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Discussion: Once Upon a Time: The Donna Summer Singles Rate
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Loving the fun facts for Enough is Enough. 
I Don't Wanna Get Hurt! So fantastic! 
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Hot Stuff and Bad Girls need to be in top two. 
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Originally posted by waryofothers
Hot Stuff and Bad Girls need to be in top two. |
Bad Girls, yes. The other one, no. Top 10 for it.
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Could It Be Magic is amazing. The version with her moaning >>>>>>
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
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Could It Be Magic
Average Score: 7.69
Highest Score: 10 (Ace Reject, BoyonBoyWonder, YoYo)
Lowest Score: 4 (Geezus Haberdash)
Certified top ten placement until I got his vote.
Originally written and recorded by Barry Manilow, who turned it into a top ten hit. Donna drastically reinvented it, though, and her version is the version that is known now. (Well, in the UK, Take That's version is the one known ... but that's another story for another day.) |
I normally prefer female voices over their male counterparts, but this is one of the few times where I'm more inclined to the male rendition. Barry Manilow is one of my guilty pleasures and I absolutely love how soothing his voice is on this song. I know dance music is what makes Donna, Donna, but I would've loved to see her tackle this song with the same emotion Barry did.
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One last shocker for the night?
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Dim All the Lights
Average Score: 7.73
Highest Score: 9.5 (Diamond Dust)
Lowest Score: 6 (Amaru, Patrick, Geezus Haberdash)
Words and Music by: Donna Summer
Peaking at number two, Dim All The Lights was the third top two from the Bad Girls album; the previous two singles had gone to number one. (Hmm. Maybe she should have recruited Diana for a last minute remix. #s&m) It's also the only single that is solely credited to Donna. In fact, she didn't write it for herself; in 1999, at her Live & More Encore concert/special, she revealed she had written it for Rod Stewart. Imagine that.
Fun Fact: For a long time, this contained the longest held note on record; Donna sustains a not for sixteen seconds. She can do it live too!
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Awww I love this song. Nice combination of R&B and disco.
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I was too generous with this one 
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Originally posted by Amaru
I was too generous with this one |
Oh stop! I've loved this song since I was a kid!
Okay, predictions for the top ten?
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Originally posted by @michael.
What do we have left?
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On The Radio, This Time I Know It's For Real, Bad Girls, I Feel Love, She Works Hard for the Money, Hot Stuff, Love to Love You Baby, MacArthur Park and Last Dance.
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
Oh stop! I've loved this song since I was a kid!
Okay, predictions for the top ten?
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Hmm I'm not sure what's left but I'm predicting Hot Stuff, LTLYB and I Feel Love for top 3, in no particular order. 
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
On The Radio, This Time I Know It's For Real, Bad Girls, I Feel Love, She Works Hard for the Money, Hot Stuff, Love to Love You Baby, MacArthur Park and Last Dance.
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Gross @ She Works Hard for the Money. That song is tired.
1. I Feel Love
2. Bad Girls
3. Hot Stuff
4. Love to Love You Baby
5. Last Dance
6. On the Radio
7. She Works Hard for the Money
8. MacArthur Park
9. This Time I Know It's for Real
10. Heaven Knows
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ace Reject
On The Radio, This Time I Know It's For Real, Bad Girls, I Feel Love, She Works Hard for the Money, Hot Stuff, Love to Love You Baby, MacArthur Park and Last Dance.
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1. Bad Girls
2. I Feel Love
3. She Works Hard For The Money
4. MacArthur Park
5. Hot Stuff
6. Love to Love You Baby
7. Last Dance
8. On The Radio
9. This Time I Know It's For Real
10. . Heaven Knows
Ideal 
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I mean, I hate to see "Dim All the Lights" and "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" and "I Will Go With You" and especially "I Love You" go, but HOW did "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" not make the top ten? That is just wrong.
Could we have ended up with a more obvious final ten? I'm bored just thinking about it. As usual, the biggest hits prevailed. Too bad, because there were a bunch more better songs.
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Originally posted by supaspaz
I mean, I hate to see "Dim All the Lights" and "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" and "I Will Go With You" and especially "I Love You" go, but HOW did "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" not make the top ten? That is just wrong.
Could we have ended up with a more obvious final ten? I'm bored just thinking about it. As usual, the biggest hits prevailed. Too bad, because there were a bunch more better songs.
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It will be really "interesting" to see how ATRL treats Cher and Diana.
And Aretha/Tina if we ever go there. 
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
YoYo hates Barbra's voice. HATES IT.
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BAN them.
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How far should we go tonight?
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Originally posted by Ace Reject
How far should we go tonight?
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I like the suspense ! To 7! 7-3 for next time then top 3 !
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