I Love You (Donna Summer song)

"I Love You"
Artwork for the German vinyl single, also used for its back cover and some other European releases; cropped from the cover of the parent album
Single by Donna Summer
from the album Once Upon a Time
B-side "Once Upon a Time
Now I Need You (Brazil)"
Released December 15, 1977
Format 7" single
Genre Disco
Length 4:43
Label Casablanca
Songwriter(s) Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Producer(s)
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Love's Unkind"
(1977)		 "I Love You"
(1977)		 "Once Upon a Time"
(1977)

"Love's Unkind"
(1977)		 "I Love You"
(1977)		 "Once Upon a Time"
(1977)

"I Love You" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer from her album Once Upon a Time (1977). It became a number 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart and reached number 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1977.[1][2]

Originally featured on the highly acclaimed album Once Upon a Time, it was edited in length for its release as a single. The album is a double LP concept album telling a modern-day Cinderella rags-to-riches story, with I Love You featured toward the end of the album when the main character and the object of her desire declare their love for each other.

The song was also featured prominently in the Saturday Night Live skits featuring Tom Hanks "Sabra Shopping Network" and "Sabra Price is Right". In 2018, the song was included in the Broadway musical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.[3]

Chart history

Chart (1977–78) Peak
position
Canadian Top Singles (RPM) [4] 29
Norway (VG-lista)[5] 10
Spain (Promusicae)[6] 24
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 37
US Cash Box Top 100[9] 26

References

  1. ↑ "UK charts archive". Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  2. ↑ "Summer's Billboard singles history". All Music Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
  3. ↑ Schuler, Barbara (April 20, 2018). "'Summer' review: Donna Summer's songs are the hot stuff". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  4. ↑ "RPM Weekly Top Singles - Volume 28, No. 21". Library and Archives Canada. RPM Weekly (archived). Feb 18, 1978. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Donna Summer – I Love You". VG-lista. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 [Only Hits: Year by Year, 1959-2002] (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  7. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Hot 100 - Billboard". Billboard. February 4, 1978. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles - February 11, 1978". Cash Box magazine. Retrieved January 28, 2018.


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