Donna Summer discography

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Donna Summer's landmark 1979 album, Bad Girls, stood out from most disco albums by incorporating rock in the mix. This was also Summer's biggest-selling record to date selling over seven million copies worldwide.

This is a listing of all of the singles and albums released by American R&B singer Donna Summer. Twenty of her singles reached the Billboard Top 40 in the US; fourteen reached the top ten and four reached #1.

[edit] Record Labels

Summer released her first single in 1971 and was credited with her maiden name Donna Gaines. "The Hostage," released in 1974 was her first single release on which she was credited as Donna Summer. The following is a list of singles released in Europe before her signing to Casablanca Records in 1975:

As Donna Gaines

• 1971: "Sally Go 'Round the Roses"
• 1972: "If You're Walkin' Alone"

As Donna Summer

• 1973: "Denver Dream"
• 1974: "The Hostage" (#1 in Belgium, France, and The Netherlands), #2 Germany
• 1974: "Lady of the Night"
• 1975: "Love To Love You - Part 1"
• 1975: "Virgin Mary"
• 1975: "Love To Love You Baby"

Having signed to Casablanca in the USA, Summer's material was released internationally beginning with the single "Love To Love You Baby" in 1975. She remained with this label until early 1980. Following her initial signing to them, various other labels were used to distribute her material in other nations but by 1977, Casablanca was used to do so in almost every country.

Summer left Casablanca in 1980 and became the first artist to be signed to Geffen Records, who released her material through to 1987, with the exception of her 1983 album "She Works Hard for the Money" and the singles from it. These were released by Mercury Records, a division of PolyGram, who had bought out Casablanca.

1989 saw Summer signed to Atlantic Records and remained with them until 1991. Since then she has released singles and albums with varying labels.

[edit] Albums

[edit] Main Albums

(All albums were released internationally unless otherwise stated)

• 1974: Lady of the Night (Groovy, The Netherlands/Germany/Belgium)
• 1975: Love To Love You Baby (Casablanca, #8 US; #16 UK)
• 1976: A Love Trilogy (Casablanca, #18 US; #41 UK)
• 1976: Four Seasons Of Love (Casablanca, #22 US)
• 1977: I Remember Yesterday (Casablanca, #9 US; #3 UK)
• 1977: Once Upon A Time (Casablanca, #16 US; #24 UK)
• 1978: Live and More (Casablanca, #1 US; #16 UK)
• 1979: Bad Girls (Casablanca, #1 US; #2 R&B; #23 UK)
• 1980: The Wanderer (Geffen, #13 US; #4 R&B; #55 UK)
• 1981: I'm a Rainbow (Geffen, unreleased until 1996 by Mercury)
• 1982: Donna Summer (Geffen, #20 US; #13 UK)
• 1983: She Works Hard for the Money (Mercury, #9 US; #28 UK)
• 1984: Cats Without Claws (Geffen), #40 US; #69 UK)
• 1987: All Systems Go (Geffen, #122 US)
• 1989: Another Place and Time (Atlantic, #53 US, #17 UK)
• 1991: Mistaken Identity (Atlantic, #97 R&B)
• 1994: Christmas Spirit (Mercury)
• 1999: Live & More Encore (Epic, #43 US)

[edit] Compilations

• 1977: Star Collection (WEA, Germany)
• 1977: Greatest Hits (Atlantic, USA)
• 1977: The Greatest Hits of Donna Summer (GTO, UK, #4 UK)
• 1977: Greatest Hits (Groovy, Netherlands)
• 1977: Star Gold (Global, Germany)
• 1978: Lo Mejor De Donna Summer Volume 1 (Argentina)
• 1978: Lo Mejor De Donna Summer Volume 1 (Argentina)
• 1979: On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 (Casablanca, #1 US; #24 UK)
• 1979: Wereldsuccessen (Philips, Netherlands)
• 1980: Walk Away: Collector's Edition (Casablanca, #29 US)
• 1985: The Summer Collection: Greatest Hits (Mercury)
• 1987: The Dance Collection: A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles (Casablanca)
• 1990: 12"ers (Japan)
• 1990: The Best Of Donna Summer (Warner Bros. Records, Europe, #24 UK))
• 1991: The Complete Hits Collection (4-CD box set) (Mercury, Japan)
• 1991: Donna Summer Best (Japan)
• 1991: The Dance Collection (Phonogram, France)
• 1993: The Donna Summer Anthology (PolyGram)
• 1994: Donna Summer Retrospective (box set of back-to-back 12" singles) (PolyGram, USA)
• 1994: The Complete Donna Summer (Razor & Tie, USA)
• 1994: Endless Summer: Greatest Hits (PolyGram, #37 UK))
• 1995: Greatest Hits (PolyGram, France - alternative release to Endless Summer)
• 1996: This Time I Know It's For Real (WEA, USA)
• 1997: Master Series (Mercury, Europe)
• 1998: Greatest Hits (Polygram, USA)
• 1999: Millennium Edition (Europe)
• 2001: Greatest Hits (France)
• 2003: The Best Of/Millennium Collection (USA)
• 2003: The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer (UTV)
• 2005: Gold (Universal, USA)
• 2005: Chronicles (box set of first three international original albums) (Universal, USA)

[edit] US Hit Singles

[edit] Netherlands Hit Singles

[edit] Hit Albums

[edit] UK/Ireland Hit Singles

[edit] Japan (Oricon Charts)

ALBUMS:

• Love To Love You Baby 1975 - #64
• I Remember Yesterday 1977 - #77
• Once Upon A Time 1978 - #31
• Live & More 1978 - #52
• Bad Girls 1979 - #9
• On The Radio: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 1979 - #20
• Greatest Hits Vol. 2 1980 - #59
• Walk Away 1980 - #78
• The Wanderer 1980 - #22
• Donna Summer 1982 - #20
• She Works Hard For The Money 1983 - #27
• Cats Without Claws 1984 - #33
• All Systems Go 1987 - #69
• Another Place And Time 1989 - #92

SINGLES:

• "Once Upon A Time" 1978 - #64
• "Hot Stuff" 1979 - #17
• "Bad Girls" 1979 - #35
• "Dim All The Lights" 1979 - #70
• "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (w/Barbra Streisand) 1979 - #59
• "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (12-inch version) 1979 - #72
• "On The Radio" 1980 - #58
• "The Wanderer" 1980 - #63
• "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)" 1982 - #71
• "She Works Hard For The Money" 1983 - #52