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"Last Dance" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from the soundtrack album to the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday. [1] It was written by Paul Jabara, co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Stephen Short, whose backing vocals are featured in the song.
Summer, who also appeared in the film, is credited as the performer of three songs for the soundtrack (plus a reprise of "Last Dance") and also wrote and sang background vocals on the song "Take It to the Zoo", performed by Sunshine, a group composed of her sisters. When released as a single, "Last Dance" would become one of the biggest hits of ...
It became Selena's final live recording before she was murdered on March 31, 1995. It interpolates the songs "Last Dance" and "On the Radio" by Donna Summer, "The Hustle" by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony, and "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor and "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. The track reached number 25 on the Hot Latin Singles Chart.
Donna Summer died on May 17, 2012, but her glistening disco catalog is still worthy of celebration a decade later. We showcase her 10 best songs.
In 2018, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, a biographical musical featuring Summer's songs, began performances on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, [86] following a 2017 world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. [87] In the 2019 film How to Build a Girl, Summer is among the figures featured in Johanna's wall collage. [88]
Summer is upset that Wendy's pulled the CD containing her 1978 disco hit "Last Dance," over suggestions made on the Internet that one line in the song -- "I'm oh so horny" -- is just not the right ...
The final part of Donna Summer's "Last Dance" is later re-included as a separate track titled "Reprise" toward the end of the soundtrack album. An edited version of the whole track was the version issued on the 7" single in most countries, and this track can be found on many of Summer's compilations, including 1994's Endless Summer and 2003's ...
The Dance Collection: A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles is a compilation album by Donna Summer released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). Summer had become the biggest star of the disco era in the 1970s when signed to Casablanca Records. By 1987, Summer was signed to the Geffen label, and Casablanca had long since been bought out by Polygram ...