| Dinner with Gershwin | |
| Cover: | Donnasummerdinnerwithg.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Donna Summer |
| Album: | All Systems Go |
| B-Side: | Dinner with Gershwin (Instrumental) |
| Released: | August 14, 1987 |
| Recorded: | Studio 55, Los Angeles, 1987 |
| Genre: | Dance-pop, R&B |
| Length: | 4:12 (7" version) 4:35 (LP version) 4:52 (Instrumental) 7:43 (Extended version) |
| Label: | Geffen (U.S.) Warner Bros. Records (Europe) |
| Producer: | Richard Perry & Brenda Russell |
| Prev Title: | Eyes |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Only the Fool Survives |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"Dinner with Gershwin" is a song written by Brenda Russell and recorded by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. The song was produced by Russell and Richard Perry. It was released on August 14, 1987 as the lead single from her 13th studio album All Systems Go (1987) by Geffen Records.
Despite its parent album receiving mixed-to-negative reception, "Dinner with Gershwin" was reviewed as a standout from All Systems Go. The song gave Summer her final top ten hit on the Hot R&B Singles chart, peaking at number ten and was her first top ten on the chart since 1983's "Unconditional Love". Despite that, the song became her first lead single since 1978 to miss the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 48. The song was better received in the UK, thanks to Summer's first appearance on Top of the Pops on 19 November 1987, leading to a peak of number 13 there.
The song was edited from the original album version for its release as a single, and the 12" edition also contained an exclusive non-album track called "Tearin' Down the Walls." Brenda Russell later recorded her own version of the song for her 1990 album Kiss Me with the Wind.
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| Peak position | |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 39 |
|---|---|
| Italy (Musica e dischi)[1] | 23 |
| Spain (AFYVE)[2] | 43 |
| Spain Airplay (Los 40) | 19 |
| US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[3] | 16 |