Spring Affair

"Spring Affair"
Belgian vinyl picture sleeve
Single by Donna Summer
from the album Four Seasons of Love
B-side	"Come With Me" ; "Summer Fever" (South Africa) ; "Winter Melody" (Germany, Peru) ; "Spring Affair (Part. 2)" (Mexico)
Released	August 24, 1976
Genre	Disco
Length	8:29 3:51 (reprise) 3:39 (single edit)
Label	Casablanca (U.S.) Atlantic (Germany/France) Groovy (The Netherlands)
Songwriter(s)	Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" (1976) "Spring Affair" (1976) "Winter Melody" (1977)

"Spring Affair" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer from her 1976 album Four Seasons of Love . The song (which represents the "spring" phase of the concept album) tells of the beginning of a new relationship. "Spring Affair" is more than eight minutes long, though it was edited for release as a single. The song peaked at number 1 on the US Billboard Disco chart and number 15 in Spain singles charts and number 3 in Spain Radio chart. ^[1]

"Spring Affair" was sampled extensively on "Super Disco" by Alex Gopher and Étienne de Crécy from Super Discount (1996).

Track listing

Standard release

1. "Spring Affair" – 3:39
2. "Come With Me" – 4:20

Mexican 7-inch single (RCA Victor SP-4696)

1. "Spring Affair" (Parte 1)
2. "Spring Affair" (Parte 2)

Germany 7-inch single (Atlantic 10 884N)

1. "Spring Affair" – 3:39
2. "Winter Melody" – 3:51

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)	Peak Position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [2]	80
Canada Dance/Urban ( RPM ) [3]	4
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [4]	5
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5]	25
Spain Singles (Promusicae) [1]	13
US Billboard Hot 100 [6]	58
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [7]	24

References

1. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5158." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
3. "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 5115." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. March 2, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
4. Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). Independently Published. ISBN   9781093264906.
5. "Donna Summer – Spring Affair" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
6. "Donna Summer Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
7. "Donna Summer Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.

• Spring Affair at AllMusic . Retrieved 13:24, 31 March 2015 (UTC).