Love's Unkind

"Love's Unkind" is a single by Donna Summer from her album, I Remember Yesterday, which combined modern disco beats with sounds of previous decades. "Love's Unkind" has stories of high school crushes and love triangles. It became one of her biggest hits in the UK, peaking at number three,^[1] while it reached number 32 in the Netherlands. Though never released as a single in the USA, it topped the dance chart as part of the I Remember Yesterday album, as at that time entire albums could count as one entry on that particular chart.

Chart positions

Chart (1977-1978)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^{[ 1]}	18
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^{[ 1]}	25
Germany (Media Control AG)^{[ 1]}	18
Irish Singles Chart^[2]	2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^{[ 1]}	32
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)^{[ 1]}	28
UK (Official Charts Company)^[1]	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play^[3]	1

Cover versions

English actress Sophie Lawrence reached #21 on the UK Singles Chart in 1991 with her cover of the song.^[4]

Estonian artist Onu Bella covered (parodied) the song in Estonian, titled "Koolis on vahva" ("School Is Fun") on his 1992 album "Ma Võtsin Viina" ("I Drank Vodka").^[5]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "1978 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive - 14th January 1978". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
↑ "Love's unkind in Irish Chart". IRMA. Retrieved 6 July 2013. Only one result when searching "Love's unkind"
↑ "Donna Summer awards on Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 314. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ http://www.discogs.com/Onu-Bella-Ma-V%C3%B5tsin-Viina/release/2665266

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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Discography Awards Cover versions

Studio albums	Lady of the Night (1974) Love to Love You Baby (1975) A Love Trilogy (1976) Four Seasons of Love (1976) I Remember Yesterday (1977) Once Upon A Time (1977) Bad Girls (1979) The Wanderer (1980) I'm a Rainbow (1981/1996) Donna Summer (1982) She Works Hard for the Money (1983) Cats Without Claws (1984) All Systems Go (1987) Another Place and Time (1989) Mistaken Identity (1991) Christmas Spirit (1994) Crayons (2008)

Live albums	Live and More (1978) Live & More Encore (1999)

Compilations	On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II (1979) The Summer Collection: Greatest Hits (1985) The Dance Collection: A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles (1987) The Donna Summer Anthology (1993) Endless Summer (1994) The Ultimate Collection (2003) The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer (2003) Gold (2005) Love to Love You Donna (2013)

U.S. Top 10 Hit singles	"Love to Love You Baby" "I Feel Love" "Last Dance" "MacArthur Park" "Heaven Knows" "Hot Stuff" "Bad Girls" "Dim All the Lights" "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" "On the Radio" "The Wanderer" "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" "She Works Hard for the Money" "This Time I Know It's for Real"

Concert tours	Once Upon a Time Tour Bad Girls Tour The Wanderer Tour Hard for the Money Tour The Rainbow Tour Silver Girl Tour All Systems Go Tour Endless Summer Tour Mid Summer Nights Dream Tour Live & More Encore Tour Greatest Hits Tour Crayons Tour

Related topics	Brooklyn Dreams Pete Bellotte Joe "Bean" Esposito Giorgio Moroder Bruce Sudano Neil Bogart Paul Jabara Sunshine

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