singles (OCC) [9] | 10 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 37 |
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [11] | 1 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [12] | 28 |
US Cash Box Top 100 [13] | 26 |
The song was also featured prominently in the Saturday Night Live skits "Sabra Shopping Network" and "Sabra Price is Right", featuring Tom Hanks as Uri Shulenson. In 2018, the song was included in the Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical . [14] It was also included on the soundtrack for the musical. [15]
"MacArthur Park" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb that was recorded first in 1967 by Irish actor and singer Richard Harris. Harris's version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart. Webb won the 1969 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) at the 11th Annual Grammy Awards for the Harris version. "MacArthur Park" was subsequently covered by numerous artists, including a 1970 version by country singer Waylon Jennings that won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards and a number one Billboard Hot 100 disco version by Donna Summer in 1978.
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"Love to Love You Baby" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her second studio album, Love to Love You Baby (1975). Produced by Pete Bellotte, and written by Italian musician Giorgio Moroder, Summer, and Bellotte, the song was first released as a single in the Netherlands in June 1975 as "Love to Love You" and then released worldwide in November 1975 as "Love to Love You Baby". It became one of the first disco hits to be released in an extended form.
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