@@flappycelery oh, absolutely!! Not saying it was never popular (this is Donna Summer of course 😂), just that it’s one of those things where new media revives another piece of media that hasn’t been in the spotlight for a while. Anyway, love it!!!
Hey, the same thing brought me here Beetlejuice Beetlejuice cause I like what the hell is this song playing in the first beginning of the movie and like the first comment said this song is about to get popular
I love Donna Summer but never heard this gem until I saw the new Beetlejuice movie. I’m happy to have this looping in my head as I move through my life like a weird musical….
July 26th, 1981 (Mick Jagger's Birthday). I saw this lady at the Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. What a performer. What a performance! Rest In Peace, Love.
Donna Summers was an icon in my day and she still is. Kudos, Kudos. kudos to her, and what a masterful beautiful voice. I am sure she is part of heaven chior.
@@sharksport01totally disagree. Both of them had wonderful voices. As persons, I like Donna Summer a lot, never liked Whitney Houston, she was too cocky (just like Liza Minelli: wonderful talent, unbearable vanity). Again, speaking about artistic talent only, all three of them are amazing. And we are saying OPINIONS, not facts.
Connie Mahaswaren: Whitney was a very good singer but she tried to put herself on the same level as not only Donna Summer but Chaka Khan and other great singers. I'm sorry but she had the potential to be a great singer but she came along at the wrong time... the eighties...which was not as kind to R&B singers as say the 70's or the 60's.During the eighties, even great R&B singers such as Stevie Wonder and Patti Labelle kind of sold out by watering down their music to some extent. Fortunately, singers like Patti Labelle, Stevie Wonder and others had already achieved greatness by the time the eighties came along. Unfortunately for Whitney, she was just getting started when the eighties came along and was never really able to really reach her potential. Imao, Whitney lent her voice to some rather subpar songs during the eighties that were not worthy of someone with a voice like hers. This, in my opinion, diminishes her stature as a great singer. This is why I say she is not worthy to duet with someone of Donna Summer's stature.
RVL480 Van ohh thank you I’m glad you explained it to me because at first I thought you were just randomly hating on Whitney but that isn’t the case :)
My mom used to play this song for me all the time as a child. 20 years and it’s still one of my favorite songs ever ❤️ RIP Donna Summer, Queen of Disco.
My mother played her music all the time growing up as a kid, so many memories. Donna passed in 2012 and my mom in 2019, May they both rest eternally in peace.🙏
This song was written by Jimmy Webb and sung by Richard Harris. It became a hit in 1968. Donna did a remake of it. Richard Harris' version is really nice.
Miss Donna was a queen and superb artist. My mom really has the best musical tastes. I was raised listening Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston and Donna Summer in our three bedrooms appartement in Marseille, FRANCE 🥰🥰!
Not going to lie was surprise they decide to put the disco version during the ending credits of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. This and Bob's Burgers just made me love Donna Summer even more.
A truly underrated vocalist. One of the best, in my opinion. Such beauty and power in her vocals without trying to show how powerful it is. I just love Donna Summer.
@@DXTRChannel I know that and you know that. But when they mention the great vocalists, it’s always Whitney, Mariah, Celine… who are all great. But Donna Summer blows 2 out of those 3 away, and not even Whitney could match Donna’s live performances!
Tina Arena lmao. there's a reason they invited an obscure aussie to share a stage with her live and it's because literally nobody else could belt next to Donna Summer and not make a fool of themselves. the list grows shorter and shorter every year
This is more than a masterpiece; it's truly a phenomenal piece of heavenly song sung by the best of the best of the last century, our most adorable and loving Donna Summer.
Late in 1978, this hit was everywhere. Donna's vocals are so exceptional she shines on this song making it her own. The orchestral disco beat and pulsating vibe work up to a never to be repeated finale! RIP to a fine artist.
You'd be a fucking moron because this song was classic way the fuck before manilla luzon decided to put on her mamas heels so calm it the fuck down rupaul and her trolls are tired
What a masterpiece. Donna Summer is one of a kind and I miss her and the beautiful music she had total command of. Gorgio Moroder And Donna Summer were made for each other. RIP Ms Summer, you are truly loved and missed
Omg just love this song!! Gives me goosebumps when I hear it, as I was so young in the 70’s and couldn’t enjoy discotheque playing disco, love Donna and her disco songs, ❤
Lo. Máximo está bella canción con la incomparable Donna Summer bravo donde te encuentres bella Dama gracias gracias gracias que tal registro Voz . .Bendiciones eternas .
So in love with this amazing lady...I was listening to her music in the 70s...and I still get chills hearing her sing...I think from all fans visiting this site...you were/are amazing..we love you Donna
In the late 70s I was a teenager. Donna summer was my first crush I was simply in love with this woman her beauty was beyond believe and her talent was out of this world all I can say is that I’m approaching my 60s And she still my first love may you rest in peace and thank you for all the memories you left us.
I grew up on DS. My mom used to play it on her record player religiously. I was raised on absolutely fabulous music. This stuff instilled in me the visions that made me want to become a musician, my ultimate calling in life.
Que acompañamiento que guitarras todos buna orquesta Ojalá se siguiera escuchando Estos tipos de concientes descansa en Paz Querida D. S. Se te añora si es así bella..gracias eternas y que vivan Los fabulosos Años 80 si señor Eran fabulosos gracias .
Anyone who was of drinking age in the late seventies in clubs knows very well how magical it was when this song came on dancing. My memory is palpable right down to the smells, people's faces in a blur to the beat under the spinning disco mirrored globe. Intoxicating in every way.
So was I. No disco-fan at all, but great interpretation. Always liked the song and just found the original by Jimmy Webb and Richard Harris' hit version.
Listening to her and Barry white takes me back to when I was a little boy listening to this on the AM Radio yes AM radio in Dads Ford LTD. Those were good peaceful times to me, life was good! Singers had real voices and had class unlike most today. Darn I miss the good ole days. 56 now but listening to this makes me feel 8 years old again lolol
Such a brilliant voice!! I remember listening to " I FEEL LOVE" in the back of my dad's car (as a teenager) while they were in the pub I bought the album "ON THE RADIO " later ..with all Donna's hits.
There are some bad things happening in the world. This song and this singer is so good, it reminds us all that there are so many good things in the world. The song and Donna's voice is stuck inside my head, I keep hearing it over and over. .
You know, 'I Feel Love' used to be my favourite DS song (EVERYTIME it came on the radio, I used strut my stuff, as best I could, for a 9 year old). But, the more I heard this, the more I liked it. Especially, the bit from 1 m.44 s to 2 m 24 s. Just, a, FABULOUS, cover song. RIP, DS - Your songs will live, forever!
Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I could take it. Because it took so long to bake it. And I'll never have that recipe aaaagggaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnn..... #cakecakecake
Oscar Montalvo, You must be awfully young. Donna Summer was a huge star, and the Queen of Disco in the 70s/80s. No, not as big a star as Houston, but hardly anyone was. She was certainly adored by fans, and I'm pretty sure the industry was happy with her, though her turn to Christian faith maybe wasn't quite so appreciated. But she worked hard for her money, and they respected that. She suffered from a boycott in the mid-80s and her career never quite recovered, whether or not she actually said some anti-gay things (she denied this, but the boycott was probably at the worst time for her career as her new record label seems to have made mistake after mistake). But she continued to have hits way beyond the length of many pop careers, and she was even more appreciated in Europe. Even much later she had hits on the dance charts and so on. Very few artists have sold as many records, either. from Wikipedia: LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 - May 17, 2012),[1] widely known by her stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States Billboard 200 chart and charted four number-one singles in the U.S. within a 12-month period. Summer has reportedly sold over 230 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. She also charted two number-one singles on the R&B charts in the U.S. and a number-one in the U.K.[2] Summer earned a total of 42 hit singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in her lifetime, with 14 of those reaching the top ten. She claimed a top 40 hit every year between 1975 and 1984, and from her first top ten hit in 1976, to the end of 1982, she had 12 top ten hits (10 were top five hits), more than any other act during that time period. She returned to the Hot 100's top five in 1983, and claimed her final top ten hit in 1989 with "This Time I Know It's for Real". Her most recent Hot 100 hit came in 1999 with "I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiro)". While her fortunes on the Hot 100 waned through those decades, Summer remained a force on the U.S. Dance/Club Play Songs chart over her entire career.
How did the algorithms send me here ! What a singer - What a song - The high notes she hits gives me goosebumps still and I've heard this track so many times - Timeless, flawless and classic - pure raw power and control - Never could this song be replicated - Thanks!
Unbelievable rendition! Not much for the disco era of music but this... It's the only one that stands tall among so much. And Donna Summer is quite an experience without anyone holding a candle.
dá vontade de chorar muito quando ouço essa maravilhosa musica dos bons tempos de minha juventude, no auge das discotecas, no bairro da Moóca em SP na discoteca Hypopótamus na av Paes de Barros, era puro delírio, era um mundo de sonhos, éramos puros, existia o verdadeiro amor, época dos anos dourados que não voltam mais, sou muito feliz porque eu estava lá e pude curtir muito, mas muito mesmo, namorei muito, hoje com 65 anos vivo de ótimas lembranças...................
Unbelievable. Deeply emotionally moving. A transcendent masterpiece of a musical composition & vocal performance par - excellence. This is next level musical artistic brilliance!!
Brilliant. A few months ago,naively, I thought Donna's only hit was "I feel love" because it was the only I'd ever heard. Slowly I've discovered more of her songs, "bad girls" "hard for the money" "loves unkind" "this time i know it's for real" "last dance" to name a few and now this gem. One of the most underrated singers ever. RIP Donna Summer. You gave us the gift of your wonderful voice, talent and music. I only wish I could of seen you live. Gone too soon.
OH MY GOD - What a beautiful and dashing song, you had posted so many beautiful pictures of Madam Donna Summer. It is very nice and graceful presentation. I appreciated your efforts in this respect. Certainly it was great rendition of this Pretty Lady. I am really thankful and grateful to you regarding posted of fantastic upload. Just because of your upload, I am watching this song after 30 years. Thank you very much for shared beautiful post and also keeping the memories alive through rare upload.
Look up the composer of the song. When questioned about the "silly" lyrics he stated "I wrote about exactly what I saw, first hand, when I was at McArthur Park."
YES, Dean, it was cool and fabulous, you just had to select your events and locations! A huge city just has a bit of everything, but you can definitely avoid the bad stuff!! I did. And this song still gives me goosebumps!
Best music for me and my first date.. we danced to this and fell in love all the way through the record.. we loved it and you Donna Summer xx thanks xx
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We will never have another Donna.
This song is about to get REALLY popular…
Yep. Just saw it tonight and was thrilled.
Again. It was already VERY popular once! Before your time, maybe.
@@flappycelery oh, absolutely!! Not saying it was never popular (this is Donna Summer of course 😂), just that it’s one of those things where new media revives another piece of media that hasn’t been in the spotlight for a while. Anyway, love it!!!
If ever a disco song could truly be called a masterpiece, it’s this one.
The six minute promo version is even better.
Oh yes. You are so right!
Yet it wasn't originally a disco song at all
Donna was better than the disco era.
thank you
Let be me the first to say - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice bought me here. Kudos to Burton, Keaton, Rider and all involved!
I can't stop thinking about it. One of the most fun movie experiences I've had in a while
Hey, the same thing brought me here Beetlejuice Beetlejuice cause I like what the hell is this song playing in the first beginning of the movie and like the first comment said this song is about to get popular
SAME! 😄
I like this version of MacArthur Park better
been loving this song way before the 1st bettlejuice lol
Her vocals on this song are outstanding
They are!
Agree! Love her!
I noticed there were 2 dolts who disagree. Obviously don't hear very well. Her vocals on this amazing. Not opinion, fact.
Wallace but richard harris had the best version of this song! She puts no emotion into it and the music is too fast!
All her songs. Total and utter control all the way. Never goes out of range.
Donna Summer had one of the most underrated voices ever
True!
Queen of Disco! She was the biggest thing back in the day. She's amazing!
I love Donna Summer but never heard this gem until I saw the new Beetlejuice movie. I’m happy to have this looping in my head as I move through my life like a weird musical….
This song really makes me feel in another dimension. A masterpiece.
So true🙌🙌. Blessigns my dear✌️
Play it when the mushrooms gain the sky
cHECK OUT :
Donna Summer / MacArthur Park (Mr P's Edit from 'MacArthur Park Suite') [UNOFFICIAL]
Listen to Richard Harris's version. To say he was not a classic trained singer like her and Mariah Carey he blows them into the weeds.
@@frantrictantric
Yeah I Love his Original Version too
My hippie sister used to play it
In loving memory of Bob
1372-2024 A.D.
Bob forever 😢🙏🏻
Le pauvre...
Don't leave out Neil...
July 26th, 1981 (Mick Jagger's Birthday). I saw this lady at the Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. What a performer. What a performance!
Rest In Peace, Love.
Donna Summers was an icon in my day and she still is. Kudos, Kudos. kudos to her, and what a masterful beautiful voice. I am sure she is part of heaven chior.
This lady was absolutely classic.......never a voice like hers since.....
Try Ms. Cherilyn Sarkistan in her rendition of the Abba song Fernando.
Donna sang, Whitney screamed. Fact.
A music legacy for infinity.
the BEST ever
@@sharksport01totally disagree.
Both of them had wonderful voices.
As persons, I like Donna Summer a lot, never liked Whitney Houston, she was too cocky (just like Liza Minelli: wonderful talent, unbearable vanity).
Again, speaking about artistic talent only, all three of them are amazing.
And we are saying OPINIONS, not facts.
I read that Donna and Whitney wanted to do a duet together. Unfortunately, it never happened. But how cool would have that been!
What is this, my friend? Whitney, in my opinion, doesn't get to her feet...
Whitney Houston? She is unworthy of a duet with Donna Summer!
RVL480 Van how is she unworthy? Wtf
Connie Mahaswaren: Whitney was a very good singer but she tried to put herself on the same level as not only Donna Summer but Chaka Khan and other great singers. I'm sorry but she had the potential to be a great singer but she came along at the wrong time... the eighties...which was not as kind to R&B singers as say the 70's or the 60's.During the eighties, even great R&B singers such as Stevie Wonder and Patti Labelle kind of sold out by watering down their music to some extent. Fortunately, singers like Patti Labelle, Stevie Wonder and others had already achieved greatness by the time the eighties came along. Unfortunately for Whitney, she was just getting started when the eighties came along and was never really able to really reach her potential. Imao, Whitney lent her voice to some rather subpar songs during the eighties that were not worthy of someone with a voice like hers. This, in my opinion, diminishes her stature as a great singer. This is why I say she is not worthy to duet with someone of Donna Summer's stature.
RVL480 Van ohh thank you I’m glad you explained it to me because at first I thought you were just randomly hating on Whitney but that isn’t the case :)
Wow Donna you stunned the Disco floors with this, R.I.P legend!!!
My mom used to play this song for me all the time as a child.
20 years and it’s still one of my favorite songs ever ❤️ RIP Donna Summer, Queen of Disco.
Me too. I was SO CONFUSED as a little kid as to why someone would leave a cake in the rain!!
Amen!
She's still alive stupid
Beautiful song
She sang like an Angel and was touched by the GODS.
A unique voice not many have been born with better ❤️❤️❤️
My mother played her music all the time growing up as a kid, so many memories. Donna passed in 2012 and my mom in 2019, May they both rest eternally in peace.🙏
Amen
Much love to you & your Mom
This song has one of the most creative metaphors I’ve ever heard. It’s pure genius
I remember the 1982!!!RIP IN PEACE MY IMPOSIBLE LOVE!!!
This song was written by Jimmy Webb and sung by Richard Harris. It became a hit in 1968. Donna did a remake of it. Richard Harris' version is really nice.
I think it's her best ❤️❤️❤️❤️
No it was the shortest song ever untill Donna got hold of it
How can u be this great????
Miss Donna was a queen and superb artist. My mom really has the best musical tastes. I was raised listening Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston and Donna Summer in our three bedrooms appartement in Marseille, FRANCE 🥰🥰!
Not going to lie was surprise they decide to put the disco version during the ending credits of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
This and Bob's Burgers just made me love Donna Summer even more.
I love the mood it puts me in❤
Donna was gorgeous, and had a great voice, a treat for the ears as well as the eyes
Her voice is crazy 💥💥💥
Thank you Donna, Richard, and the Four Tops for your separate versions of this song.
Richard Harris who was on record as ok with the IRA blowing up civilians.
A truly underrated vocalist. One of the best, in my opinion. Such beauty and power in her vocals without trying to show how powerful it is. I just love Donna Summer.
What do you mean underrated? She a SUPERSTAR! 💫✨⭐️
@@DXTRChannel I know that and you know that. But when they mention the great vocalists, it’s always Whitney, Mariah, Celine… who are all great. But Donna Summer blows 2 out of those 3 away, and not even Whitney could match Donna’s live performances!
@@leighannedearingsilva6112 I beg to differ
Agree 100%. So much more than just a Disco singer. Wonderful talent, sadly gone too soon.
underrated where?
What a voice. This is Donna Summer at her best, and nobody can touch her.
Who can sing like this today? such range and power.
No one. If they wanted a good super bowl half time show, she would be something!!
Tina Arena lmao. there's a reason they invited an obscure aussie to share a stage with her live and it's because literally nobody else could belt next to Donna Summer and not make a fool of themselves. the list grows shorter and shorter every year
Perrie Edwards can
Song takes me back 2 the good old day's, man, how I miss them, Don't you?
of course ! ;-)
The Queen of disco. Best ever.
Yes The Absolute Queen!!
Richard no this version sucks! No emotion! Musics too fast!
Forever after
This is more than a masterpiece; it's truly a phenomenal piece of heavenly song sung by the best of the best of the last century, our most adorable and loving Donna Summer.
"I'm looking at Manila and I'm going WOW this is Broadway"
@Water Boy Sis it's a joke 🙄
Just watched that episode the other day!
Alexis Matteo
I thought I was the only person here because of Manilla XD
Outi finland i Love Mac arturs Park. Sorry i, m speak english very littele.
One of the best female vocals ever. I will always love Donna.
Late in 1978, this hit was everywhere. Donna's vocals are so exceptional she shines on this song making it her own. The orchestral disco beat and pulsating vibe work up to a never to be repeated finale! RIP to a fine artist.
Just watched beetlejuice2 now this music is in my head nonstop.
I call this song Manila Luzon's Park...
*****
+ALTERNIS ru paul drag race :P
You'd be a fucking moron because this song was classic way the fuck before manilla luzon decided to put on her mamas heels so calm it the fuck down rupaul and her trolls are tired
Ashlie Neevel
You have so much H.A.T.E.
And don't talk like I have no idea this is a classic WAY before Manila Luzon lipsynched it.So...yeah.
What the hell or who the hell is Manila Luzon?
She sings so beautifully and effortlessly. RIP Donna Summer ♥️
What a masterpiece. Donna Summer is one of a kind and I miss her and the beautiful music she had total command of. Gorgio Moroder And Donna Summer were made for each other. RIP Ms Summer, you are truly loved and missed
THE BASS PLAYER IS OUT ON ANOTHER LEVEL!!! JESUS!!! Master work, Special Guest star FATE
I just listened to the original, but this hit the air in 1978, so I listened and it was quite good. Donna is so pretty!
This Donna Summer's version is a masterpiece! Great and lovely song!!! Lovely gold voice! ;-)
Omg just love this song!! Gives me goosebumps when I hear it, as I was so young in the 70’s and couldn’t enjoy discotheque playing disco, love Donna and her disco songs, ❤
Must be lovely for a songwriter to give their song to someone else and just know it's going to be in safe hands.
The original is by Richard Harris. The writer of the song specifically asked him to perform it, and he truly did it justice.
70's music is the best but there is good in everything if you just look for it, even today!
Reminds me of Dolly and Whitney ❤️
You mean write a awful shit song the shortest song ever and give it to someone who turns it into something great
@@dassaau 100%
Thanks for your talent and timeless music ..
R.I.P. THE QUEEN OF DISCO 💘
Loved this song! Her voice is beautiful! This was one of the songs we would sing in choir in junior high! Great memories!
R.I.P Donna you was a Great Singer❤..We not forget you🙏
The 70s where the best time of my life. Dancing in Studio 54, The Garage, Roseland, Fun House, palladium. ETC. I WISH I COULD GO BACK THERE.
I'm here because of Manila Luzon
Norielle Serrano x2 MANILAAAAAA
Same here
Me too
same
Norielle Serrano I’m sad for you.
Lo. Máximo está bella canción con la incomparable Donna Summer bravo donde te encuentres bella Dama gracias gracias gracias que tal registro
Voz . .Bendiciones eternas .
One of her best songs, she was indeed a great artist 👍🏻
Rest in peace, Donna Summer 😕
So in love with this amazing lady...I was listening to her music in the 70s...and I still get chills hearing her sing...I think from all fans visiting this site...you were/are amazing..we love you Donna
In the late 70s I was a teenager. Donna summer was my first crush I was simply in love with this woman her beauty was beyond believe and her talent was out of this world all I can say is that I’m approaching my 60s And she still my first love may you rest in peace and thank you for all the memories you left us.
❤ I LOVE DONNA SUMMER SONGS BUT EVER SINCE I SEEN BETTLE JUICE, THIS SONG LIVES RENT FREE IN MY HEAD... 😅
Stunning voice with such stunning beauty. Gone far to soon
When Donna Summer was born, God Himself ordained her to sing this song. No one else did it justice. She was absolutely superb - even flawless.
Can't forget her...growing up ,there was no one better than hee
I grew up on DS. My mom used to play it on her record player religiously. I was raised on absolutely fabulous music. This stuff instilled in me the visions that made me want to become a musician, my ultimate calling in life.
Que acompañamiento que guitarras todos buna orquesta
Ojalá se siguiera escuchando
Estos tipos de concientes descansa en Paz Querida D. S.
Se te añora si es así bella..gracias eternas y que vivan Los fabulosos Años 80 si señor
Eran fabulosos gracias .
When music was music and singers SANG….
Anyone who was of drinking age in the late seventies in clubs knows very well how magical it was when this song came on dancing. My memory is palpable right down to the smells, people's faces in a blur to the beat under the spinning disco mirrored globe. Intoxicating in every way.
To me, the disco scene in the 70's is beyond description or comparison. But, you did a fantastic job. I was THERE just for a moment. 🎉
Don’t forget the strobes ….!
I was a kid in the 70's but I still enjoyed the music
Me too!
I was a kid in the 90's but I still enjoy disco pop, lol heard it on Rupaul drag race...
@@adrianflores581 That's awesome Adrian, not everyone can appreciate older music and that's a shame. Glad you do though :)
i remember hearing the beatles Get Back, I assume it just came out, it was the summertime, and it came out in april 1969, so i guess i was 4 :)
So was I. No disco-fan at all, but great interpretation. Always liked the song and just found the original by Jimmy Webb and Richard Harris' hit version.
2 amazing voices. Whitney Houston and Donna Summer.
Love Donna Summer. I could listen to this song on a loop forever. Queen Donna.
Most brilliant and beautiful female artist of all time!!
Listening to her and Barry white takes me back to when I was a little boy listening to this on the AM Radio yes AM radio in Dads Ford LTD. Those were good peaceful times to me, life was good! Singers had real voices and had class unlike most today. Darn I miss the good ole days. 56 now but listening to this makes me feel 8 years old again lolol
a 70s classic from the woman with the most powerful voice we ever experienced. I am so glad I lived during this period
Such a brilliant voice!! I remember listening to " I FEEL LOVE" in the back of my dad's car (as a teenager) while they were in the pub I bought the album "ON THE RADIO " later ..with all Donna's hits.
There are some bad things happening in the world. This song and this singer is so good, it reminds us all that there are so many good things in the world.
The song and Donna's voice is stuck inside my head, I keep hearing it over and over. .
Beautiful song by a beautiful lady......
It's jus that simple
Wow this song takes me back!!!!
RIP Sweetheart. #1, Billboard, 1978. Her best and one of the greatest remakes in the history of music.
You know, 'I Feel Love' used to be my favourite DS song (EVERYTIME it came on the radio, I used strut my stuff, as best I could, for a 9 year old). But, the more I heard this, the more I liked it. Especially, the bit from 1 m.44 s to 2 m 24 s. Just, a, FABULOUS, cover song. RIP, DS - Your songs will live, forever!
Superb song ( Thanks Jimmy Webb) by a superb artiste ❤ R.I.P Donna xxxx
Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I could take it. Because it took so long to bake it. And I'll never have that recipe aaaagggaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnn..... #cakecakecake
those are kinda silly lyrics
Well, now there's Cake by the Ocean...we've regressed
Mia Santos most iconic lyrics ever written 🙌🏽
Oscar Montalvo, You must be awfully young. Donna Summer was a huge star, and the Queen of Disco in the 70s/80s. No, not as big a star as Houston, but hardly anyone was. She was certainly adored by fans, and I'm pretty sure the industry was happy with her, though her turn to Christian faith maybe wasn't quite so appreciated. But she worked hard for her money, and they respected that. She suffered from a boycott in the mid-80s and her career never quite recovered, whether or not she actually said some anti-gay things (she denied this, but the boycott was probably at the worst time for her career as her new record label seems to have made mistake after mistake). But she continued to have hits way beyond the length of many pop careers, and she was even more appreciated in Europe. Even much later she had hits on the dance charts and so on. Very few artists have sold as many records, either. from Wikipedia: LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 - May 17, 2012),[1] widely known by her stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States Billboard 200 chart and charted four number-one singles in the U.S. within a 12-month period. Summer has reportedly sold over 230 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. She also charted two number-one singles on the R&B charts in the U.S. and a number-one in the U.K.[2]
Summer earned a total of 42 hit singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in her lifetime, with 14 of those reaching the top ten. She claimed a top 40 hit every year between 1975 and 1984, and from her first top ten hit in 1976, to the end of 1982, she had 12 top ten hits (10 were top five hits), more than any other act during that time period. She returned to the Hot 100's top five in 1983, and claimed her final top ten hit in 1989 with "This Time I Know It's for Real". Her most recent Hot 100 hit came in 1999 with "I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiro)". While her fortunes on the Hot 100 waned through those decades, Summer remained a force on the U.S. Dance/Club Play Songs chart over her entire career.
davidlenander- nice wikipedia work
OMG the ending vocals and music that begin at around 3:15 or so are other-worldly. What a masterpiece!
a disco queen and a great voice, a good sense for the song as well, love this!
She was far more than a Disco Queen. How many seventies disco singers survived Disco? I'll wait.
Stupenda Donna Summer, quanti bei ricordi nella tua canzone che mi commuove,perché sono travolta da profondi e indelebili ricordi
How did the algorithms send me here ! What a singer - What a song - The high notes she hits gives me goosebumps still and I've heard this track so many times - Timeless, flawless and classic - pure raw power and control - Never could this song be replicated - Thanks!
Unbelievable rendition! Not much for the disco era of music but this... It's the only one that stands tall among so much. And Donna Summer is quite an experience without anyone holding a candle.
dá vontade de chorar muito quando ouço essa maravilhosa musica dos bons tempos de minha juventude, no auge das discotecas, no bairro da Moóca em SP na discoteca Hypopótamus na av Paes de Barros, era puro delírio, era um mundo de sonhos, éramos puros, existia o verdadeiro amor, época dos anos dourados que não voltam mais, sou muito feliz porque eu estava lá e pude curtir muito, mas muito mesmo, namorei muito, hoje com 65 anos vivo de ótimas lembranças...................
SHE WAS HOT STUFF AND A BAD GIRL, NOW HEAVEN KNOWS HER. REST IN PIECE DISCO QUEEN.
Good comment👏👏👏
this is just beautiful
Unbelievable. Deeply emotionally moving. A transcendent masterpiece of a musical composition & vocal performance par - excellence. This is next level musical artistic brilliance!!
1977, 78. I was just a young kid. Music is timeless.
Brilliant. A few months ago,naively, I thought Donna's only hit was "I feel love" because it was the only I'd ever heard. Slowly I've discovered more of her songs, "bad girls" "hard for the money" "loves unkind" "this time i know it's for real" "last dance" to name a few and now this gem. One of the most underrated singers ever. RIP Donna Summer. You gave us the gift of your wonderful voice, talent and music. I only wish I could of seen you live. Gone too soon.
I’ve heard this song more than any other songs ever. Love Donna Summer !!! RestEasyAngel.
She was so beautiful and that voice…..once in a lifetime
This is one helluva classic song!!!
ruth solpino and to think this is actually a cover of a Richard Harris song
En Prise the Richard Harris version is amazing
OH MY GOD - What a beautiful and dashing song, you had posted so many beautiful pictures of Madam Donna Summer. It is very nice and graceful presentation. I appreciated your efforts in this respect. Certainly it was great rendition of this Pretty Lady. I am really thankful and grateful to you regarding posted of fantastic upload. Just because of your upload, I am watching this song after 30 years. Thank you very much for shared beautiful post and also keeping the memories alive through rare upload.
the cake is not a cake its a symbolic of a lost love
To be fair, if someone put my cake in the rain, that would end that love...
WE KNOW!
Look up the composer of the song. When questioned about the "silly" lyrics he stated "I wrote about exactly what I saw, first hand, when I was at McArthur Park."
Walt Kowalski ; true, you are right, but the cake also had symbolic meaning so it’s meaning can be interpreted as both literal and figural
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It s about the end of a love affair
Amazing and unforgettable Donna! This cover has become a life marker for many of my generation!
Wow, takes me right back to 7th grade, man the memories.
One of the best songs ever by the late, great Donna Summer. I love and miss her very much. Still love this song in 2018.
Thanks for the memories Donna Summer and thanks for making a disco version of MacArthur Park. Long live the queen of disco.
She will Always be the Queen of Disco 💖💖💞🕺🏻🕺🕺
The queen.
This song makes me think of how cool NYC must have been in the late 70's.
dean b Honestly....NYC was a dirty, broken, dangerous place. NOTHING like today!
New York in the 70s was a literal hellhole in a bad sad way
YES, Dean, it was cool and fabulous, you just had to select your events and locations! A huge city just has a bit of everything, but you can definitely avoid the bad stuff!! I did. And this song still gives me goosebumps!
lots of cocaine
If you don't want o be considered stupid, Bob, you might want to delete this remark!
Simply beautiful, Donna. Continue to R I P. From the beautiful, tranquil Islands of The Bahamas 🏝️🌅🏖️🇧🇸
Wow...she was so pretty with a beautiful voice. Rest in peace Donna Summer.
Best music for me and my first date.. we danced to this and fell in love all the way through the record.. we loved it and you Donna Summer xx thanks xx
She was really very lovely and so underrated. This is my favorite from her and to learn it was a cover is interesting.
One of my favorite songs. I had a chance to visit MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Such a sad but beautiful song. ♥️💕