The Wanderer (Donna Summer song)
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"The Wanderer" | ||||
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Single by Donna Summer | ||||
from the album The Wanderer | ||||
B-side | "Stop Me" | |||
Released | September 11, 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1980 | |||
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Length | 3:47 | |||
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"The Wanderer" is a song by American singer Donna Summer, released as the lead single from her 1980 eighth album of the same name, which was the first for her new label Geffen Records after recording her previous albums with Casablanca Records. Despite the label change, Summer continued to work with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, who had produced the majority of her hits in the late 1970s. However, it marks a change in style for The Queen of Disco, incorporating new wave styled synth riffs and a shuffling beat.
This first 45 from the album became a big hit for Summer in the United States, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks. and reaching number two in Cash Box magazine as well. It was Summer's eleventh single to sell over a million copies in the United States. In Canada, the song spent four weeks at number four. A 12" promotional single was issued, however, unlike all her Top 40 hits prior to this one it was not an extended version.
Composition[]
"The Wanderer" incorporates heavy new wave styled synth riffs and a shuffling beat. Vocally, it was a return to her understated 1975 debut sound - soft, whispery phrases were the norm in this song, taking on an almost Elvis Presley effect, instead of the power belt she had used often since her 1977 album Once Upon a Time and 1978 hit single "Last Dance".
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References[]
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- ^ Nanda Lwin (1999). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. ISBN 1-896594-13-1.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
- ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Discografie Donna Summer". © 2006-2011 Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company: Donna Summer". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ^ "Donna Summer > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
External links[]
- 1980 singles
- Donna Summer songs
- Songs written by Giorgio Moroder
- Songs written by Donna Summer
- Song recordings produced by Giorgio Moroder
- Song recordings produced by Pete Bellotte
- 1980 songs
- Geffen Records singles
- American new wave songs
- Dance-rock songs