This Time I Know It's for Real

"This Time I Know It's For Real" is a song originally recorded by Donna Summer, and released in 1989 as the first single from her album Another Place and Time. Like the rest of the album, the song was written and produced by the British Stock Aitken & Waterman team, though Summer also had a hand in writing this song, as well as three other songs on the album from which this single was culled.

It became Summer's biggest hit in the UK since the 1970s (during which time she had been the most popular female disco artist), reaching number three^[1] and spending a total of 14 weeks in the Top 75,^[1] longer than any of her other singles there. It also reached number seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (and was certified Gold there), making it Summer's first transatlantic hit since 1979.

This was Summer's first U.S. single to be released on Atlantic Records, a division of Warner Bros. Records. Since 1980 she had been signed to Geffen (also a division of Warner Bros.) but her work across Europe had always been distributed by Warner Bros.' main label. This would continue to be the case following her signing to Atlantic.

The video was directed by Dee Trattmann.

1 Track listings
2 Cover versions
3 Charts
4 References

[edit] Track listings

Donna Summer version

7"-Single

"This Time I Know It's for Real" (3:34)
"Whatever Your Heart Desires" (3:50)

12"-Maxi

"This Time I Know It's for Real (Extended Version) (7:20)
"Whatever Your Heart Desires" (3:50)
"This Time I Know It's for Real" (Instrumental) (3:34)

[edit] Cover versions

In 2004, British singer Kelly Llorenna reached number fourteen on the UK singles chart with her version of the song.^[1]

"This Time I Know It's for Real" was later covered by Australian girl group Young Divas and was released to coincide with nation wide tour dates from July to August. The song debuted in the Australian singles chart at number seven on May 6, 2006.^[2] It spent a total of fourteen weeks in the top ten and was certified platinum.^[3] It also peaked at number one on the Australasian singles chart for eleven weeks. The song became the sixth highest selling single in Australia in 2006.

[edit] Charts

Donna Summer (1989)^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	40
French Singles Chart	6
Irish Singles Chart	4
Norwegian Singles Chart	3
Swedish Singles Chart	12
UK Singles Chart	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	7
U.S. Adult Contemporary	2
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play	5
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	1
Kelly Llorenna (2004)	Peak Position
UK Singles Chart	14
Young Divas (2006)	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	2

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Roberts, David (Managing Editor) (2005), British Hit Singles & Albums (Edition 18), Guinness World Records Limited, ISBN 1-904994-00-8
^ "This Time I Know It's For Real single". www.sonybmg.com.au. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
^ "Happenin' All Over Again single". www.sonybmg.com.au. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
^ "This Time I Know It's for Real", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 21, 2008)
^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 21, 2008)
^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 21, 2008)
^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved February 21, 2008)

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