Back in the 80s i was working in the oil business in the Caribbean .. i was 23 and my girlfriend 20, we went for the day on the jolly Roger cruise boat in Barbados … Anchored off a beach somewhere the party started, we were full of rum and sun when this track was played and we were all dancing on the main deck .. somehow we hit the rhythm so well that the other dancers slowly dropped away until it was just Jo and i dancing as the others clapped to the beat .. we got married a while later and had three lovely kids. Jo died tragically 12 years ago but her memory lives on with this wonderful song
Got reminded from The Blue Man group. Oh the memories of living life to its fullest as a teen. I'm still young at heart bc mom dragged me not raise me but the music kept me at par. :) lovin every second of it.
Yowsa…I listen to everything from classical to reggae to classic rock, punk, house, alternative, and (of course) disco. This is one of the most innovative singles out there.
See the TV program about the Moog synthesizer and the talent that produced this song and others, very enlightening And the other artists who inspired the kids music Today.
@@SullenMorbius More hyperbole, Kraftwerk were unknown outside of Germany until November 1974 when Autobahn hit the European airwaves, Giorgio Morodo had already had hits in Britain in 1971 and 1972, Chicory Tip's song Son of my Father was written by him, and it got to #1 in the UK charts, so, go away with your nonsense.
@@joespud3727 Lol. You got a lotta nerve to compare Morodo's early career to Kraftwerk's. Kraftwerk was working on experimental, avant-garde music while Morodo was attempting to make shitfuck pop singles like "Looky Looky" and "Son of My Father." You have no credibility.
Not trying to undermine your comment, or the artist, but the underlying hypnotic melody sounds a great deal like the latter half of Jarre's Oxygene Part 5, which was earlier (but not as much as I thought). This takes that idea to another level, though!
I was nine yrs old when my mom bought this album. I still remember hearing this for the first time laying in front of the console and speakers. It sounded otherworldly especially with the sound bouncing from speaker to speaker. I’d lie in the dark and play this over and over picking every nuance out. Fast cut to Ms Simmons 4th grade music class. We were told to bring in our favorite album and play one song from it after the class voted. I brought in this album and was so excited to share this song. Needless to say it didn’t get a vote. It lost out to Disco Duck, You Light Up My Life, Shop Around, and some song from Pete’s Dragon..... I knew then that I would never be really understand mainstream/pop music and connect with most of my peers when it came to music. And I was right. I’m constantly in a state of WTF when it comes to most music. Disco effing Duck....?!?!
As an 80s Metalhead, and a 90s Grunge freak, even I admit this was one bad-ass song! RIP Donna! You were definitely the Queen of Disco, and this song proves it!!!
This song was so ahead of its time. It just destroyed anything related called disco at the time. It fortold what we now know is electronica and a hell of a lot better. A masterpiece!
"One day in Berlin, (Brian) Eno came running in and said, 'I have heard the sound of the future.' And I said, 'Come on, we're supposed to be doing it right now.' He said, 'No, listen to this,' and he puts on 'I Feel Love,' by Donna Summer. Eno had gone bonkers over it, absolutely bonkers. He said, 'This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.'"--David Bowie
I suspect Moroder heard some Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze and somehow got the brilliant idea to take a typical "Berlin School" sequencer line and fuse it with R&B vocals and a danceable beat.
The dico beat in this song is like CRACK to your brain: once you hear this there is no going back, no 12 step program, no detox. Thank god for that. I am hooked.
as much as some of her music was Disco, this rhythm is not Disco. It was opening up new modern music. Most techno and other electronic music was pretty forgettable. Disco beats came from the Philadelphia Sound of the early 1970s, and has a particular pattern.
There's something strange going on with the beat that is just so slightly out of phase but I never figured what it was, but it's absolutely hypnotizing. The beat has been copied by many but they never got that aspect right.
Seriously I've listened to it seven times in a row tonight (usually happens when I put this song on). The keyboard is just ever so slightly weirdly out of sync which makes it mesmerizing
Allot of folks don't realize but the real genesis of electronic music spawned from the 70s. What an incredible time period this was. I can't describe it in words. This is one of my all-time fav tracks. Cheers.
We had it so good, so much to choose from, and meld our minds. I love this track and have the double album (NZ version) on vinyl and will give it a play this weekend... (13-09-24) It needs it, and so do I!
That is true. It sounds like the combination of ET sound technology and angels. Donna's back up vocals insert that high pitched ethereal sound in the background. Everyone in the group contributes to this timeless masterpiece ✨️
Yep. Works in like a champ Blue Monday in that rare club too. IFL was recorded 6 years before BM. Lightyears ahead of its time. TEE released same month with Clash 1st LP. 77 hell of a year.
Yes. David Bowie tells in an interview how Brian Eno walked in with this small record saying he had heard the future! (Donna's I feel love). David said "Well, put it on then!"... He laughed telling the story as it was the funniest thing he had ever heard anyone say (I have heard the future) but he says Brian was right.
Packed the dancefloors, raised the bodyheat, rattles the glasses on the tables, left your ears ringing. By the time you walked off the dance floor you were drenched in sweat and felt giddy high...yeah, I WAS THERE!
Today, may 17th 8 years ago, Donna Summer died at the age of 63. She died way too young, but her music will never be forgotten and will live forever. RIP Donna Summer.
I played this the night after she died in a club full of 19 year old kids expecting the newest house, techno, bass music and still every single person had the love and respect to cherish every second.
@@NormAppleton Eh. The technological and synth advancements in music in the 70s I think you’re definitely underplaying. Not everything in the 70s was either thin guitars or orchestration for disco. We were using synths in pop music much like this as far back as Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. This futuristic synth sound was pure 70s!
@@noahnorman6877 Yeah, Giorgio Moroder was the person to actually produce this new sound. I think many people tend to give all the credit to the signed artist, and especially the singer.
@@janhaasjes7228 oh wow, i'd forgotten all about that one! Kinda gets me in he mood to dig into storage to look for my old kraftwerk cassettes...listen through younger ears lol
Zalpater, it did, i remember first hearing it in a disco on holiday in Devon, i was 16 and it blew me away. you can play this in any club now and it will stand up against any tune. Class
Zalpater, I first heard this in a club for the first time in 1977 (I think). It was incredible. The timbres, the simplicity, extremely hypnotic. That night they must of played an extended mix because at one point there was nothing but the rhythm synth and the electronic drum for a long time. The dance floor went nuts. It sounded so fresh. It was so unlike anything else played at that time. I remember thinking at that moment that I was in the future. The only other thing that was similar to this at that time was Herbie Hancock's "Feets don't Fail Me Now".
Yes, I know now. Back then I didn't. And I'll admit to not hearing them until about 1980. I certainly didn't go out enough to hear them in a disco back then. You make a a good point. I love kraftwerk. I was just sharing a real experience that I had so long ago.
Just goes to show that the greatest songs of all time never ever age and never will. You could drop this now in 2022 in any club around the world and it would boot the roof right off its hinges
Beyonce just did summer renaissance It’s the same energy nothing different I hear it as soon as the first beat drop.Rest in peace to the queen of disco.
People always say its the greatest disco track...they are wrong...it is one of the best records ever, ushering in the synth sound with the best ever disco vocals, it is a masterpiece!
She and Giorgio were so far ahead of the times. This song still sounds awesome today and is better than anything on the radio. Well done, miss Summer! We miss you!
Donna Summer always gave Giorgio Moroder credit. As well he gave her credit for her brilliant voice and talent! I just wish people would just stop saying that Donna Summer didn't give Giorgio credit! She DID!!
I think what's more deplorable is the lack of respect a majority of gay men showed towards her for something she said in the eighties. She will always be the disco queen to me.
When I listen to this song 40 years later it reminds me of the freedom that used to exist in music and lyrics. Now everything is so corporate, so calculated, it has no soul or depth. No experimentation or imagination. Just force it on the public and give it a Grammy. So sad we can’t hear artists as good as Donna anymore.
Except for Katy Perry, Mario. One song shook the political cultural ground in early 2000: I Kissed A Girl. It opened the door to "fluid sexuality" in music and art. And she 'paid' for "experimentation" with the critics bashing of WITNESS, one of her best work. No complacency in Chained To The Rythm or lack of imagination in the video. Be careful what you wish for. :)
@@jacobstraut5601 - totally agree with you. Also, you don't have to tear down an artist because you like this artist. The planet, and music, is more than big enough to handle all of it, old and new.
Heavenly heavenly Donna. She's in heaven now singing this song. She truly had the voice of an angel. God blessed her. P.S. German studio music engineering at its FINEST. Genius.
@@ryansimons4523 Extremely technically: A south Tyrolian, which also could make him a tiny bit Austrian. Just saying. Because honestly - it doesn´t matter.
@@Altonahh10 I don't buy that. According to Wikipedia it was recorded in Musicland studio in Munich - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Feel_Love So yes, it actually is "German studio music engineering at its FINEST".
Don't Leave Me This Way extended dance version has to be a close second but in different ways. Very high production levels with expert musicians and a very talented singer. Doesn't have the electronic sound, but is expertly produced and Thelma Houston really can sing. ua-cam.com/video/MAT58uSm-qg/v-deo.html I Feel Love is groundbreaking on many levels. It's ahead of it's time.
I Feel Love was one of the best disco songs ever!😚 my favorite disco recording from back then is probably "Touch Me In The Morning" by Marlena Shaw or "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) by Sylvester which sounds similar to this
1978 I was a 5 year old. In India back then records came in late due to lots of import restrictions, one day my dad got this record home and I was transfixed... And the amazement doesn't stop even now
18 years old, July 1977 driving into Cornwall on holiday with my first love, her younger brother John and her Dad in a little cream Triumph 1300 car sitting in the back seat with Margaret, this song playing on the radio sounding completely different from anything else I had ever heard before - staring out of the window mesmerized in an outer-dimension music trance little knowing that 18 years later I'd be working with Ms Summer directing proceedings that would put this song back to #1 in the charts for her with help from Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Donna Summer was so incredible to work with, truly my favorite artist of all time. I can honestly say that I loved her and still love her songs today. That drive in 1977 is so clear in my memory 44 years later that when I hear those opening bars of synth and teutonic beats I'm back in that car, rear seat, right window, looking out at the Cornish fishing village transported into the place I couldn't find the words for then, just happy being with my girl, on holiday with her wonderful family and absolutely lost in this incredible recording.
Amazing , I heard this song blasting from a floating disco in Falmouth harbour the summer of 1977 , still get goose bumps now , I'll always associate that song with Falmouth 1977
Not that many songs actually changed music on their own - most are actually evolutionary rather than revolutionary. This song really did change music, and in a big way. 40 years later, and it still sounds way ahead of our time, let alone the mid-70s.
Not exactly. 'Ahead of it's time', yes. But let's not forget that Kraftwerk had a hit single a few years previously. And then there's such as Tangerine Dream... Can't knock Moroder's brilliance, though.
I'm nearly 62 and I still think this is a one off masterpiece. Georgio Moroder was way ahead of his time, and Donna Summer (RIP) was amazing. If I'm right? she did this in one take only..brilliance by any standard. Sparks, Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre etc owe so much to GM in my opinion. It's only when you listen through good quality earbuds or headphones do you really appreciate the sounds within.
Remember hearing this for the first time back in 77. It was mindblowing- totally groundbreaking- marrying the "krautrock" Kraftwerk electronic sound with a euro disco beat and adding soulful american diva vocals was totally unique. A major development and significant influence on dance music culture and popular music in general. There was nothing else like it! It was sensational!
The fuzzy analog synths and sequencers back in the day were groundbreaking. The Moog made that foundational bassline. It's basically the grandfather of the synthesizers. In the early 80s Roland couldn't crank them out fast enough. I'm a digital musician and love having those sounds available in my workstation.
It's an awesome song and definitely cutting edge/timeless, but, I could reel off a ton of great techno, house and garage tracks with monster vocalists that could match it now.
Agree that Donna's version reigns suprme, but check out Bronski Beat and Blue Man Group w/Venus Hum's versions... they come in a respectable 2nd and 3rd!
Sam ‘Butlins, Minehead’ Smith is awful and all his songs are depressing af and he got the same whiny voice EVERY song. Glad people are finally sick of him he is sooo overrated.
Isn't this still a fantastic song even after all these years? Those fat, analog synth sounds, tight rhythms and the soothing, sweet voice of Donna Summer turns I Feel Love into a timeless disco masterpiece. RIP Donna Summer.
I was 23 back in '77 living on a Florida beach. Man, what times. In the first couple minutes of meeting my next door apartment neighbor, she introduced me to her batch of pot brownies. That apartment had black lights and about 50 hanging potted plants from the ceiling and Donna Summer playing on the radio.
not only was the sound ahead of its time and groundbreaking, but Donna Summer had/has more talent on her little finger than most of today's top 40 acts... sad to say that some much of the best music is behind us... let's keep our fingers crossed for the future...
Totally hypnotic....goes deeper and deeper the more you hear it. This song is what headphones were made for! Original 12” version....sublime. We 💖 you Donna, forever the Queen of disco x
"According to singer David Bowie, who was then recording his Berlin Trilogy, his collaborator Brian Eno "came running in and said, 'I have heard the sound of the future.'... he puts on "I Feel Love," by Donna Summer ... He said, 'This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.' Which was more or less right."[ However, Robert Moog, creator of the Moog synthesizer, was critical, saying:[
this is where pretty much, electronic dance music really began and yet, all of today's edm music hasn't even cracked the surface of what makes the song so timeless.
this is my era, I love this as it was so ahead of its time, even though I hated most disco. These days in my 50's I listen to a lot of my favourite trance music which has so much to offer if you know what to listen to, but you'll never hear any of it aired commercially
rob shelley I agree completely with you. I was around 14 when it came out. Hated most disco with a passion, but then a song like this would come out, and it was too good to deny. I feel love, when it came out, was way, way ahead of it's time, and radio would play the FULL LENGTH version. It was hypnotizong. Still is, but back then- revolutionary.
rob shelley I’m 13, and I agree. Music today is horrible, everything is fake, even the feuds. But, while this is all synthesized, some of it is manually operated and Donna’s voice is raw talent. No music today is as influential as this. Wish I was born then, seeing everything and listening to music like this. 42 years old and this song sounds so futuristic.
I was 15 years old when this was released and remember how weird and wonderful this track was, there was absolutely nothing like this, a new genre. Giorgio Moroder was way ahead of his time and Donna did more than justice to this pioneering track, Giorgio and Donna were a match made in heaven, this would become the birth of Trance etc. I am now 58 years old and still in awe of how relevant this was then and still is now.
This song WAS the future when it came out. Nothing sounded like this in 1977… 44 years ago and it still sounds like the future is knocking…. A very important song.
Like other posters, I was amazed when I found out what year this came out. It's not just a great song; it's also so very ahead of its time. There are hints of all sorts of things to come here. Truly groundbreaking stuff, especially when combined with Summer's unmistakeable vocals...RIP, Donna.
***** Well, here she is singing a song that she recorded. It seems obvious that the point being made is that she was a brilliant singer / performer. It would not be a stretch to add that she also brilliantly handled her time in the public spotlight -- not an easy thing to do.
***** She was touch by God at the age of 6 and knew she would be famous, read bio, the writing the protection and presentation are all included when you are plugged into the abundant vastness of all that it's and ever will BE l. You gotta feel it to know it.
@ Wrong. She co-wrote the lyrics and, like all her songs, determined the vocals she would use and what the background singers would sing which she, again like almost all her songs, also contributed to. If you listen closely you can hear her hitting those extremely high notes in the backing vocals.. In fact, the first draft of the lyrics she and Pete Belotte wrote, she decided were too much so she trashed them and it was her idea to write less complex lyrics so the music Giorgio wrote would shine. There are interviews in which both have said this.
Got played on Saturday night …first time I’ve ever had the opportunity to dance to it in a club with a booming system surrounded by like minded people..not going to lie it felt spiritual
I was in a Woolworth store in 1977 when this came on and I stood motionless thinking WTF is this. A classic to this day and will always be so. A work of genius. Sam Smith has just recorded this and it's great.
I have to disagree , i have no problem with remixes , covers , re makes or anyone doing their version but i fail to see the point of sam smith version its exactly the same i am not sure what part he has added to the original or other mixes of this
The first ever pure electronic song with a human voice and a catapult for Donna Summer to become a mega star. This intro is probably one of the 10 best intros to a pop song ever written, along with the ones to "Papa was a rolling stone" or the "Theme from Shaft". Unique, recognizable, distinguishable.
Look in the credits! It says Giorgio Moroder ! Are you Blind? Donna Summer always gave Giorgio credit. As well he gave her credit for her brilliant voice and talent!
This is very much a joint production and stands are one of most important releases of the last 50 years. Incredibly influential, it stands as a great piece in its own right.
I still remember the first time I heard this amazing song, I was rooted to the spot, gob-smacked, I'd never heard anything remotely like this before and it blew me away. I was already into electronica but everyone was doing synthed-up renditions of classical music like Wendy Carlos had or were weird, tripped-out spacey pieces, this was the first time a disco record had a synth/sequencer as the main driving riff and it changed the face of dance music forever.
***** Yep. Don't get me wrong, I love and still listen to the Tangs and Wendy Carlos (as well as Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson, Tomita and OMD), but this particular song opened up an entire new musical genre.
Yes Kraftwerk were pioneers.But Moroder with this track defined club music and paved the way for the next generation of DJs and producers.He brought a new alternative sound to the mainstream audience,in a way that was never heard before.That's why it's groundbreaking.And after 40 years it's the only track that can fit to any techno or tech house set.
+astrophonix Excellent observations, but a tad inaccurate. Giorgio's solo album, "From Here to Eternity" which came out years before was filled with tons of synth riffs, especially side one which had one song run into the other until it built to a maddening lift off. Amazing synth bass lines and every kind of electronic sound you could imagine. Still one of my favorite albums. I remember falling asleep listening to it with headphone cans on one night that were so loud my mom came out of her bedroom to tell me to turn the music down, lol.
Yaaassss i was 4 when. This came out now im 46 and i make my neighbors mad playing. This song blasting now i got my boyfriend playing IT🎶🎶 he loves IT TOO
This song was one of the milestones in sequencing electronic instruments in a continuous ever-changing phases... You wouldn't have the modern genre, such as Industrial, without what was pioneered here...
I was 8 when this song came out!!! I am SOOOOO LUCKY to grow up during the Disco Days!! I wish I was 10 years older so I could've danced to this when it was first released! I could ONLY IMAGINE how the floors SHOOK when this premiered.
Fab memories. I'm back to being age 10 with my late mother on the Tunnel of Love ride at the village funfair - I was too young to ride alone. Rattling around the bumpy track, in/out of a canvas 'tunnel' on a summer's evening. The smell of diesel generators, doughnuts and candyfloss in the air. Thank you Mum for this memory that comes alive to this song. Miss you ❤️
If this song came out today in 2020 people would loser their shit... that is how ahead of its time it is... amazing how music can take us back in time, while still sounding futuristic and fresh!!
+Lauren Arias Hey Lauren, you're more on point then you think...it wasn't the typical disco sound. As a matter of fact, you rarely heard this song at dance clubs, in the states. However the trance like sound of this and similar songs were the rage in places like Paris, St. Tropez, Alicante...etc.
+Lauren Arias it was the first NRG song along with "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" by Sylvester. Both were NRG not really standard disco, which later became Hi-NRG in the 80's with bands like Bronski Beat and The Communards. GOod stuff all! :)
There are two types of people. Those who love this. And those who are wrong.
haha. ❤
Absolutely.
Coke.
Binary thinking fails to understand the complexity of reality.
Got that right!
Years ahead of its time, you could play this in any club now and it would still blow the roof off. Pure class 👌
you're right; played this at my company's Christmas party; 8 minutes of pure trance dancing.
Yup
@@charlesdavis545 yeahhhhhh!
Another hit by Giorgio Moroder.
100%!!!
Back in the 80s i was working in the oil business in the Caribbean .. i was 23 and my girlfriend 20, we went for the day on the jolly Roger cruise boat in Barbados … Anchored off a beach somewhere the party started, we were full of rum and sun when this track was played and we were all dancing on the main deck .. somehow we hit the rhythm so well that the other dancers slowly dropped away until it was just Jo and i dancing as the others clapped to the beat .. we got married a while later and had three lovely kids. Jo died tragically 12 years ago but her memory lives on with this wonderful song
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Hermoso recuerdo que tendras por siempre haber bailado esto con ella.❤
You have a wonderful memory, listen to this song everyday ❤❤
great story I was just a kid in the 1980's , but I bet you had a good time , & I am so sorry for your loss 14 years ago
40 years old and it still sounds like it has come from another planet.
It's timeless
A planet created by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider no less!
I'm pretty sure many DC readers had this song playing in their head when they were first introduced to Cyborg back in October 1980...
Got reminded from The Blue Man group. Oh the memories of living life to its fullest as a teen. I'm still young at heart bc mom dragged me not raise me but the music kept me at par. :) lovin every second of it.
I don't think earth deserved this!
ICONIC!!!!
This song was decades ahead of its time.
It was released literally where it’s supposed to be.
exactly what i was thinking as well. it's as if time traveler dropped this song off.
it's even decades ahead of our time.
yeah could have landed in 1991 would have sounded right at home
I know! 1977! I was 5!
47 years later it still sounds like a MUSIC 🎶 from the future 🎶🎶🎶
So TRUE
"How is this song not in a movie"
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@@carlosa1038it was…Trolls with Kendrick and Timberlake
Yowsa…I listen to everything from classical to reggae to classic rock, punk, house, alternative, and (of course) disco. This is one of the most innovative singles out there.
The most influential song ever. It gave birth to New Wave, electronic, trance, house, etc etc. And it's a magical classic masterpiece.
Lol. Hyperbole. Kraftwerk'd vociferously disagree w your unlettered commentary.
See the TV program about the Moog synthesizer and the talent that produced this song and others, very enlightening
And the other artists who inspired the kids music Today.
@@SullenMorbius More hyperbole, Kraftwerk were unknown outside of Germany until November 1974 when Autobahn hit the European airwaves, Giorgio Morodo had already had hits in Britain in 1971 and 1972, Chicory Tip's song Son of my Father was written by him, and it got to #1 in the UK charts, so, go away with your nonsense.
@@joespud3727 Lol. You got a lotta nerve to compare Morodo's early career to Kraftwerk's. Kraftwerk was working on experimental, avant-garde music while Morodo was attempting to make shitfuck pop singles like "Looky Looky" and "Son of My Father." You have no credibility.
@@joespud3727 ua-cam.com/video/hWUiLJnEYJI/v-deo.html Here's Kraftwerk in 1970. Know your history! You look a fool.
62 years old now but this still has me throwing my old bones around my living room classic disco
Lolol Imma go home and throw my old bones all over the place!
@@lazybelphegore6748 🤣 break a hip ♡
62? Holy crap that's like dead
@@wileecoyote5749 ha ha love it
WHAT BONE? 😝
What the kids don't realize is how different this song was at that time. Hell, it's still ahead of it's time. In 1977, was unlike anything else.
You should listen to I don’t like n____ by London yellow that’s the new way
Not trying to undermine your comment, or the artist, but the underlying hypnotic melody sounds a great deal like the latter half of Jarre's Oxygene Part 5, which was earlier (but not as much as I thought). This takes that idea to another level, though!
Brian Eno heard this at the time of recording, he commented at the time that he "held the future in his hands".... enough said.
Bowie supposedly said that the first time he heard this he knew pop music would never be the same.
You could play at any rave or club in 2022 and it would fit perfectly, if not raise the level of energy!
I just came back from the future to say...this never got old.
Good one, mate. It's not even old yet in the "present."
Same as.. Right on fella.
I came here from the end of time, still not old
How did we cure CoViD-19??
Ha ha ... cool note.
After 43 years this music is still giving me chills! True immortal masterpiece!
Donna Summer the Queen of Disco , R I P but LONG LIVE THE QUEEN
There were great songs and artists in the 70/80 (there are now of course) but we had more variety in those days and this song still gets me going!
Me too.
Blondie did a version live, and this one's pretty cool too ua-cam.com/video/2ioPMdqSsYg/v-deo.html
Fucking TIMELES......
For those who want the high without having to do the drugs.
Perfect comment!
It's just that much better with 'the drugs'.
Right on!
"having to do"? Is that kind of like cumming without having to do the sex?
Solid!
KEK!
I was nine yrs old when my mom bought this album. I still remember hearing this for the first time laying in front of the console and speakers. It sounded otherworldly especially with the sound bouncing from speaker to speaker. I’d lie in the dark and play this over and over picking every nuance out.
Fast cut to Ms Simmons 4th grade music class. We were told to bring in our favorite album and play one song from it after the class voted. I brought in this album and was so excited to share this song. Needless to say it didn’t get a vote. It lost out to Disco Duck, You Light Up My Life, Shop Around, and some song from Pete’s Dragon.....
I knew then that I would never be really understand mainstream/pop music and connect with most of my peers when it came to music. And I was right. I’m constantly in a state of WTF when it comes to most music.
Disco effing Duck....?!?!
I feel you! I mean...this is pure artistry!
I'm disappointed in your classmates.
It's what I've been saying for decades, the tastes of the great unwashed masses are immune to talent and class.
"We gotta bill a sale right here that says he belongs to us"~~~ Pete's dragon
Ha! Funniest thing I've ready all day. Thanks and good-night!
As an 80s Metalhead, and a 90s Grunge freak, even I admit this was one bad-ass song! RIP Donna! You were definitely the Queen of Disco, and this song proves it!!!
I'm metal as fuck and I fucking love this!! And this type of music too.
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN OF DISCO
This is where it all started kids. Right here.
Indeed.
You got that right
Christopher Johnson unless you wish to ignore mr. Jean Michel Jarre, he did this in 1976, no vocals... but in my mind he is the godfather of EDM
John Robberts nope kraftwerk 1974
Chris Jeske Kraftwerk is also early EDM, but just as like G. Moroder with vocals. JJM is the godfather of trance..
I found the vinyl for her greatest hits 1&2 today at a thrift store.I paid 25 cents for it. Best quarter ever spent.
Lucky bro
picturenoise One person's trash..... another's treasure 😁🐽🐐🐒 Chanel thinks so.....hot mix for recent spring summer 2017 runway show!
you're just like a Twinkie...soft on the outside and cream filled aren't ya! . I bet you have a difficult time forming a cogent thought!
I bought "The Message" from a girl at a garage sale for fiddy cents :)
at the dance floor this disco masterpiece is heaven, no price involve!
but i guess many here can not move or ever did?
I'm an old man now in my sixtys,but this just makes me feel soooooo young again .
Bitter sweet memories for me
Thank you for sharing 🙏🏽
I didn't know that I was old until I read that. 67.😞
ME TO
Same here. I'm physically 67 but right now I'm transported back to the Disco dancing to this at the age of 23! Time travel is real...
This song was so ahead of its time. It just destroyed anything related called disco at the time. It fortold what we now know is electronica and a hell of a lot better. A masterpiece!
"One day in Berlin, (Brian) Eno came running in and said, 'I have heard the sound of the future.' And I said, 'Come on, we're supposed to be doing it right now.' He said, 'No, listen to this,' and he puts on 'I Feel Love,' by Donna Summer. Eno had gone bonkers over it, absolutely bonkers. He said, 'This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.'"--David Bowie
I suspect Moroder heard some Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze and somehow got the brilliant idea to take a typical "Berlin School" sequencer line and fuse it with R&B vocals and a danceable beat.
Tim Gueguen Probably but that hybrid of electronics and soulful almost ethereal vocals was a masterstroke.
you nailed it James.....a perfect combination....what a voice she had.....nothing comes close to this song.....may she RIP.....
nail "it"to the cross
The dico beat in this song is like CRACK to your brain: once you hear this there is no going back, no 12 step program, no detox. Thank god for that. I am hooked.
as much as some of her music was Disco, this rhythm is not Disco. It was opening up new modern music. Most techno and other electronic music was pretty forgettable. Disco beats came from the Philadelphia Sound of the early 1970s, and has a particular pattern.
I’m also addicted to crack and agree with this 100%
There's something strange going on with the beat that is just so slightly out of phase but I never figured what it was, but it's absolutely hypnotizing. The beat has been copied by many but they never got that aspect right.
Seriously I've listened to it seven times in a row tonight (usually happens when I put this song on). The keyboard is just ever so slightly weirdly out of sync which makes it mesmerizing
but this is good crack , yes it is addictive but it is a good addiction
Allot of folks don't realize but the real genesis of electronic music spawned from the 70s. What an incredible time period this was. I can't describe it in words. This is one of my all-time fav tracks. Cheers.
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We had it so good, so much to choose from, and meld our minds. I love this track and have the double album (NZ version) on vinyl and will give it a play this weekend... (13-09-24) It needs it, and so do I!
One of the best songs in all the whole history of music.
YES!
You know your a disco junkie when your wishing this song was even longer
thats my way of thinking lol
i was today years old when i found out im a disco junkie
Ikr it was too short for me
You know you're an asshole when you feel the need to point out a distinction between your and you're". Also fuck you.
Try the 1982 remix then.
Love how her breathy, ethereal vocal seems to float over the machinery.
Lovvvving your imagery. Thank you for sharing your thought. ♡
It does float over the machinery
That is true. It sounds like the combination of ET sound technology and angels. Donna's back up vocals insert that high pitched ethereal sound in the background. Everyone in the group contributes to this timeless masterpiece ✨️
I came to the U.S. in 1977, my step sister played this song for me my first night in America. They still call me Disco Donny.
Ahh... I give you my sinceerest apologees. By the way I came from England, so I should have been called the Disco Wanka. Cheers mate.
That's hilarious, the person who dissed yous family probably came from the same place. What a mongoose.
Wanna Bee
lol
Lol good one Donny.
Giorgio Moroder was a genius. This technical music was way ahead of it's time.
Is there a longer version of this great track, I love this song, & would like to play it endless.
@@richardyoung4555 I cannot agree more.!!!
Imo, he was the godfather of techno.
Mike Reiss him and Kraftwerk.
He is a genius he's still alive
I bet a year salary that this song will still fill the dance floors.
Absolutely
That goes without saying.....
Filling mine right now bud 💯✌️🍻
Yep.
Works in like a champ
Blue Monday in that rare club too.
IFL was recorded 6 years before BM.
Lightyears ahead of its time.
TEE released same month with Clash 1st LP.
77 hell of a year.
This and "Made of Love" by Betsy Larkin/Ferry Corsten to follow it up.
Groundbreaking record. Countless electronic music artists owe their careers to this amazing era of music
Yes. David Bowie tells in an interview how Brian Eno walked in with this small record saying he had heard the future! (Donna's I feel love). David said "Well, put it on then!"... He laughed telling the story as it was the funniest thing he had ever heard anyone say (I have heard the future) but he says Brian was right.
+Doshe Do Agreed. Witness Vitalic "Poison Lips" and the re-mix on Dredd movie songs.
and Patrick Cowley R.I.P.
Think Kraftwerk
That's a little over the top
Packed the dancefloors, raised the bodyheat, rattles the glasses on the tables, left your ears ringing. By the time you walked off the dance floor you were drenched in sweat and felt giddy high...yeah, I WAS THERE!
I wanted to be there but I was too young, only 10 years old. I had the record, though, and used to listen to this song over and over again.
Admit it: The "giddy high" was from the booger sugar, not the song.
Same here, danced away till dawn, after my gig dancing for the ladies...just hopped from disco to disco, Beaverton OR, 1979 & 1980.
I was, too!!
@@hollygoliteleee956 xxx
Today, may 17th 8 years ago, Donna Summer died at the age of 63. She died way too young, but her music will never be forgotten and will live forever. RIP Donna Summer.
long live the Queen of Disco
Donna Summer was a worthy product of her time & can never be replaced...EVER😭.
I played this the night after she died in a club full of 19 year old kids expecting the newest house, techno, bass music and still every single person had the love and respect to cherish every second.
It's 2019, it's like the music was released today. Good music never gets old.
It's actually considered the first electro song, only synthesizers were used! Cool, right?
Sam smith bruh
What a great comeback...my wife & I hope you are ok!
42 years ago 😯. Upon reflection this is sort of ahead of it's time
So true
Saying its ahead of its time doesn't do it justice, its insanely good. You can hear entire genres of music being invented.
The electronics at the time were unreliable. Guys like this, and Eno were truly pioneers
@@NormAppleton Eh. The technological and synth advancements in music in the 70s I think you’re definitely underplaying. Not everything in the 70s was either thin guitars or orchestration for disco. We were using synths in pop music much like this as far back as Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. This futuristic synth sound was pure 70s!
The birth of Electronica. The birth to House Music. Thank You Donna!
And don’t forget about Giorgio.
Exactly, people are throwing Jesse Saunders as the first house track which was in 1984. No chance, this is house music (1977)!
Kraftwerk was the birth of electronica.
@@noahnorman6877 Yeah, Giorgio Moroder was the person to actually produce this new sound. I think many people tend to give all the credit to the signed artist, and especially the singer.
Techno. There was electronic before this.
This is a song even Kraftwerk probably envies that they didn't make.
never, nothing beats Autobahn !
@@janhaasjes7228 yet no one, can ever say, Autobahn was the genesis of EDM.
You just made me think of how sexy 'we are the robots' would sound with Donna Sumer vocals!
@@boblewis2274 Wow, that would have been a blast ! However, Kraftwerk made an attempt in 1986 with 'Sex object' .....
@@janhaasjes7228 oh wow, i'd forgotten all about that one! Kinda gets me in he mood to dig into storage to look for my old kraftwerk cassettes...listen through younger ears lol
Donna Summer wasn't just a disco singer - she was a singer, period, and a fine entertainer.
Bro she was considered the Queen of disco for a reason... This song alone proves it..
And homophobic.
1977, The birth of Trance music. She was so way ahead of her time. Rest in peace my dear....
15 years ahead of its time. Utterly groundbreaking. It must have sounded incredible almost 40 years ago.
Zalpater, it did, i remember first hearing it in a disco on holiday in Devon, i was 16 and it blew me away. you can play this in any club now and it will stand up against any tune. Class
Zalpater, I first heard this in a club for the first time in 1977 (I think). It was incredible. The timbres, the simplicity, extremely hypnotic. That night they must of played an extended mix because at one point there was nothing but the rhythm synth and the electronic drum for a long time. The dance floor went nuts. It sounded so fresh. It was so unlike anything else played at that time. I remember thinking at that moment that I was in the future.
The only other thing that was similar to this at that time was Herbie Hancock's "Feets don't Fail Me Now".
You do know Kraftwerk already had several albums before this?
Yes, I know now. Back then I didn't. And I'll admit to not hearing them until about 1980. I certainly didn't go out enough to hear them in a disco back then. You make a a good point. I love kraftwerk. I was just sharing a real experience that I had so long ago.
It did...I was 7. Bouncing over the ears left and right in the breaks. Nothing compares and never will !
“This is it, look no further,” Brian Eno declared breathlessly. “This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next 15 years.”
He was wrong.
It was 25 years.
Try the next 40 years. At least.
@@Leesmapman No, Eno’s prediction wasn’t wrong. It was an understatement.
Just goes to show that the greatest songs of all time never ever age and never will. You could drop this now in 2022 in any club around the world and it would boot the roof right off its hinges
You no that bang on mate
Beyonce just did summer renaissance It’s the same energy nothing different I hear it as soon as the first beat drop.Rest in peace to the queen of disco.
👍👍👍
Spot On, This tune is truly a masterpiece 👏
Synthesizers with angelic voice and a steady beat......winner!
People always say its the greatest disco track...they are wrong...it is one of the best records ever, ushering in the synth sound with the best ever disco vocals, it is a masterpiece!
She and Giorgio were so far ahead of the times. This song still sounds awesome today and is better than anything on the radio. Well done, miss Summer! We miss you!
Donna Summer always gave Giorgio Moroder credit. As well he gave her credit for her brilliant voice and talent! I just wish people would just stop saying that Donna Summer didn't give Giorgio credit! She DID!!
This collab was FIRE! I give both credit thank you GOD for these 2 people!
I heard she gave him a dose as well
@@markstevenson1646 a dose of bill cosby special?
I think what's more deplorable is the lack of respect a majority of gay men showed towards her for something she said in the eighties. She will always be the disco queen to me.
I wish they would stop saying Disco Queen as if she didn't transcend it.
When I listen to this song 40 years later it reminds me of the freedom that used to exist in music and lyrics. Now everything is so corporate, so calculated, it has no soul or depth. No experimentation or imagination. Just force it on the public and give it a Grammy. So sad we can’t hear artists as good as Donna anymore.
I totally agree with you, my friend.
Donna was an awesome lady. She was so far ahead of her time. I sorely miss her. 😔
This makes no sense. Grammy's are notoriously terrible for awards. So much great music is being made today.
Except for Katy Perry, Mario. One song shook the political cultural ground in early 2000: I Kissed A Girl. It opened the door to "fluid sexuality" in music and art. And she 'paid' for "experimentation" with the critics bashing of WITNESS, one of her best work. No complacency in Chained To The Rythm or lack of imagination in the video. Be careful what you wish for. :)
@@jacobstraut5601 - totally agree with you. Also, you don't have to tear down an artist because you like this artist. The planet, and music, is more than big enough to handle all of it, old and new.
44 years and 20 kilograms ago I danced my .... off to this song in the Stockholm discos... Those were the days...
Heavenly heavenly Donna. She's in heaven now singing this song. She truly had the voice of an angel. God blessed her. P.S. German studio music engineering at its FINEST. Genius.
Technically Italian.
That song was already produced in Los Angeles. "Love to love you baby" was made in Munich, as far as I remember.
@@ryansimons4523 Extremely technically: A south Tyrolian, which also could make him a tiny bit Austrian. Just saying. Because honestly - it doesn´t matter.
@@Altonahh10 I don't buy that. According to Wikipedia it was recorded in Musicland studio in Munich - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Feel_Love
So yes, it actually is "German studio music engineering at its FINEST".
@@Firewolfbass Greetings from Germany 😎✌
THIS is the greatest disco song of them all. Bar none. Donna Summer's voice = sublime.
I would say this is the greatest DANCE song of all time. Disco was just an invention, it's all just dance music.
Don't Leave Me This Way extended dance version has to be a close second but in different ways. Very high production levels with expert musicians and a very talented singer.
Doesn't have the electronic sound, but is expertly produced and Thelma Houston really can sing.
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I Feel Love is groundbreaking on many levels. It's ahead of it's time.
eliezerberry Its Early TECHNO Not disco
Nick Jaramillo The term techno existed at the time. Lol.
I Feel Love was one of the best disco songs ever!😚 my favorite disco recording from back then is probably "Touch Me In The Morning" by Marlena Shaw or "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) by Sylvester which sounds similar to this
It's 1977 again, life was easy, carefree, and fun!
And we had camaros
But of course we can't forget about Donna Summer song, Last Dance
@blueskies9611 that's why punk happened
When the vocals fade out in the middle the stripped down synth is mind boggling. Less is most certainly more!
Reached that part, while when I was reading this. Brilliant :D
@@jacobblankschn1022 haha. Me too!
Sensational part of the song.
1978 I was a 5 year old. In India back then records came in late due to lots of import restrictions, one day my dad got this record home and I was transfixed... And the amazement doesn't stop even now
18 years old, July 1977 driving into Cornwall on holiday with my first love, her younger brother John and her Dad in a little cream Triumph 1300 car sitting in the back seat with Margaret, this song playing on the radio sounding completely different from anything else I had ever heard before - staring out of the window mesmerized in an outer-dimension music trance little knowing that 18 years later I'd be working with Ms Summer directing proceedings that would put this song back to #1 in the charts for her with help from Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Donna Summer was so incredible to work with, truly my favorite artist of all time. I can honestly say that I loved her and still love her songs today. That drive in 1977 is so clear in my memory 44 years later that when I hear those opening bars of synth and teutonic beats I'm back in that car, rear seat, right window, looking out at the Cornish fishing village transported into the place I couldn't find the words for then, just happy being with my girl, on holiday with her wonderful family and absolutely lost in this incredible recording.
This sets a pretty high bar for all future UA-cam comments. Great story!
Amazing , I heard this song blasting from a floating disco in Falmouth harbour the summer of 1977 , still get goose bumps now , I'll always associate that song with Falmouth 1977
@@soundcheckband5381 and i associate it with Plymouth when i joined the Navy
WHO'S FEELIN LOVE IN 2020?
Not me sadly
@@dr.pineapple5347 KEEP LOOKING BIG MAN,SHE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
Yeah man!!
Hey I was feelin’ love in 1977 while I was doing my math homework and now Im STILL feelin’ love in 2019 !!!!
@@VelveteenRabbit77 I TURNED 14 IN 1977 MOLLIOMOLLIE,SO I'M SURE I WAS DOING SOME HOMEWORK 2.HUGS MY DEAR.
Not that many songs actually changed music on their own - most are actually evolutionary rather than revolutionary. This song really did change music, and in a big way. 40 years later, and it still sounds way ahead of our time, let alone the mid-70s.
*This comment sums up the entirety of comments on this video :3*
Not exactly. 'Ahead of it's time', yes. But let's not forget that Kraftwerk had a hit single a few years previously. And then there's such as Tangerine Dream... Can't knock Moroder's brilliance, though.
This nearly fifty year old song, prepares me for the start of my work day and this world’s madness. I play it daily.
Yes!
Good for you girl
This masterpiece will be treasured on starships...
Delightfully hypnotic. One of the best songs ever made.
and it always will be, you said it mate
I'm nearly 62 and I still think this is a one off masterpiece. Georgio Moroder was way ahead of his time, and Donna Summer (RIP) was amazing. If I'm right? she did this in one take only..brilliance by any standard. Sparks, Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre etc owe so much to GM in my opinion. It's only when you listen through good quality earbuds or headphones do you really appreciate the sounds within.
Remember hearing this for the first time back in 77. It was mindblowing- totally groundbreaking- marrying the "krautrock" Kraftwerk electronic sound with a euro disco beat and adding soulful american diva vocals was totally unique. A major development and significant influence on dance music culture and popular music in general. There was nothing else like it! It was sensational!
The fuzzy analog synths and sequencers back in the day were groundbreaking. The Moog made that foundational bassline. It's basically the grandfather of the synthesizers. In the early 80s Roland couldn't crank them out fast enough. I'm a digital musician and love having those sounds available in my workstation.
its a melting of techno and a terrific voice....I honestly don't think its ever been matched...ever.
Nope it’s never been.
Italo ... disco from an Italian songwriter.
I’d say it was more trance than techno....but it the genus of modern dance music no doubt
It's an awesome song and definitely cutting edge/timeless, but, I could reel off a ton of great techno, house and garage tracks with monster vocalists that could match it now.
More acid than techno or trance. Acid came first.
This song was so ahead of it's time.
Donnas version kicks Sam Smith's versions butt.
R.I.P. Donna, our Disco Queen FOREVER.🌹💖👑
Agree that Donna's version reigns suprme, but check out Bronski Beat and Blue Man Group w/Venus Hum's versions... they come in a respectable 2nd and 3rd!
@@alleykeosheyan4779 When I first heard the song on Target commercials I actually thought of Bronski Beat. That version is pretty good.
Sam Smith's version is truly awful. He even gets the lyrics wrong.
Sam ‘Butlins, Minehead’ Smith is awful and all his songs are depressing af and he got the same whiny voice EVERY song. Glad people are finally sick of him he is sooo overrated.
@@brosephyolonarovichstalin2915 I personally thought that cover was good. Sam's vocal chops were killer.
I can never listen to this loud enough!!! I am sure I lost my hearing over this song!!! I hear love.....
me too
Listen to Purple Disco Machine (UA-cam, EP, or ALEXA)
😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣
Finest disco record ever.
I like Gaynors' 18-minute "Honey Bee/I''l Be There".
Isn't this still a fantastic song even after all these years? Those fat, analog synth sounds, tight rhythms and the soothing, sweet voice of Donna Summer turns I Feel Love into a timeless disco masterpiece. RIP Donna Summer.
I was 23 back in '77 living on a Florida beach. Man, what times.
In the first couple minutes of meeting my next door apartment neighbor, she introduced me to her batch of pot brownies. That apartment had black lights and about 50 hanging potted plants from the ceiling and Donna Summer playing on the radio.
Damn... dont stop lol what else happened??? Love listening to ppls stories on yourube lol
@GIG ECONOMIA What was the second great place, besides Hollywood?
I was 20 years old and serving in the Army in Germany when this came out. Good times!
@@thomashernandez8700 A Florida beach maybe?
Who would have thought the year 2020 would have us wishing it was the 70's again. Damn.
I smell vintage Chanel #22, on the dance floor. WOOF!😮❤🎉
not only was the sound ahead of its time and groundbreaking, but Donna Summer had/has more talent on her little finger than most of today's top 40 acts... sad to say that some much of the best music is behind us... let's keep our fingers crossed for the future...
Oh, stop it! If you really think that, you're not listening to the right music being made today.
Totally hypnotic....goes deeper and deeper the more you hear it. This song is what headphones were made for! Original 12” version....sublime. We 💖 you Donna, forever the Queen of disco x
:) Indeed!
"According to singer David Bowie, who was then recording his Berlin Trilogy, his collaborator Brian Eno "came running in and said, 'I have heard the sound of the future.'... he puts on "I Feel Love," by Donna Summer ... He said, 'This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.' Which was more or less right."[ However, Robert Moog, creator of the Moog synthesizer, was critical, saying:[
Heard the same story about Being Boiled by Human League, so who knows?
fifteen years, that's quite the understatement.
The moog was so difficult to use, it come with it's own operator.
@@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser moog themselves didn't even know about the arpeggiator, the operator figured it out by accident
@@asm-ex1jw yeah more like 40!!! 😂❤️
The most perfect piece of disco music ever.
God bless everybody involved in the making of this masterpiece, Jesus christ! This is not from this world
All these years later- I realize how much I love Donna Summer. What a talent. RIP Beautiful Woman.
this is where pretty much, electronic dance music really began and yet, all of today's edm music hasn't even cracked the surface of what makes the song so timeless.
this is my era, I love this as it was so ahead of its time, even though I hated most disco. These days in my 50's I listen to a lot of my favourite trance music which has so much to offer if you know what to listen to, but you'll never hear any of it aired commercially
rob shelley I agree completely with you.
I was around 14 when it came out. Hated most disco with a passion, but then a song like this would come out, and it was too good to deny.
I feel love, when it came out, was way, way ahead of it's time, and radio would play the FULL LENGTH version. It was hypnotizong. Still is, but back then- revolutionary.
way ahead of its* time
OCD correcroon. lol
rob shelley
I’m 13, and I agree. Music today is horrible, everything is fake, even the feuds. But, while this is all synthesized, some of it is manually operated and Donna’s voice is raw talent. No music today is as influential as this. Wish I was born then, seeing everything and listening to music like this. 42 years old and this song sounds so futuristic.
The first time I heard this, driving in a car, it gave me shivers. Forty years later, it still does!
I was 15 years old when this was released and remember how weird and wonderful this track was, there was absolutely nothing like this, a new genre. Giorgio Moroder was way ahead of his time and Donna did more than justice to this pioneering track, Giorgio and Donna were a match made in heaven, this would become the birth of Trance etc. I am now 58 years old and still in awe of how relevant this was then and still is now.
This song WAS the future when it came out. Nothing sounded like this in 1977… 44 years ago and it still sounds like the future is knocking…. A very important song.
Great description...it was so different for a kid listening to the radio.
Took the words out of my mouth ,was 15 too.you have to have been there to feel the vibe and the effect on music that this had.
Me too and I drove my Dad crazy playing this! Lol now. I knew also it was ahead of its time.
Like other posters, I was amazed when I found out what year this came out. It's not just a great song; it's also so very ahead of its time. There are hints of all sorts of things to come here. Truly groundbreaking stuff, especially when combined with Summer's unmistakeable vocals...RIP, Donna.
Omg soo true i was just amazed
***** Well, here she is singing a song that she recorded. It seems obvious that the point being made is that she was a brilliant singer / performer. It would not be a stretch to add that she also brilliantly handled her time in the public spotlight -- not an easy thing to do.
***** She was touch by God at the age of 6 and knew she would be famous, read bio, the writing the protection and presentation are all included when you are plugged into the abundant vastness of all that it's and ever will BE l. You gotta feel it to know it.
Cristina Quinteiro Thats deep. I'm confused by "the writing the protection and presentation" part, can you please explain?
+PANCAKES PANCAKES protection = production???
Donna Summer breaks the sound barrier!
@ Wrong. She co-wrote the lyrics and, like all her songs, determined the vocals she would use and what the background singers would sing which she, again like almost all her songs, also contributed to. If you listen closely you can hear her hitting those extremely high notes in the backing vocals.. In fact, the first draft of the lyrics she and Pete Belotte wrote, she decided were too much so she trashed them and it was her idea to write less complex lyrics so the music Giorgio wrote would shine. There are interviews in which both have said this.
Got played on Saturday night …first time I’ve ever had the opportunity to dance to it in a club with a booming system surrounded by like minded people..not going to lie it felt spiritual
Something happens when the music starts playing.
it´s a sensual , sexy strong feeling, and I´m 15 years again.
Love this song forever
A definitive moment in recording history
I was in a Woolworth store in 1977 when this came on and I stood motionless thinking WTF is this. A classic to this day and will always be so. A work of genius. Sam Smith has just recorded this and it's great.
I have to disagree , i have no problem with remixes , covers , re makes or anyone doing their version but i fail to see the point of sam smith version its exactly the same i am not sure what part he has added to the original or other mixes of this
I used to go to Woolworth's for 45s. (1974-"First, the Last, My Everything".)
Woolworth's in Boston - got my 45 of Chic's "Good Times" in '79. 👍😀❤️
TRY THE MARC ALMOND AND JIMMY SOMERVILLE VERSION IT PISSES ALL OVER SAM SMITHS VERSION X
I had Woolworth in the Bronx. Golden days for sure! ♥
The first ever pure electronic song with a human voice and a catapult for Donna Summer to become a mega star. This intro is probably one of the 10 best intros to a pop song ever written, along with the ones to "Papa was a rolling stone" or the "Theme from Shaft". Unique, recognizable, distinguishable.
The full intro is on the Donna Summer album ‘I remember yesterday’ .
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Also the kick drum. The vocal and kick drum are the only elements performed by humans (Keith Forsey, and it took him 5 or 6 takes haha).
Best singer outside of Kraftwerk I agree Donna was amazing
Friggin goosebumps everytime. No matter how many times I hear this
Lol I'm glad I'm not the only one
Me to it and a have to move....
Same here
nobody sings this better than donna summer, fantastic song and great music
Why is there no talk about Giorgio moroder here? this is really his brilliance at work here
quite right
Look in the credits! It says Giorgio Moroder ! Are you Blind? Donna Summer always gave Giorgio credit. As well he gave her credit for her brilliant voice and talent!
This is very much a joint production and stands are one of most important releases of the last 50 years. Incredibly influential, it stands as a great piece in its own right.
that is the truth
and he is still killing it when he djs.
@@toocat2000000 he's referring to the youtube comments section not the credits on the record
A brilliant disco song no matter what genre you like I bet anyone would want to dance to it I used to roller skate to this!!!
Donna Summer is the Godmother of EDM xD
....yeah! Lol
Definitely this! Most people don't realize this, but Moroder and Donna Summer basically created modern dance music.
I still remember the first time I heard this amazing song, I was rooted to the spot, gob-smacked, I'd never heard anything remotely like this before and it blew me away. I was already into electronica but everyone was doing synthed-up renditions of classical music like Wendy Carlos had or were weird, tripped-out spacey pieces, this was the first time a disco record had a synth/sequencer as the main driving riff and it changed the face of dance music forever.
*****
Yep. Don't get me wrong, I love and still listen to the Tangs and Wendy Carlos (as well as Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson, Tomita and OMD), but this particular song opened up an entire new musical genre.
How about Kraftwerk?
Love Kraftwerk.
Yes Kraftwerk were pioneers.But Moroder with this track defined club music and paved the way for the next generation of DJs and producers.He brought a new alternative sound to the mainstream audience,in a way that was never heard before.That's why it's groundbreaking.And after 40 years it's the only track that can fit to any techno or tech house set.
+astrophonix Excellent observations, but a tad inaccurate. Giorgio's solo album, "From Here to Eternity" which came out years before was filled with tons of synth riffs, especially side one which had one song run into the other until it built to a maddening lift off. Amazing synth bass lines and every kind of electronic sound you could imagine. Still one of my favorite albums. I remember falling asleep listening to it with headphone cans on one night that were so loud my mom came out of her bedroom to tell me to turn the music down, lol.
Ground breaking late 70s composition using all synthesized sounds & setting the stage for the 80s, 90s, and the 21st century.
Put in a quality pair of ear buds, turn volume to max,lay back close,your eyes and leave this world for 8min.
You're welcome
That's it. Doing this now.
Volume to the max can damage your hearing.
I'm old-school. I use headphones.
Yaaassss i was 4 when. This came out now im 46 and i make my neighbors mad playing. This song blasting now i got my boyfriend playing IT🎶🎶 he loves IT TOO
Every time!
This song was one of the milestones in sequencing electronic instruments in a continuous ever-changing phases... You wouldn't have the modern genre, such as Industrial, without what was pioneered here...
This needs to be put somewhere in space in case we blow up.
I was 8 when this song came out!!! I am SOOOOO LUCKY to grow up during the Disco Days!! I wish I was 10 years older so I could've danced to this when it was first released! I could ONLY IMAGINE how the floors SHOOK when this premiered.
"FAVORITE SONG FROM DONNA" HANDS DOWN!!!
I have to agree with you I guess Hot stuff would be my # 2 song of hers
Fab memories. I'm back to being age 10 with my late mother on the Tunnel of Love ride at the village funfair - I was too young to ride alone. Rattling around the bumpy track, in/out of a canvas 'tunnel' on a summer's evening. The smell of diesel generators, doughnuts and candyfloss in the air. Thank you Mum for this memory that comes alive to this song. Miss you ❤️
I was pulling into my driveway the first time I heard this all those years ago. I sat in my car and listened to all eight minutes. I was knocked out.
this is a song I like to play when I am driving across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge here in Florida at night
Imagine the reaction of the coked up crowd in '77 on the dancefloor of Studio 54 dancing their ass off to this masterpiece! ❤️
What a monster this was….. Absolutely perfect for the sublime sound system at Studio 54. It sounds like the future even today
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If this song came out today in 2020 people would loser their shit... that is how ahead of its time it is... amazing how music can take us back in time, while still sounding futuristic and fresh!!
"I Feel Love" when I listen to this song. It doesn't sound like typical disco. Donna is great.
+Lauren Arias Hey Lauren, you're more on point then you think...it wasn't the typical disco sound. As a matter of fact, you rarely heard this song at dance clubs, in the states. However the trance like sound of this and similar songs were the rage in places like Paris, St. Tropez, Alicante...etc.
+Lauren Arias it was the first NRG song along with "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" by Sylvester. Both were NRG not really standard disco, which later became Hi-NRG in the 80's with bands like Bronski Beat and The Communards. GOod stuff all! :)
+Justin Anstine it is the beginning,,,,,,,,, the moment dance music was created,,,,,, and so far ahead of its time ,,,,,,
10 years maby,,,,,,,
I feel love to
***** r c
loved it in 1977 still loving it in 2018