The song was in the movie American Hustle. Donna Summer was Pop Music's first female mega star she rewrote the Billboard Chart records, selling millions worldwide and pushing the boundaries by crossing into multiple genres. She was the most commercially successful female artist of the 70s, and the only American Artist from mid 70s to late 70s that sold music in all countries around the world. She was first female artist and the first black artist to bring 3 albums to the top of the pop charts back to back (they just happened to be 3 multi-platinum selling double albums). She was the first female artist to repeat having the #1 single and the #1 album on the pop charts simultaneously (3 times in 8months), the first solo artist to have 3 #1 singles and 5 top 10 and/or 5 top 5 singles in a calendar year (79). She had 9 consecutive top 9 singles from July 78 to Oct 80, all selling over million copies or better (a physical sales record). She sold over 20 million albums and had 10 gold (I million) 2 platinum (2 million) and the first gold maxi-single in the US, with Casablanca Records at the end of the 70s. She was first black female artist to be placed in heavy rotation on MTV in 1983, and set a precedent of having 3 consecutive videos placed in heavy rotation. Not surpassed until Janet Jackson 89/90 Rhythm Nation. The only artist to nominated for a Grammy in 5 different genres (Rock, Pop, R & B, Gospel & Dance) at least 3 times each, and the only artist to win a Grammy in 4 different genres. Beside being one of Pop music's greatest voices. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named her "Diva De Tutti Dive", meaning the first true diva of the modern pop era. Lenny Kravitz and Mary J. Blige called her the game changer.
Donna Summer on of the best female voices ever. Not only did she have that amazing voice, but her body and and looks were stunning. This is the song that changed the course of dance music forever.
Not a stretch to say this was the most innovative song written and performed by any artist in the 70s. People don't understand the Donna was one of the great iconoclasts, original artistic innovators of her generation, and a fabulous singer to boot. She is missed. She wrote, she played, she performed, she produced. The total package. Oh, I forgot, her back up singers, who were first rate, were her sisters.
I was like 12 or 13 when this came out. Heard it on my AM crystal radio. One of the first times I can remember thinking, "I might be living in the future". When it's 9 or 10 at night and you're almost asleep and you start hearing this kind of music. In the 70s! On the whole I could take or leave Donna, but this song is fire!
Donna Summer "I Feel Love" is one of the many timeless songs from the seventies. I remember hearing it at the roller rink when I was eleven or twelve or thereabouts, with the main lights turned down and the disco mirror ball throwing around reflections as the song pulsed through the sound system. It was one of the first pop songs to use synthesizers for everything but the kick drum and vocals. So watching a live band play the song is interesting in itself but so much better with her singing it.
Wonder how many babies were conceived with this song playing in the background...She has one of the best voices of the disco age, she was beautiful and talented. You won't regret doing down this rabbit hole.
@@dantallman5345 Um , I don't think nerdy computer programmers could even have produced this masterpiece not creative enough . Only the silky smooth voice of Ms. Summer and the synth. genius of the Italian master Giorgio Moroder coupled with the German music studios Musicland Studios could have made this masterpiece no one else . Even now some 50 years later it is still considered a modern day classic !
@@gregorygant4242 Don't underestimate (good) computer programmers. Without creativity, they won't be able to do their job. I'm pretty sure we could find many talented people within the prorammer's heap who would be able to do similar stuff.
@@gregorygant4242 One empirical data: Giorgio Moroder in Múnich and Jarre M. Jarre in France (within the group of top producers and developers of 70's / third wave Electronics) are the first 2 at the beginning of 1970 to make the initial synthesis and additions of Classical Electronics to Pop/Rock songs of the decade, all this when the boys from Conny Plank (Kraftwerk) were only making noise and blowing flutes in Dusseldorf under the direction of the Rocker Conny Plank. Tangerine Dreams & Schulze, on the other hand, were just receiving electronic instruction from maestro T. Kessler in Berlin under the free workshops of the University for local Hippies who were starting out in Rock and people with few economic resources who liked music. My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me...the father founder and pioneer of EDM and the Modern Electrónic / The Sound Of The Future. .
Love me some of Miss summer. I grew up listening to rock and disco and whatever else came along can what anyone says. Disco does not suck and Ms. Summer is proof now what she does it in her personal life. That's her business but when it comes to music it's all our business cuz we're the ones that listen to it and either or you're going to like it or you're not. I personally like it
It's hard to believe this was the 70's, Donna was 20 years ahead of her time! she set the stage for House music. I drove my family nuts with this album, and my new stereo, booming through the walls, over and over and over again, never tired of it.
Whilst Donna Summer was seen as a disco artist, IMHO this song is not really disco, it is far more than that, it is the start of electronic music, heavily influential in the post punk early 80s where bands started using synthesisers and electronic drum machines etc
Donna Summer was tremendously talented….We saw a play about her life, which was great…I know you like Bruce Springsteen and you might be interested to know that Donna once recorded a song written by Bruce - it is called Protection and it is good
I am always amazed to see the younger generations discovering the music of the 70s and 80s. I feel like they are discovering the Freedom of the time. This world was open, certainly not perfect but artistically open. Artists dared to venture where they were not comfortable. This song was very hard to sing for Dona Summer, yet she knew how to interpret it, make it her own. I would dream of a cover of this song by a modern singer who would have the courage and compare. Sorry for my bad English.
RIP Donna Summers. The diva from Boston MA. I remember when this song came out, I was 19 years old and Donna's song "Love to love you" came out a few years before and that was a big hit. But there was something about "I feel love" that was different than any other song or music by anyone during that time. Many young people today still can't believe that this song came out in 1977 and this version was not remixed it is exactly, as it was in 1977. One of the reasons why this song was so advanced was, because it was written and produced by Giorgio Moroder who had been experimenting with electronic music for about 10 years prior to "I feel love" I guess Giorgio was pushing for a futuristic sound. I think that the sound was more like the beginning trance music, that did not develop until 30 years later. And Donna Summers unleashed her inner Marilyn Monroe to create that very seductive sound. And the backup singer help to reinforce those seductive notes. This song had very little to do with lyrics, because it was all about the sound it created and hypnotic and euphoric experience that you get while listening.
I can't hear this song without imagining a huge dance floor, of the kind that seems much rarer now than in the 70s and 80s. Personally I like the long 12" single version best, it's pure disco magic.
When the Italian Georgio Moroder composed this Song,he didnt new that this Song would inspire so many other Artists over the Years....but,as always,no Georgio Moroder without our REAL PIONEERS KRAFTWERK from my Hometown Düsseldorf/Germany.
And likely no Kraftwerk without Wendy Carlos who had the Billboard 200 top 10 all-synthesizer album "Switched on Bach" in 1969, number one Billboard Classical Album 1969-1972 which won 3 Grammys in 1970.
The Krautrock Düsseldorf & German Progressive Rock pioneer of Electronic Music? 😂 Moroder and Jean M. Jarre (within the group of top producers and developers of 70's / third wave Electronics) are the first 2 at the beginning of 1970 to make the initial synthesis and additions of Classical Electronics to Pop/Rock songs of the decade, all this when the boys from Conny Plank (Kraftwerk) were only making noise and blowing flutes in Dusseldorf under the direction of the Rocker Conny Plank. Tangerine Dreams & Schulze, on the other hand, were just receiving electronic instruction from master T. Kessler in Berlin under the free workshops of the University for local Hippies who were starting out in Rock and people with few economic resources who liked music. A little preparation on these issues before giving your opinion would not hurt Kraftwerkboy.
@@spookym123 Don't spend your time teaching a Kraftwerkboy about electronic music and the second wave producers/developers (50's, 60's) fathers and pioneers of Classical Electronic Music like Wendy Carlos (E. Moog, E. Soundtrack/Ambient, Sci-Fi, Cosmic). These are the consequences of channels like Music Radar and the ignorance of promoting that Kraftwerk and German Progressive Rock (Krautrock) were relevant in the history, evolution and development of Electronic Music.
@@joezava8257 Ok ,seeing as you're a Kraftwerk hater , I wonder why ( German hater), who is or who were the REAL pioneers of electronic music ? It can't be any American ,making a sythesizer doesn't make you a pioneer in electronic music production it's an instrument the artists create the music not the instrument. Please enlighten me with your knowledge of this I'd like to hear it .
@@spookym123 So what do you think your Grammy's mean anything to anyone else beside Americans ? No, Mr.American we don't we don't give a crap about who won Grammy's for what we , the rest of the non-bubble enclosed world like the US , look at the quality of the artist , the song and it's lasting timelessness for future generations to also enjoy and appreciate . So spare us the music lessons please we in Europe taught you them .
This came out in 1978 and is widely thought of as pre-dating the techno dance scene by many years, at least a decade. David Bowie apparently said after hearing this, it was 'the future'.
It's "I Feel Love" just sayin'. She's known for pretty poppy disco hits but she has a lot of more interesting songs. Try the whole "Love To Love You Baby" album 1975, my favorite double album "Once Upon a Time" 1977. One of the IMHO top 5 all time disco songs. Disco really didn't suck, the clubs were fantastic, the era hedonistic, I'm glad was there!! I was also lucky enough to see her at Madison Sq Garden in NY in 1980!!!!
No, not techno that came later more like super futuristic syth. dance music that came during or just at the end of the disco era . Way ahead of it's time like 20 yrs ahead .
Hi Sarah - Donna Summer (R.I.P. 17. Mai 2012) lived in Munich for many years and still had part of her family there. She spoke German pretty perfectly, which was often admired in the USA, especially at award ceremonies. The synthesizer music - inspired by the producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte - made her THE disco queen of the 1970s.
❤1977 wasn't prepared for the futuristic sound of Giorgio Moroder...Donna Summer was the Disco Queen...so sad she's gone too soon....I was 13 then and so in love with her😁💙❤
After the rock/pop music of the 50s, 60s and early 70s, Disco came to the commercial fore. There were pockets of resistance to disco and eventually a major backlash that put an end to the Disco period by the early 80s.
You may have heard it on Beyoncé renaissance album. She mixes it in her song “Summer Renaissance” please react to Donna’s swan song “Last Dance” live from her VH1 concert , you will Not be disappointed ! Thank you. ❤
I remember the controversy this caused in the UK, the first song I remember being banned by the BBC for its sexual overtones. Great track, she was apioneer
The song was in the movie American Hustle. Donna Summer was Pop Music's first female mega star she rewrote the Billboard Chart records, selling millions worldwide and pushing the boundaries by crossing into multiple genres. She was the most commercially successful female artist of the 70s, and the only American Artist from mid 70s to late 70s that sold music in all countries around the world. She was first female artist and the first black artist to bring 3 albums to the top of the pop charts back to back (they just happened to be 3 multi-platinum selling double albums). She was the first female artist to repeat having the #1 single and the #1 album on the pop charts simultaneously (3 times in 8months), the first solo artist to have 3 #1 singles and 5 top 10 and/or 5 top 5 singles in a calendar year (79). She had 9 consecutive top 9 singles from July 78 to Oct 80, all selling over million copies or better (a physical sales record). She sold over 20 million albums and had 10 gold (I million) 2 platinum (2 million) and the first gold maxi-single in the US, with Casablanca Records at the end of the 70s. She was first black female artist to be placed in heavy rotation on MTV in 1983, and set a precedent of having 3 consecutive videos placed in heavy rotation. Not surpassed until Janet Jackson 89/90 Rhythm Nation. The only artist to nominated for a Grammy in 5 different genres (Rock, Pop, R & B, Gospel & Dance) at least 3 times each, and the only artist to win a Grammy in 4 different genres. Beside being one of Pop music's greatest voices. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named her "Diva De Tutti Dive", meaning the first true diva of the modern pop era. Lenny Kravitz and Mary J. Blige called her the game changer.
Best song ever by the best vocalist of all time. No one else could sing like her.
I saw Donna Summer in concert in the early 90’s at Lincoln Center….incredible! ❤❤
Donna Summer on of the best female voices ever. Not only did she have that amazing voice, but her body and and looks were stunning. This is the song that changed the course of dance music forever.
Probably one of the most influential records of all time.
Not a stretch to say this was the most innovative song written and performed by any artist in the 70s. People don't understand the Donna was one of the great iconoclasts, original artistic innovators of her generation, and a fabulous singer to boot. She is missed. She wrote, she played, she performed, she produced. The total package. Oh, I forgot, her back up singers, who were first rate, were her sisters.
I was like 12 or 13 when this came out. Heard it on my AM crystal radio. One of the first times I can remember thinking, "I might be living in the future". When it's 9 or 10 at night and you're almost asleep and you start hearing this kind of music. In the 70s!
On the whole I could take or leave Donna, but this song is fire!
Donna Summer "I Feel Love" is one of the many timeless songs from the seventies. I remember hearing it at the roller rink when I was eleven or twelve or thereabouts, with the main lights turned down and the disco mirror ball throwing around reflections as the song pulsed through the sound system. It was one of the first pop songs to use synthesizers for everything but the kick drum and vocals. So watching a live band play the song is interesting in itself but so much better with her singing it.
Wonder how many babies were conceived with this song playing in the background...She has one of the best voices of the disco age, she was beautiful and talented. You won't regret doing down this rabbit hole.
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This was where the first generation of computer programmers came from.
@@dantallman5345 Um , I don't think nerdy computer programmers could even have produced this masterpiece not creative enough .
Only the silky smooth voice of Ms. Summer and the synth. genius of the Italian master Giorgio Moroder coupled with the German music studios Musicland Studios could have made this masterpiece no one else .
Even now some 50 years later it is still considered a modern day classic !
@@gregorygant4242 Don't underestimate (good) computer programmers. Without creativity, they won't be able to do their job. I'm pretty sure we could find many talented people within the prorammer's heap who would be able to do similar stuff.
@@gregorygant4242 One empirical data: Giorgio Moroder in Múnich and Jarre M. Jarre in France (within the group of top producers and developers of 70's / third wave Electronics) are the first 2 at the beginning of 1970 to make the initial synthesis and additions of Classical Electronics to Pop/Rock songs of the decade, all this when the boys from Conny Plank (Kraftwerk) were only making noise and blowing flutes in Dusseldorf under the direction of the Rocker Conny Plank. Tangerine Dreams & Schulze, on the other hand, were just receiving electronic instruction from maestro T. Kessler in Berlin under the free workshops of the University for local Hippies who were starting out in Rock and people with few economic resources who liked music.
My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me...the father founder and pioneer of EDM and the Modern Electrónic / The Sound Of The Future.
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Love Donna Summer!! She was so fabulous. 🙏
Donna Summers was always one of my favorite
Donna was the epitome of the woman I love, she is beautiful, had a great voice, a great sense of humor and made awesome music. I miss her a lot
She was lovely!!
THIS ONLY SONG CHANGED THE MUSIC FOREVER, IT GENERATED THE ELECTRÓNICA GENRE AND ALL SUBGENRES, DONNA SUMMER IS A LEGEND ON HER OWN
Love me some of Miss summer. I grew up listening to rock and disco and whatever else came along can what anyone says. Disco does not suck and Ms. Summer is proof now what she does it in her personal life. That's her business but when it comes to music it's all our business cuz we're the ones that listen to it and either or you're going to like it or you're not. I personally like it
It's hard to believe this was the 70's, Donna was 20 years ahead of her time! she set the stage for House music.
I drove my family nuts with this album, and my new stereo, booming through the walls, over and over and over again, never tired of it.
Yes get up n dance beautiful woman 😂🎉
The first country that fell in love with Donna,right here ,The Netherlands.
And we still love her!
Thank you, sweet Sarah.
Please do more.
😁👍❤️
Thank you for the memory Sarah. Donna summers was the most wonderful sexy lady of my childhood. Her songs was everywhere
She was the Queen of Disco , play through out Europe. Mid 1970s.
Donna was Queen Of Disco in the USA, too!!
@@Spo-Dee-O-Dee LOL. You are correct.
Whilst Donna Summer was seen as a disco artist, IMHO this song is not really disco, it is far more than that, it is the start of electronic music, heavily influential in the post punk early 80s where bands started using synthesisers and electronic drum machines etc
@@luvstellauk - That is a great observation that is spot on and that I didn't realize until now.
She was an absolute monster in the 70s...great music
by Giorgio⚡Moroder
What a sensual, sexy song-with no offensive words. Try to imagine all the awesome disco dancing going on during this song.
Donna Summer was tremendously talented….We saw a play about her life, which was great…I know you like Bruce Springsteen and you might be interested to know that Donna once recorded a song written by Bruce - it is called Protection and it is good
I am always amazed to see the younger generations discovering the music of the 70s and 80s. I feel like they are discovering the Freedom of the time. This world was open, certainly not perfect but artistically open. Artists dared to venture where they were not comfortable. This song was very hard to sing for Dona Summer, yet she knew how to interpret it, make it her own. I would dream of a cover of this song by a modern singer who would have the courage and compare. Sorry for my bad English.
RIP Donna Summers. The diva from Boston MA. I remember when this song came out, I was 19 years old and Donna's song "Love to love you" came out a few years before and that was a big hit. But there was something about "I feel love" that was different than any other song or music by anyone during that time.
Many young people today still can't believe that this song came out in 1977 and this version was not remixed it is exactly, as it was in 1977. One of the reasons why this song was so advanced was, because it was written and produced by Giorgio Moroder who had been experimenting with electronic music for about 10 years prior to "I feel love" I guess Giorgio was pushing for a futuristic sound.
I think that the sound was more like the beginning trance music, that did not develop until 30 years later. And Donna Summers unleashed her inner Marilyn Monroe to create that very seductive sound. And the backup singer help to reinforce those seductive notes. This song had very little to do with lyrics, because it was all about the sound it created and hypnotic and euphoric experience that you get while listening.
Donna waa Queen of the late 70s. She was the first female artist to have a #1 & #3 song simultaneously. One of the most beautiful entertainers ever
This song always make me feel...
That was number one out of ten!!’
In my opinion the best way to listen to this in the 12" vinyl single played on a good Hi Fi system
schön das unsere zeit in den 70-ern nicht so verklemmt war wie die heutige, Danke geil
This was our song my girl friend use to dance for me to this song
I can't hear this song without imagining a huge dance floor, of the kind that seems much rarer now than in the 70s and 80s. Personally I like the long 12" single version best, it's pure disco magic.
You have no idea how this sounded on the dancefloors back then. And the lightman put the strobe lights on, it was unreal
When the Italian Georgio Moroder composed this Song,he didnt new that this Song would inspire so many other Artists over the Years....but,as always,no Georgio Moroder without our REAL PIONEERS KRAFTWERK from my Hometown Düsseldorf/Germany.
And likely no Kraftwerk without Wendy Carlos who had the Billboard 200 top 10 all-synthesizer album "Switched on Bach" in 1969, number one Billboard Classical Album 1969-1972 which won 3 Grammys in 1970.
The Krautrock Düsseldorf & German Progressive Rock pioneer of Electronic Music? 😂
Moroder and Jean M. Jarre (within the group of top producers and developers of 70's / third wave Electronics) are the first 2 at the beginning of 1970 to make the initial synthesis and additions of Classical Electronics to Pop/Rock songs of the decade, all this when the boys from Conny Plank (Kraftwerk) were only making noise and blowing flutes in Dusseldorf under the direction of the Rocker Conny Plank. Tangerine Dreams & Schulze, on the other hand, were just receiving electronic instruction from master T. Kessler in Berlin under the free workshops of the University for local Hippies who were starting out in Rock and people with few economic resources who liked music.
A little preparation on these issues before giving your opinion would not hurt Kraftwerkboy.
@@spookym123 Don't spend your time teaching a Kraftwerkboy about electronic music and the second wave producers/developers (50's, 60's) fathers and pioneers of Classical Electronic Music like Wendy Carlos (E. Moog, E. Soundtrack/Ambient, Sci-Fi, Cosmic).
These are the consequences of channels like Music Radar and the ignorance of promoting that Kraftwerk and German Progressive Rock (Krautrock) were relevant in the history, evolution and development of Electronic Music.
@@joezava8257 Ok ,seeing as you're a Kraftwerk hater , I wonder why ( German hater), who is or who were the REAL pioneers of electronic music ?
It can't be any American ,making a sythesizer doesn't make you a pioneer in electronic music production it's an instrument the artists create the music not the instrument.
Please enlighten me with your knowledge of this I'd like to hear it .
@@spookym123 So what do you think your Grammy's mean anything to anyone else beside Americans ?
No, Mr.American we don't we don't give a crap about who won Grammy's for what we , the rest of the non-bubble enclosed world like the US , look at the quality of the artist , the song and it's lasting timelessness for future generations to also enjoy and appreciate .
So spare us the music lessons please we in Europe taught you them .
This came out in 1978 and is widely thought of as pre-dating the techno dance scene by many years, at least a decade. David Bowie apparently said after hearing this, it was 'the future'.
Great song I'm glad you enjoyed it
It's "I Feel Love" just sayin'. She's known for pretty poppy disco hits but she has a lot of more interesting songs. Try the whole "Love To Love You Baby" album 1975, my favorite double album "Once Upon a Time" 1977. One of the IMHO top 5 all time disco songs. Disco really didn't suck, the clubs were fantastic, the era hedonistic, I'm glad was there!! I was also lucky enough to see her at Madison Sq Garden in NY in 1980!!!!
IMO, THIS IS the FIRST TECHNO DANCE SONG IN HISTORY IMO
No, not techno that came later more like super futuristic syth. dance music that came during or just at the end of the disco era .
Way ahead of it's time like 20 yrs ahead .
If you search Donna and Fresh Air, there's a good long audio interview with her on NPR.
Hi Sarah - Donna Summer (R.I.P. 17. Mai 2012) lived in Munich for many years and still had part of her family there. She spoke German pretty perfectly, which was often admired in the USA, especially at award ceremonies. The synthesizer music - inspired by the producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte - made her THE disco queen of the 1970s.
❤1977 wasn't prepared for the futuristic sound of Giorgio Moroder...Donna Summer was the Disco Queen...so sad she's gone too soon....I was 13 then and so in love with her😁💙❤
I didn't care for disco, but loved DS!
Hope this is a longer version🎉🎉
After the rock/pop music of the 50s, 60s and early 70s, Disco came to the commercial fore. There were pockets of resistance to disco and eventually a major backlash that put an end to the Disco period by the early 80s.
Meravigliosa creatura che unita alla genialità di GIORGIO MORODER ha realizzato un brano futuristico e sempre apprezzato.
Youre movements!😮😮😮😮😮
Oop yr a good dancer😮😮❤
70s 🙏⭐️🕺🥂❤️
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You may have heard it on Beyoncé renaissance album. She mixes it in her song “Summer Renaissance” please react to Donna’s swan song “Last Dance” live from her VH1 concert , you will Not be disappointed ! Thank you. ❤
"Summer Ren..." is a great homage.
I NOT advocating dr*gs.But in the '90s, this was the song my girlfriend and I would listen to coming up on our first 'E'. Then out to a party!🏴
She basically started Disco.
Man, I forgot about this song.
😍🌹
Try doin the 30 min. version😮😮
she was a powerhouse in the 70s ...she had a few hits in the 80s ... and then nothing ... (rumor has it, she quit music)
Little known fact,Donna was a lifelong friend of Barbra Streisand
I remember the controversy this caused in the UK, the first song I remember being banned by the BBC for its sexual overtones.
Great track, she was apioneer
Could u please do much Karen Carpenter 😢❤
Produced by Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder is the GOAT
DENMARK FOR TRUMP
Yes get up n dance beautiful woman 😂🎉