Toot, toot, heeeeeeeeeey, beep, beep!
Love to Love You, Donna Summer is talkin' ‘bout that bad girl.
And they all owed a debt of service to the undisputed queen of the genre,Donna Summer.
Donna Summer.GAB Archive/Redferns
The raunchy track would only be played at midnight, billed as “20 minutes of love.”
“Love to Love You Baby” became a massive hit and made Summer an international star.
“I remember when ‘I Feel Love’ came on at Studio 54.
You just stopped in your tracks,“Sir Elton Johnrecalls in voiceover inLove to Love You.
It just went on and on and on.
You didn’t want it to stop.
It sounded like no other record.
It changed the way people thought about music.”
)Renaissance, itself an exploration of the history of dance music.
1), “Heaven Knows,” “Hot Stuff” (No.
1), “Bad Girls” (No.
1), and “On the Radio.”
It peaked at No.
2, to Summer’s chagrin.
Which wasn’t a lot.
The song had been completed when Summer took a listen and decided something was missing.
It needed a hook.
She had the idea of trying to get the attention of a sex worker, honking the horn.
And a classic was born.
At the height of her success, she contemplated committing suicide.
Eventually, she turned back to the church, becoming a born again Christian.
It was then that her career suffered a misstep from which it never truly recovered.
Still, her family retains she held no anti-gay sentiment.
‘Cause the gays, well…we love to hold a grudge.
But we also love disco, perhaps even more than holding a grudge.
