The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer

The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer
Greatest hits album by Donna Summer
Released September 30, 2003
Genre Pop, dance, disco, soul, R&B, rock
Label UTV
Producer Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte, John Barry, Gary Klein, Michael Omartian, Richard Perry, Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman
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The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer is a compilation of the American singer's hits released by Universal Music in 2003. It features most of Summer's best known songs from the 1970s disco era, during which she became the most successful female of that genre, plus some of her hits from the 1980s, during which time she experimented with different genres.

The Journey was released in the UK on the back of her appearance on the TV special Disco Mania which celebrated the 1970s disco era and saw Summer performing her 1979 duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (originally with Barbra Streisand) with Irish boyband Westlife.

The album was also released in the US with a slightly different track listing - both on the album itself and also on the so-called 'limited edition bonus disc'.

Three new songs were recorded for the collection, including "You're So Beautiful" and "Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live For Love)", both of which were released as promotional singles. The UK version of the compilation placed the two new recordings "That's The Way" and "Dream-A-Lots-Theme" on the limited edition bonus disc - these two tracks are consequently not available on the UK single-disc edition of The Journey.

Track listings

UK edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love to Love You Baby"Summer, Moroder, Bellotte3:22
2."Could It Be Magic"Anderson, Manilow3:54
3."I Feel Love"Summer, Moroder, Bellotte3:46
4."Down Deep Inside (Theme From "The Deep")"Barry, Summer4:25
5."Love's Unkind"Bellotte, Moroder, Summer4:28
6."I Love You"Summer, Moroder, Bellotte3:18
7."Last Dance"Jabara3:19
8."MacArthur Park"Webb3:54
9."Heaven Knows"Summer, Moroder, Mathieson, Bellotte3:39
10."Rumour Has It"Bellotte, Moroder, Summer5:04
11."Hot Stuff"Faltermeyer, Forsey, Bellotte3:50
12."Bad Girls"Sudano, Summer, Hokenson, Esposito3:57
13."No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Duet With Barbra Streisand)Roberts, Jabara4:48
14."On the Radio"Summer, Moroder4:05
15."Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"Ross, Jones, Temperton4:19
16."State of Independence"Anderson, Vangelis4:25
17."She Works Hard for the Money"Summer, Omartian4:10
18."Dinner with Gershwin"Russell4:39
19."This Time I Know It's for Real"Summer, Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:36
US edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love to Love You Baby"Summer, Moroder, Bellotte3:22
2."Could It Be Magic"Anderson, Manilow3:54
3."I Feel Love"Summer, Moroder, Bellotte3:46
4."I Love You"Summer, Moroder, Bellotte3:18
5."Last Dance"Jabara3:19
6."MacArthur Park"Webb3:54
7."Heaven Knows"Summer, Moroder, Mathieson, Bellotte3:39
8."Hot Stuff"Faltermeyer, Forsey, Bellotte3:50
9."Bad Girls"Sudano, Summer, Hokenson, Esposito3:57
10."Dim All the Lights"Summer3:58
11."No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Duet With Barbra Streisand)Roberts, Jabara4:48
12."On the Radio"Summer, Moroder4:05
13."The Wanderer"Summer, Moroder3:46
14."Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"Ross, Jones, Temperton4:19
15."State of Independence"Anderson, Vangelis4:25
16."She Works Hard for the Money"Summer, Omartian4:10
17."This Time I Know It's for Real"Summer, Stock, Aitken, Waterman3:36
18."I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)"Sartori, Quarantotto, Summer4:08
19."That's the Way" (new recording)Moroder, Forsey3:45
20."Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live for Love)" (new recording)Summer, DiGesare4:54

Charts and certifications

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Donna Summer – The Journey * The Very Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Donna Summer – The Journey * The Very Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Donna Summer – The Journey * The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Donna Summer – The Journey * The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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  7. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Donna Summer – The Journey * The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Donna Summer – The Journey * The Very Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Donna Summer | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Donna Summer – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Donna Summer. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  11. ↑ "British album certifications – Donna Summer – Very Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Very Best Of in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  12. ↑ "Answers to readers' questions about Roxette, Donna Summer and Jack Ingram.". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 18, 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
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