Spring Affair

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"Spring Affair"
Spring Affair (Belgium).jpg
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)
ReleasedAugust 24, 1976
Genre Disco
Length8:29
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 15 in Spain singles charts and number 3 in Spain Radio chart. [1]

Contents

"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] 43
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 24

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