State of Independence

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“State of Independence”
“State of Independence” cover
Single by Donna Summer
from the album Donna Summer
B-side Love Is Just A Breath Away
Released 1982
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded 1982
Genre Pop
Length 4:25
Label Geffen (U.S.)
Writer(s) Vangelis, Jon Anderson
Producer Quincy Jones
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)"
(1982)
"State of Independence"
(1982)
" I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix("
(1982)
Audio sample
Info (help·info)
“State of Independence
(1990 Re-issue)”
“State of Independence (1990 Re-issue)” cover
Single by Donna Summer
from the album The Best of Donna Summer
B-side Love Is Just A Breath Away
Released 1990
Format 7" single, 12" single, CD Single
Genre Pop
Length 4:25
Label Warner Bros. Records (Europe)
Writer(s) Vangelis, Jon Anderson
Producer Quincy Jones
Donna Summer singles chronology
"When Love Takes Over You"
(1989)
"State of Independence (re-issue)"
(1990)
"Breakaway"
(1991)
“State of Independence
(The 1996 Remixes)”
“State of Independence  (The 1996 Remixes)” cover
Single by Donna Summer
Released 1996
Format 12" single, CD single
Genre Pop
Label Manifesto/
(PolyGram
Writer(s) Vangelis, Jon Anderson
Producer Quincy Jones
Donna Summer singles chronology
"I Feel Love (The 1995 Remixes)"
(1995)
"State of Independence"
(The 1996 Remixes)
((1996)
"Whenever There Is Love"
(1996)

"State of Independence" is a song written by Vangelis and Jon Anderson for their collaborative 1981 album The Friends of Mr. Cairo, and made popular by Donna Summer when it was included on her 1982 self-titled album, and featured an All Star Choir of some of the biggest names in American rock, pop and soul of the early 1980's. In 1992 it was covered as well in a hit by Moodswings which featured The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde on vocals.

Contents

[edit] Donna Summer version

[edit] Personnel

Featured on Tenor Solo: Ernie Watts
Synthesizer: David Paich, Greg Phillinganes
Synclavier II: Don Dorsey
Drums: Ndugu Chaneler
Bass: Louis Johnson
Synthesizer Programming: Steve Porcaro, Michael Boddicker, Don Dorsey
Percussion: Paulinho da Costa
Drum Programming: Michael Boddicker
Background Vocals: Richard Page, James Ingram, Bill Champlin, Steve George
Vocal Arrangement: Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton
Rhythm Arrangement: Quincy Jones, David Paich, Rod Temperton
Synthesizer Arrangement: David Paich, Quincy Jones, Greg Mathieson

All Star Choir (Alphabetical Order)
Dara Bernard, Dyan Cannon, Christopher Cross, James Ingram, Michael Jackson, Peggy Lipton, Quincy Jones, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Lionel Richie, Brenda Russell, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder

Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Production
Recorded and Mixed by Bruce Swedien
Assistant Engineer and Technical Director: Matt Forger
Recorded and Mixed at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles

[edit] Chart positions

Country Peak
position
US #41
UK #14
The Netherlands #1[1]


[edit] Donna Summer version - 1990 re-issue

The single was re-issued in Europe in 1990 in support of a compilation album entitled The Best of Donna Summer released on Warner Bros. Records. In the United States, Summer had been signed to Geffen Records from 1980-1988 (plus one album released on PolyGram's sublabel Mercury in 1983, namely She Works Hard for the Money), and then Atlantic Records from 1989. Both Geffen and Atlantic were divisions of Warner Bros. Records, and their main label had been used to distribute her work in Europe. The Best of Donna Summer featured some of Summer's biggest hits from this period (with the exception of any material from the Mercury album, as this was not a division of Warner Bros.) plus a small selection of her 1970s disco hits licensed from PolyGram.

[edit] 1992 Moodswings cover

In 1992 the duo Moodswings released their album Moodfood (Arista), which scored a hit with a cover version of the single, retitled as "Spiritual High (State of Independence) Pt. II" with vocals by Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) and samples from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The version was later played during the closing credits on the soundtrack of Single White Female and it was also included on The Pretenders' Greatest Hits in 2000.


[edit] Donna Summer version - The 1996 Remixes

Following the dance chart success of the 1995 remix of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love", and clearly influenced by the 1992 Moodswings/Chrissie Hynde cover version, PolyGram issued a remixed version of Summer's recording of "State of Independence", which also sampled Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The single, released both on 12" vinyl and CD on PolyGram's sublabel Manifesto, which included mixes by Phil Ramocon, Sold Out, DJ Dero, Ralph Falcon and Oscar G of Murk Productions and Jules Skins, reached #13 on the U.K. singles chart in 1996.

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