Love's Unkind

"Love's Unkind"
German picture sleeve
Single by Donna Summer
from the album I Remember Yesterday
B-side	"Autumn Changes" (UK) "Black Lady" (Germany/The Netherlands)
Released	November 29, 1977
Genre	Rock [1] disco
Length	4:29
Label	Casablanca (US) GTO (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Donna Summer singles chronology
"I Remember Yesterday" (1977) "Love's Unkind" (1977) "I Love You" (1977)

"Love's Unkind" is a 1977 song written and produced by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, with lyrics and vocals by Donna Summer. It was recorded for the Donna Summer album, I Remember Yesterday , which combined modern disco beats with sounds of previous decades. "Love's Unkind" was released as a single in Europe in November 1977, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart, ^[2] and number 32 in the Netherlands. It entered the Irish Singles Chart on 5 January 1978, where it stayed for six weeks, peaking at number two. Though never released as a single in the USA, it topped the Billboard dance chart as part of the I Remember Yesterday album, as at that time entire albums could count as one entry on that particular chart. The lyrics are of high school crushes and love triangles.

Weekly charts

Chart (1977-1978)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3]	18
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4]	25
Ireland (IRMA) [5]	2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6]	32
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7]	28
UK (Official Charts Company) [2]	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [8]	1
West Germany (GfK) [9]	18

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [10]	Gold	550,000 [11]

Cover version

English actress Sophie Lawrence reached No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart in 1991 with her cover of the song. ^[12]

References

1. Hull, Tom (2004). "Donna Summer". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 792–793. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
2. "1978 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive - 14th January 1978". Official Charts Company . Retrieved July 6, 2013.
3. "Donna Summer – Love's Unkind" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
4. "Donna Summer – Love's Unkind" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love's Unkind". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
6. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Donna Summer" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
7. "Donna Summer – Love's Unkind" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
8. "Donna Summer awards on Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Donna Summer – Love's Unkind" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
10. "British single certifications – Donna Summer – Love's Unkind". British Phonographic Industry.
11. "The Winning Formula" (PDF). Music Week . February 18, 1978. p. 8 (scroll to page 34). Retrieved November 13, 2023.
12. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 314. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.