| Artist: | Donna Summer |
| Studio: | 17 |
| Live: | 2 |
| Compilation: | 32 |
| Singles: | 89 |
| Music Videos: | 44 |
The discography of American singer Donna Summer includes 17 studio albums and 89 singles, plus several other releases. Her first single, "Wassermann", a German version of the song "Aquarius" from the musical Hair, was released in Europe in 1968 under her maiden name, Donna Gaines. She would become known as Donna Summer from 1974 onwards. Her first full-length album under that name was Lady of the Night.
Summer has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.[1] Billboard list her as the 14th greatest female soloist of all time (51st overall).[2] She has scored three number one albums on the US Billboard 200, sixteen number one hits on the US Dance Club Songs and four chart-topping singles in the Billboard Hot 100,[2] earning her title as the reigning "Queen of Disco".[3] Bad Girls remains the biggest selling album of her career with over 4 million copies sold worldwide.[4] Summer holds the record for most consecutive double albums to hit number one on the Billboard charts (3) and first female to have four number-one singles in a 12 month period; three as a solo artist and one as a duet with Barbra Streisand.[5]
Summer's debut album, Lady of the Night, was released only in the Netherlands by Groovy Records. This was followed by her first international release, Love to Love You Baby, issued by Giorgio Moroder's Oasis Records in association with Casablanca Records in the United States and Canada. (At this time Summer would again become based in the United States, having lived in Germany for several years previously.) "Love to Love You Baby" was her first single in the US; it was recorded on Oasis Records, which would join with Casablanca Records to release it in the US. Casablanca would assume responsibility for recording and distributing Summer's albums during the 1970s and in the process became one of the premier labels of that decade.
While Casablanca would become the main label responsible for managing Summer, Groovy continued to distribute her work in the Netherlands and other labels were used to distribute her work in other countries, such as GTO in the United Kingdom, Atlantic in Germany and France, Polar in Sweden and Durium in Italy. From 1977's Once Upon a Time... album, Casablanca would take over the distribution of Summer's albums in most countries (though her releases in the Netherlands would be issued by Philips and (until 1978 and 1979 respectively) would continue to be issued by Atlantic in Germany and France). As a result, some of her former labels released hits compilation albums in an attempt to cash in on losing her: GTO even scored a Top 5 placing in the United Kingdom with The Greatest Hits of Donna Summer. Summer remained with Casablanca, who helped make her one of the biggest stars in music and "The Queen of Disco" until the end of 1979, when she left due to personal and professional disputes with them and filed a lawsuit against them.
Summer subsequently became the first ever artist to be signed to David Geffen's Geffen Records and, after refusing to release her second album recorded for them (in 1981), they requested that she no longer work with long-term collaborator Giorgio Moroder, who had produced and co-written the vast majority of her hits in the previous decade. From the following album (issued in 1982), her Geffen work outside North America would be distributed by Warner Bros. Records, the umbrella company to Geffen.
By 1983, Casablanca had been bought out by PolyGram Records, who informed Summer that she still owed them an album as per her legal settlement with Casablanca. She delivered the album She Works Hard for the Money, which PolyGram chose to release on its Mercury Records imprint as opposed to Casablanca, Summer's former label. Following this, she released another album with Geffen a year later, but they reportedly refused to release much of her material in the remainder of the decade and, after they refused to release her album Another Place and Time in 1988, Summer left the label. However, Warner Bros. released the record in Europe the following year where it became a success, resulting in Summer being signed to their Atlantic label in North America. She remained signed to Atlantic and Warner Bros. until the early 1990s.
In 1990, Geffen Records was sold to MCA Records, which was owned by alcoholic beverage-maker Seagram; although Summer was no longer an artist on Geffen Records. In 1998, PolyGram and its imprints were purchased by Seagram, which merged the company with its MCA Records label and imprints to create the gigantic Universal Music Group. This had the result of Summer's MCA, Oasis, Casablanca, Geffen, and Mercury releases now being owned by one conglomerate, Universal Music. This catalogue of Summer's material stretches from 1971 to 1987 for Universal Music Group.
Summer again signed to PolyGram's Mercury label, who released two hits compilation albums, her 1994 Christmas album and the previously unreleased second Geffen album from 1981. Mercury also re-released some of Summer's Warner Bros. albums in the 1990s. By the end of the decade, she was signed to Sony's Epic Records, who released a live album. Her final album, in 2008, was released by Sony's Burgundy Records.
After 1987, Donna Summer owned the masters to her recordings released by Geffen/Warner Bros, Atlantic Records, Epic Records and Burgundy Records releases.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Record label | |||||||||||
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| US [6] | US R&B | AUS [7] | CAN [8] | GER [9] | NL | NZ [10] | UK [11] | ||||||||
| 1974 | Lady of the Night | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Groovy | |||||
| 1975 | Love to Love You Baby | 11 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | - | - | 16 | ||||||
| 1976 | A Love Trilogy | 21 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 24 | - | - | 41 |
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| Four Seasons of Love | 29 | 13 | - | 16 | 31 | - | - | - |
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| 1977 | I Remember Yesterday | 18 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
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| Once Upon a Time... | 26 | 13 | 44 | 27 | - | - | - | 24 | |||||||
| 1979 | Bad Girls | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 23 | ||||||
| 1980 | The Wanderer | 13 | 12 | 18 | - | 54 | - | 16 | 55 |
| Geffen | ||||
| 1982 | Donna Summer | 20 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 37 | 4 | - | 13 | ||||||
| 1983 | She Works Hard for the Money | 9 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 47 | 28 |
| Mercury | ||||
| 1984 | Cats Without Claws | 40 | 24 | 91 | 84 | 39 | 19 | - | 69 | Geffen | |||||
| 1987 | All Systems Go | 122 | 53 | - | - | - | 72 | - | - | ||||||
| 1989 | Another Place and Time | 53 | 71 | 93 | 60 | 49 | 29 | - | 17 |
| Atlantic | ||||
| 1991 | Mistaken Identity | - | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 1994 | Christmas Spirit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Mercury | |||||
| 1996 | I'm a Rainbow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 2008 | Crayons | 17 | 5 | 244 | - | 73 | - | - | - | Burgundy | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Record label | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | AUS | CAN | GER | NL | NZ | UK | ||||||||
| 1978 | Live and More | 1 | 4 | 27 | 2 | - | 25 | 4 | 16 |
| Casablanca | ||||
| 1999 | Live & More Encore | 43 | 33 | 112 | - | 75 | - | - | - | Epic | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
These compilation albums were issued by the record labels to which Summer was signed at the time of their releases. She had full involvement in the putting together of them and recorded new material for them.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Record label | |||||||||||
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| US | US R&B | AUS | CAN | GER | NL | NZ | UK | ||||||||
| 1979 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 24 | |||||||
| 1994 | 90 | - | 93 | - | - | 75 | 10 | 37 |
| Mercury | |||||
| 2003 | 88 | 65 | 54 | 64 | - | 57 | - | 6 |
| UTV | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
These compilation albums were also issued by the record labels to which Summer was signed (or had recently left) at the time of their releases. However, some of them were only released in certain countries (particularly if a certain label was used to distribute Summer's work exclusively in that country/those countries) and none contained any new material from Summer (although The Donna Summer Anthology featured two tracks from the then unreleased 1981 I'm A Rainbow album).
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Record label | |||||||||||
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| US | US R&B | AUS | GER | NL | UK | ||||||||||
| 1977 | Greatest Hits | - | - | - | - | 30 | - | Groovy/Atlantic | |||||||
| The Greatest Hits of Donna Summer | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| GTO | |||||||
| 1978 | Lo Mejor De Donna Summer Volume 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Casablanca | |||||||
| Lo Mejor De Donna Summer Volume 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| 1980 | Walk Away - Collector's Edition: The Best of 1977-1980 | 50 | 54 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| 1985 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Mercury | ||||||||
| 1987 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Casablanca | ||||||||
| 1990 | The Best of Donna Summer | - | - | 124 | 76 | 44 | 24 |
| Warner Bros. | ||||||
| 1993 | The Donna Summer Anthology | - | - | 144 | - | - | - | Mercury | |||||||
| 1998 | Greatest Hits | 194 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| 2003 | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Donna Summer | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| 2016 | The Ultimate Collection | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Driven by the Music | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
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| Song(s) featured | Year | Album | Label | Note(s) |
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| "Theme from The Deep (Down, Deep Inside)" | 1977 | Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "The Deep" | Casablanca | The soundtrack, composed by John Barry, features two versions of the same track, the "main" version of which became a hit single for Summer. |
| "Theme from The Deep (Down, Deep Inside) (A Love Song)" | ||||
| "With Your Love" | 1978 | Thank God It's Friday (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Casablanca | Summer, who also appeared in the film, is credited as the performer of three songs for the soundtrack (plus a reprise of "Last Dance") and also wrote and sang background vocals on the song "Take It to the Zoo", performed by Sunshine, a group composed of her sisters. When released as a single, "Last Dance" would become one of the biggest hits of Summer's career and one of her signature songs. |
| "Last Dance" | ||||
| "Take It to the Zoo" | ||||
| "Last Dance (Reprise)" | ||||
| "Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus" | ||||
| "On the Radio" | 1980 | Foxes (Music from the Original Motion Picture)[31] | Casablanca | Soundtrack album by various artists with music written and produced by Giorgio Moroder (although different lyricists were used, Summer herself being credited with the lyrics on this track). The song previously appears on Summer's 1979 compilation album in both its full length and edited versions (with the track being credited as "written and recorded for the motion picture 'Foxes'"). The edited version was released as a 7" single in late 1979 and a 12" single with a longer instrumental part and the omission of the final verse (replacing it with a repeat of the second verse) was also available. It is in fact the 12" version featured on this soundtrack, which also features an instrumental of "On the Radio" credited to Moroder alone. "On the Radio" became a Top 5 hit for Summer. |
| "Highway Runner" | 1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Music from the Motion Picture) | Track from Summer's shelved 1981 album I'm a Rainbow that made its first appearance on this soundtrack album the following year. | |
| "Romeo" | 1983 | Flashdance (Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) | Casablanca | Track from Summer's shelved 1981 album I'm a Rainbow that made its first appearance on this award-winning soundtrack album two years later. |
| "Ordinary Miracle" | 1996 | Let It Be Me | Rysher Entertainment | While no soundtrack album was released for the film Let It Be Me, this song (produced by Narada Michael Walden) can be heard playing over the end credits. |
| "Whenever There Is Love" | 1996 | Daylight (Music from the Motion Picture) | Universal | Soundtrack to a Sylvester Stallone film. The song, a duet with longtime collaborator Bruce Roberts was released as a single and also in a dance remix. A French version entitled "Tant Qu'il Y Aura L'Amour" was also issued and a Spanish version features on the Spanish DVD of the film. |
| "Dreamcatcher" | 2000 | Naturally Native (Original Soundtrack Recording)[32] | Silver Wave | Film soundtrack featuring one song by Summer. |
| "The Power of One" | 2000 | Pokémon 2: The Power of One (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) | Atlantic | Film soundtrack featuring one song by Summer, also released as a single. |
| Song(s) featured | Year | Album | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Wassermann" | 1968 | Haare (Deutsche Originalaufnahme)[33] | The original German cast recording of the musical "Hair." Donna Gaines is credited as a joint lead vocalist on some songs ("Wassermann"/"Luft"/"White Boys"/"Schweben Im Raum"/"Finale") and sings as part of the ensemble on the others listed. "Wassermann" was also released as a single in Germany, making it her first single release. |
| "Donna" | |||
| "Manchester" | |||
| "Ich Bin Ein Farbiger" | |||
| "Ich Hab Kein..." | |||
| "Luft" | |||
| "Ich Bin Reich" | |||
| "Bergab" | |||
| "Haar" | |||
| "Hare Krishna" | |||
| "Wo Geh' Ich Hin" | |||
| "White Boys" | |||
| "Schweben Im Raum" | |||
| "3500" | |||
| "Die Letzten Sterne" | |||
| "Finale" | |||
| "Light Sings" | 1971 | The Me Nobody Knows (Original German cast recording) | The English-language version of "The Me Nobody Knows" sung by the German cast. For reasons unknown, Summer is credited as "Gayn Pierre." Her main song as a lead vocalist is "How I Feel," but she can also be heard on other tracks. |
| "This World" | |||
| "How I Feel" | |||
| "If I Had a Million Dollars" | |||
| "Sounds (Reprise)" | |||
| "Fugue" | |||
| "Sounds" | |||
| "Black" | |||
| "Let Me Come In" | |||
| "Licht singt" | 1971 | Ich Bin Ich (Original German cast recording) | The German-language version of "The Me Nobody Knows" sung by the German cast. The German version of "How I Feel" however is sung by a different person, although "Gayn Pierre" is still credited on several tracks. |
| "Die Welt" | |||
| "Hätt ich eine Million Dollars" | |||
| "Schall" | |||
| "Fuge" | |||
| "Schwarz" | |||
| "Schall (Reprise)" | |||
| "Laß mich herein" | |||
| "Bereitet den Weg" | 1971 | Godspell (Original German cast recording) | The original German cast recording of the musical "Godspell." The original LP credits "Gayn Pierre" and the CD credits "Donna Summer." Although she is only credited on two tracks ("Oh, segne Gott mein' Seel" and "Du bist das Licht der Welt"), she can be heard in the background on many of the other tracks. |
| "Gott, hilf den Menschen" | |||
| "Tag für Tag " | |||
| "Lernt eure Lektion" | |||
| "Oh, segne Gott mein' Seel" | |||
| "Dann hat sich's gelohnt" | |||
| "Gut und schön" | |||
| "Di bist das Licht der Welt" | |||
| "Kehr um, oh Mensch" | |||
| "Geschieht euch recht, was kommt" | |||
| "Warum mußt du gehen?" | |||
| "Wir beschwör'n dich" | |||
| "Auf den Weiden" | |||
| "Finale" | |||
| "Lang' leb' Gott" | |||
| "Tag für Tag" | |||
| "Elizabeth Recitative" | 2000 | Child of the Promise (A Musical Story Celebrating the Birth of Christ) | A concept album written by Christian writers Michael and Stormie Omartian telling the story of the Nativity of Jesus through music, on which Summer sings the part of Elizabeth. |
| "When the Dream Never Dies" | |||
| "Mary and Elizabeth Recitative" | |||
| "I Cannot Be Silent" | |||
| Title | Year | Album | Artist(s) | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Family" | 1976 | Trouble Maker (entitled The Trouble Maker in Europe) | Roberta Kelly | Album largely written and produced by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Summer's background vocals feature on one track. | |
| "Happiness in the World" | 1976 | Winterference | Tom Winter | Summer features as a backing vocalist on one track. | |
| "Shut Out/Heaven Is a Disco" | 1977 | Shut Out | Paul Jabara | Summer features as a guest vocalist on one track. "Shut Out" was also released as a single. | |
| "Old Fashioned Girl" | 1977 | Brooklyn Dreams | Brooklyn Dreams | Summer features as a backing vocalist on one track. She would continue to work with the Brooklyn Dreams for several years. They sang backing vocals on several of her songs (lead singer Joe "Bean" Esposito also shared lead vocals with her on some, most notably the top five hit "Heaven Knows") and wrote numerous songs with her (including the number one hit "Bad Girls"). Summer would later marry group member Bruce Sudano and continue to write with him for many years. | |
| "Burning Up With Fever" | 1978 | Gene Simmons | Gene Simmons | Summer sings background vocals on two tracks. | |
| "Tunnel of Love" | |||||
| "Mimi's Song" | 1979 | The Music for UNICEF: A Gift of Song | Various Artists | Features Summer's spoken introduction to her performance at the UNICEF benefit concert. While she performed the song live at the concert, the version used on the album is in fact from the Live and More album the previous year, which was recorded live at the Universal Amphitheater. | |
| "Heaven Knows" | 1979 | Sleepless Nights | Brooklyn Dreams | "Heaven Knows" originally featured on Summer's Live and More album the previous year, with Brooklyn Dreams member Joe Esposito sharing the lead vocals (performing the "echo" parts on the verses), and became a Top 5 hit single. This version on the Brooklyn Dreams's album is a re-recorded version with Summer and Esposito's vocal parts being swapped around. | |
| "Foggy Day"/"Never Lose Your Sense of Humor" | 1979 | The Third Album | Paul Jabara | Medley of two songs, "Never Lose Your Sense of Humor" being a duet with Summer. The track was also released as a single. | |
| "Too Much for the Lady" | 1979 | Joy Ride | Brooklyn Dreams | Features spoken vocals by Summer. | |
| "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" | 1979 | Wet | Barbra Streisand | The original, full length version of the later Number 1 hit single. A longer version, remixed by Harold Faltermeyer, appears on Summer's compilation album . Edits of both album versions appear on 7" singles issued by Columbia Records (edit of Wet version) and Casablanca Records (edit of On the Radio version), Streisand and Summer's respective record labels. The extended On the Radio version was issued as a 12" single by both labels, making Wet the only release to contain the original version. | |
| "A Lover in the Night" | 1980 | Won't Let Go | Brooklyn Dreams | Summer sings background vocals on two tracks. | |
| "I Won't Let Go" | |||||
| "Pretenders" | 1981 | Fugitive Kind | Bruce Sudano | Summer provides background vocals for five tracks on husband and former Brooklyn Dreams member Bruce Sudano's album and is credited as Donna Sudano. | |
| "A Girl Like You" | |||||
| "True Love" | |||||
| "Modern Age" | |||||
| "Talk to Me" | |||||
| "Walk Hand in Hand" | 1982 | Disco Round 2 | Various Artists | Previously unreleased track that features on this compilation album released in Germany. | |
| "Incommunicado" | 1983 | Different Style! | Musical Youth | Summer provides guest vocals on the British group's song that was co-written by Bruce Sudano, after they provided guest singles on her hit single "Unconditional Love" in the same year. | |
| "This Girl's Back in Town" | 1986 | Paul Jabara | Summer's final appearance on an original Paul Jabara album. | ||
| "Something's Missing" | 1989 | Greatest Hits... and Misses | Paul Jabara | A track originally released as a Jabara solo track on his Keeping Time album in 1978. The duet version with Summer remained unreleased until this compilation album eleven years later. | |
| "Carry On" | 1992 | Forever Dancing[34] | Giorgio Moroder | The first collaboration between Summer and Moroder for 11 years. The song was released as a single in Germany and, some years later, in a remixed form in other countries, winning the Grammy award for Best Dance Recording in 1998. | |
| "La Vie En Rose" | 1993 | Tribute to Edith Piaf | Various Artist | An album of various artists covering songs made famous by Edith Piaf. Summer's version of "La Vie En Rose" was released as a single in France and a promotional single in the United States. | |
| "She Works Hard for the Money" | 1994 | Grammys Greatest Moments Volume 1 | Various Artists | Live performance of Summer's hit from the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984. | |
| "Does He Love You" | 1996 | Gently | Liza Minnelli | A duet cover of the 1993 song originally by Reba McEntire and Linda Davis. | |
| "From a Distance" | 1996 | One Voice | Various Artists | An album produced by Summer's long-term collaborator Michael Omartian featuring a cover of the popular song with lead vocals by Summer, Nanci Griffith and Raul Malo. | |
| "Someday" | 1996 | Mouse House: Disney's Dance Mixes | Various Artists | Compilation of dance versions of various songs from Disney films. "Someday" was originally featured in The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1996 and performed by Heidi Mollenhauer. | |
| "Black Power" | 1998 | Moonflowers & Mini-Skirts | Peter Thomas | Compilation of tracks recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Summer's song is taken from a German television show called 11 Uhr 20, in which she had a cameo as a nightclub diva. | |
| "My Prayer for You" | 1999 | Sing Me to Sleep, Mommy | Various Artists | Compilation of original ballads and lullabies featuring one song by Summer. | |
| "When I Look Up" | 2000 | Vertical | Darwin Hobbs | Duet with the American gospel singer. | |
| "Rosie Christmas" | 2000 | Another Rosie Christmas | Rosie O'Donnell/Various Artists | Christmas album by American comedian Rosie O'Donnell featuring one track by Summer, produced by Ric Wake. | |
| "Take Heart" | 2000 | The Mercy Project | Various Artists | Gospel album released on the Christian Word label. Features one song by Summer. | |
| "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Video Version) | 2001 | Keeping the Dream Alive: Race to Erase MS | Various Artists | Charity album to raise money for/awareness of multiple sclerosis. This live recording of the Gershwin standard is actually from Summer's 1999 VH-1 special Live & More Encore but was not included on the accompanying album. The other songs performed on the special/video but not released on the album would remain unreleased on CD until 2013 on a compilation entitled Playlist: The Very Best of Donna Summer. | |
| "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" | 2004 | DiscoMania | Various Artists | U.K. album featuring a compilation of pre-recorded performances from a TV special of the same name, on which contemporary pop acts (mostly British ones) performed disco classics from the 1970s. Summer hosted the show and performed her hit "Enough Is Enough" as a duet with Irish boyband Westlife. The CD also included "The Donna Summer 'Eternity' Megamix." | |
| "Power of Love" | 2005 | Various Artists | Tribute to the late Luther Vandross by various artists covering his songs. Summer's version of "Power Of Love" was also released as a maxi-single. | ||
| "Are You Brave?" | 2005 | Songs from the Neighborhood - The Music of Mister Rogers | Various Artists | Tribute album to the late children's television host Fred Rogers by various artists performing songs used in his popular programme Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Summer performs "Are You Brave?" and is featured in the ensemble of "Thank You For Being You". | |
| "Thank You For Being You" | |||||
| "MacArthur Park" | 2005 | Night of the Proms | Various Artists | Soundtrack of the Belgian concert on which Summer performs two of her hits live. "State of Independence" also features vocals by Jenny Berggren of Ace of Base. | |
| "State of Independence" | |||||
| "A Whole New World" | 2007 | At the Movies | Dave Koz | Summer provides guest vocals for saxophone player Dave Koz on a cover of the song from Disney's Aladdin. | |
| "Un-Break My Heart/Crazy/On The Radio" | 2011 | Hit Man Returns | David Foster | Soundtrack to the TV special. |
Summer's first single, "Wassermann" was taken from the German cast recording of the musical Hair and released by Polydor Records. The next few singles were one-offs that were not major hits, released on different labels, until she was signed to the Dutch label Groovy Records in 1974 ("The Hostage" being her first single for them). Atlantic Records became responsible for distributing Summer's work in Germany at the same time and both labels would continue to distribute Summer's work in the respective countries for the following few years (including the first few years of her signing to Casablanca Records in North America).
| Year | Title | Peaks | Album | ||||||||||||
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| GER | NL [35] | ||||||||||||||
| 1968 | align=left | "Wassermann" b/w "Finale" (Donna Gaines und Ensemble) | - | - | Haare (Hair) | ||||||||||
| 1969 | align=left | "If You Walkin' Alone" b/w "Can't Understand" (Donna Gains) | - | - | align=left rowspan=3 | ||||||||||
| 1971 | align=left | "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" b/w "So Said the Man" (Donna Gaines) | - | - | |||||||||||
| 1974 | align=left | "Denver Dream" b/w "Something's in the Wind" | - | - | |||||||||||
| align=left | "The Hostage" b/w "Let's Work Together Now" | - | 2 | align=left rowspan=2 | Lady of the Night | ||||||||||
| align=left | "Lady of the Night" b/w "Wounded" | 40 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | align=left | "Love to Love You" b/w "Need-A-Man Blues" | - | 13 | align=left rowspan=2 | ||||||||||
| align=left | "Virgin Mary" b/w "Pandora's Box" | - | - | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
None of the above singles were released outside of just a few countries in Europe. "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" and "The Hostage" were released in the United Kingdom, but were not UK hits. Summer scored hits in the Netherlands with "Let's Work Together Now", "Lady of the Night", and "Love to Love You" (later named "Love to Love You Baby").
These singles were all released commercially in at least one format in one country. Promotional formats may have also been released in that country/those countries or in others.
Summer's recordings during this era were distributed by Casablanca Records in North America and, from late 1977 onwards, in most other nations. Various other labels released Summer's work internationally prior to said time (and in a small number of cases, during it). Summer left the label in 1979 but they continued to issue previously released material for a while afterwards.
Singles from the film soundtracks of The Deep and Thank God It's Friday were distributed internationally by Casablanca, as that label was responsible for releasing the soundtracks worldwide.
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
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| US [36] | US Dan | US R&B | AUS | CAN [37] | GER | IRE [38] | NL | NZ | UK [39] | ||||||
| 1975 | align=left | "Love to Love You Baby" b/w "Need-A-Man Blues" | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 |
| Love to Love You Baby | |
| 1976 | align=left | "Could It Be Magic" b/w "Whispering Waves" (from Love to Love You Baby) | 52 | 3 | 21 | - | 64 | 23 | - | 5 | - | 40 | align=left rowspan=2 | A Love Trilogy | |
| align=left | "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" b/w "Wasted" | 80 | 1 | 35 | - | 68 | 42 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| align=left | "Spring Affair" b/w "Come With Me" (from A Love Trilogy) | 47 | 1 | 24 | - | 80 | - | - | 25 | - | - | align=left rowspan=2 | Four Seasons of Love | ||
| 1977 | align=left | "Winter Melody" b/w "Full of Emptiness (Reprise)" (from Love to Love You Baby) | 43 | 21 | - | 59 | - | 20 | - | - | 27 | ||||
| align=left | "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" b/w "I Feel Love" | - | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left rowspan=2 | I Remember Yesterday | ||
| align=left | "I Feel Love" b/w "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| align=left | "Theme from The Deep (Down, Deep Inside)" b/w Instrumental version of A-side | - | 3 | - | 70 | - | 25 | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| "The Deep" soundtrack | ||
| align=left | "I Remember Yesterday" (Part 1) b/w "I Remember Yesterday (Part 2)" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 14 | align=left rowspan=2 | I Remember Yesterday | ||
| align=left | "Love's Unkind" b/w "Black Lady" | - | - | - | - | 18 | 2 | 28 | - | 3 |
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| align=left | "I Love You" b/w "Once Upon a Time" | 37 | 1 | 28 | 47 | 27 | - | - | - | - | 10 | align=left rowspan=4 | Once Upon a Time... | ||
| align=left | "Fairy Tale High" b/w "I Love You" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| align=left | "Once Upon a Time" b/w "(Theme) Once Upon a Time" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 1978 | align=left | "Rumour Has It" b/w "(Theme) Once Upon a Time" | 53 | 21 | - | 64 | 21 | - | 20 | - | 19 | ||||
| align=left | "Back in Love Again" b/w "Try Me, I Know, We Can Make It" / "Wasted" (both from A Love Trilogy) [GTO] "A Man Like You" (from Once Upon a Time) [Atlantic] | - | 1; | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | I Remember Yesterday | |||
| align=left | "Last Dance" b/w "With Your Love" | 3 | 1 | 5 | 69 | 4 | - | - | 10 | 3 | 51 |
| align=left rowspan=2 | "Thank God It's Friday" soundtrack | |
| align=left | "Je t'aime... moi non plus" (Part 1) b/w Part 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| align=left | "MacArthur Park" b/w "Once Upon a Time (Live)" | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Live and More | |
| align=left | "Heaven Knows" (with Brooklyn Dreams) b/w "Only One Man" | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | - | - | - | 14 | 34 |
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| 1979 | align=left | "Hot Stuff" b/w "Journey to the Center of Your Heart" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 11 |
| align=left rowspan=3 | Bad Girls |
| align=left | "Bad Girls" b/w "On My Honor" | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 14 |
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| align=left | "Dim All the Lights" b/w "There Will Always Be a You" | 2 | 54 | 13 | - | 13 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 29 |
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| align=left | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (with Barbra Streisand) b/w "Lucky" (from Bad Girls) | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 3 |
| align=left rowspan="2" | ||
| align=left | "On the Radio" b/w "There Will Always Be a You" (from Bad Girls) | 5 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 27 | 32 | 32 |
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| 1980 | align=left | "Sunset People" b/w "Our Love" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | - | 46 | align=left rowspan="3" | Bad Girls | |
| align=left | "Our Love" b/w "Sunset People" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| align=left | "Walk Away" b/w "Could It Be Magic" (from A Love Trilogy) | 36 | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
These singles were all released commercially in at least one format in one country. Promotional formats may have also been released in that country/those countries or in others.
Summer's material during this era was released by three different Warner Bros. labels: Geffen, Atlantic and the main Warner Bros. label. In North America, Summer was signed to Geffen from 1980 to 1988 and Atlantic from 1989 to 1991. Internationally, Geffen released her material from 1980 to 1981 but all subsequent Geffen/Atlantic releases were released by Warner Bros. Records.
Summer's original North American label (Casablanca), now owned by PolyGram, also released two official Donna Summer singles in the United Kingdom in 1982 and 1983 respectively; these were new remixes and/or edits of two of Summer's biggest hits from during her time with that label. See notes below for details.
During Summer's court battle regarding her leaving Casablanca, it was decided that she still owed them an album. Subsequently, PolyGram's Mercury Records released the 1983 album She Works Hard For The Money, so all singles from that album were also released by Mercury.
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Dan [47] | US R&B | AUS | CAN | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | UK | ||||||
| 1980 | align=left | "The Wanderer" b/w "Stop Me" | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 30 | 5 | 48 |
| align=left rowspan=4 | The Wanderer |
| align=left | "Cold Love" b/w "Grand Illusion" | 33 | - | - | - | - | 30 | - | - | 44 | |||||
| 1981 | align=left | "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'" b/w "Running for Cover" | 40 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| align=left | "Looking Up" b/w "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 1982 | align=left | "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" b/w "Sometimes Like Butterflies" | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 4 | - | 14 | 12 | 40 | 18 | align=left rowspan=2 | Donna Summer | |
| align=left | "State of Independence" b/w "Love Is Just a Breath Away" | 41 | - | 31 | 30 | - | - | 10 | 1 | - | 14 | ||||
| align=left | "I Feel Love" (Patrick Cowley Remixes) 12" single b/w "Bad Girls" and "Hot Stuff" (both from Bad Girls) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | 21 | align=left rowspan=1 | |||
| align=left | "The Woman in Me" b/w "Livin' in America" | 33 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 62 | align=left rowspan=2 | Donna Summer | ||
| 1983 | align=left | "Protection" b/w "(If It Hurts Just a Little)" [Europe] "State of Independence" [Japan] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| align=left | "Love to Love You Baby" (Young & Strong Edit) 12" single b/w another mix of A-side | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left rowspan=1 | |||
| align=left | "She Works Hard for the Money" b/w "I Do Believe (I Fell in Love)" | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 25 |
| align=left rowspan=6 | She Works Hard for the Money | |
| align=left | "Unconditional Love" (additional vocals by Musical Youth) b/w "Woman" | 43 | - | 9 | 57 | 48 | - | 28 | - | 24 | 14 | ||||
| align=left | "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" (with Matthew Ward) b/w "Stop, Look and Listen" | 70 | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| align=left | "People People" b/w "Tokyo" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| align=left | "He's a Rebel" b/w "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1984 | align=left | "Stop, Look and Listen" b/w "Tokyo" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57 | |||
| align=left | "There Goes My Baby" b/w "Maybe It's Over" | 21 | - | 20 | 52 | 31 | - | - | 31 | - | 99 | align=left rowspan=3 | Cats Without Claws | ||
| align=left | "Supernatural Love" b/w "Face the Music" (Non-album track) | 75 | 39 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1985 | align=left | "Eyes" b/w "It's Not the Way" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 97 | |||
| 1987 | align=left | "Dinner with Gershwin" b/w instrumental version of A-side (Non-album track) | 48 | 13 | 10 | - | 39 | - | 13 | 43 | - | 13 | align=left rowspan=4 | All Systems Go | |
| align=left | "Only the Fool Survives" (with Mickey Thomas) b/w "Love Shock" | - | - | - | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1988 | align=left | "All Systems Go" / | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54 | |||
| align=left | "Fascination" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 1989 | align=left | "This Time I Know It's for Real" b/w "If It Makes You Feel Good" | 7 | 5 | - | 40 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 6 | - | 3 |
| align=left rowspan=5 | Another Place and Time |
| align=left | "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" b/w instrumental version of A-side (Non-album track) | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 3 | 29 | - | 7 | ||||
| align=left | "Love's About to Change My Heart" b/w another mix of A-side (Non-album track) | 85 | 3 | - | 71 | - | - | 11 | 59 | - | 20 | ||||
| align=left | "Breakaway" b/w "Thinkin' Bout My Baby" (Non-album track) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | ||||
| align=left | "When Love Takes Over You" b/w "Bad Reputation" (from All Systems Go) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | ||||
| 1990 | align=left | "State of Independence" (re-release) b/w "Love Is Just a Breath Away" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 69 | - | 45 | align=left | Donna Summer | |
| align=left | "Breakaway" (Remix) b/w "Love Is in Control" (from Donna Summer) | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | align=left | Another Place and Time | ||
| 1991 | align=left | "When Love Cries" 12" single with four different mixes | 77 | 41 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left rowspan=2 | Mistaken Identity | |
| align=left | "Work That Magic" b/w "Let There Be Peace" | - | - | - | 147 | - | - | - | - | - | 74 | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
These singles were all released commercially in at least one format in one country. Promotional formats may have also been released in that country/those countries or in others.
Several of the singles from this era are in fact from albums by various artists on which Summer appeared.
PolyGram released the 1994 compilation album Endless Summer, so the two singles from that album (both newly recorded tracks) were released on Mercury, as were the 1999 and 2000 re-releases of "Last Dance" and "I Feel Love" respectively.
The remixes of "I Feel Love" and "State of Independence" were released by the former UK-based Manifesto label, a division of Universal (who had owned the rights to much of Summer's back catalogue for some time).
Summer signed to Sony in 1999 and both her singles from that year were released by their Epic label. Summer's final album (2008's Crayons) and the singles from it were released by Sony's Burgundy Records.
Universal released 2005's "I Got Your Love", originally featured two years earlier in the television series Sex and the City.
The final Donna Summer single, "To Paris with Love" was released on her own Driven by the Music label.
The posthumous remix album released in 2013 (entitled Love to Love You Donna) and its singles were released by Verve Records, by then part of Universal Music Group, who had long since owned the rights to Summer's Casablanca/PolyGram recordings from 1975 to 1983.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Dan | AUS | GER | IRE | NL | UK | |||||||||
| 1993 | align=left | "La Vie en rose" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left | Tribute to Edith Piaf | ||||
| 1994 | align=left | "Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" | - | 1 | 79 | - | - | - | 21 | align=left rowspan=2 | |||||
| align=left | "Any Way at All" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| 1995 | align=left | "I Feel Love" (Remixes) | - | 9 | 80 | - | 24 | 26 | 8 | align=left rowspan="2" | |||||
| 1996 | align=left | "State of Independence" (Remixes) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | ||||||
| align=left | "Whenever There Is Love" (with Bruce Roberts) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left | Daylight | |||||
| 1997 | align=left | "Carry On" (Remixes) (with Giorgio Moroder) | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | 65 | align=left | |||||
| 1999 | align=left | "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)" | 79 | 1 | 97 | - | - | 59 | 44 | align=left rowspan=2 | Live & More Encore | ||||
| align=left | "Love Is the Healer" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| align=left | "Last Dance" (Re-release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left rowspan="2" | ||||||
| 2000 | align=left | "I Feel Love" (Re-release) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| align=left | "The Power of One" | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | align=left | Pokémon: The Movie 2000 | |||||
| 2005 | align=left | "I Got Your Love" | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | align=left | |||||
| 2006 | align=left | "Power of Love" | - | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | align=left | |||||
| 2008 | align=left | "I'm a Fire" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | align=left rowspan=4 | Crayons | ||||
| align=left | "Stamp Your Feet" | - | 1 | 195 | 88 | - | - | - | |||||||
| align=left | "It's Only Love" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| 2009 | align=left | "Fame (The Game)" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 2010 | align=left | "To Paris with Love" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | align=left rowspan=2 | |||||
| 2012 | align=left | "I Feel Love" | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | ||||||
| 2013 | align=left | "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" (Chromeo & Oliver Remix) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left rowspan=3 | Love to Love You Donna | ||||
| align=left | "Love to Love You Baby" (Giorgio Moroder Remix) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| align=left | "MacArthur Park" (Laidback Luke Remix) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| 2017 | align=left | "Enough Is Enough 2017" (with Barbra Streisand) | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | align=left rowspan=3 | |||||
| 2018 | align=left | "Hot Stuff 2018" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 2020 | align=left | "Hot Stuff"[49] (with Kygo) | - | - | - | 74 | - | - | - | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peaks | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dan | |||||
| 1978 | align=left | "With Your Love" | 1 | Thank God It's Friday | |
| 1979 | align=left | "On My Honor" | - | Bad Girls | |
| 1987 | align=left | "Thinkin' Bout My Baby" | - | All Systems Go | |
| 1993 | align=left | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | - | The Donna Summer Anthology | |
| 1999 | align=left | "Donna Summer Medley" | - | align=left | Live & More Encore |
| 2003 | align=left | "You're So Beautiful" | 5 | align=left rowspan="2" | |
| 2003 | align=left | "Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live for Love)" | 20 | ||
| 2005 | align=left | "I Feel Love" (Remixes) | - | align=left | |
Dance Club Play chart entries
From the inception of the Billboard Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco) until the week of February 16, 1991, several (or even all) songs on an EP or album could occupy the same position if more than one track from a release was receiving significant play in clubs. Beginning with the February 23, 1991, issue, the dance chart became "song specific," meaning only one song could occupy each position at a time. Therefore;
All of the following singles were released commercially.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Dan | US R&B | AUS | CAN | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | UK | ||||||
| 1977 | align=left | "Shut Out" (Paul Jabara featuring special guest Donna Summer) | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Shut Out | ||
| 1979 | align=left | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (with Barbra Streisand) | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 3 |
| align=left | Wet |
| 1980 | align=left | "Foggy Day/Never Lose Your Sense of Humor" (with Paul Jabara) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | The Third Album | ||
| 1989 | align=left | "Spirit of the Forest" (as part of charity group Spirit of the Forest) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left | ||
| 1992 | align=left | "Carry On" (Giorgio Moroder featuring Donna Summer) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left | Forever Dancing | |
| 2012 | align=left | "Angel" (O'Mega Red featuring Donna Summer) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | align=left | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | "Lady of the Night" | |
| 1975 | "Love to Love You Baby" | |
| 1976 | "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" | |
| 1976 | "Could It Be Magic" | |
| 1976 | "Spring Affair" | |
| 1976 | "Autumn Changes" | |
| 1976 | "Winter Melody" | |
| 1977 | "I Remember Yesterday" | |
| 1978 | "Last Dance" | |
| 1978 | "Fairy Tale High" | |
| 1979 | "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" | |
| 1979 | "Bad Girls" (not official - TV appearance) | |
| 1979 | "Sunset People" | |
| 1979 | "My Man Medley" | |
| 1980 | "The Wanderer" | |
| 1982 | "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" | |
| 1982 | "State of Independence" | |
| 1982 | "The Woman in Me" | |
| 1983 | "Romeo" | |
| 1983 | "She Works Hard for the Money" | |
| 1983 | "Unconditional Love" | |
| 1984 | "Supernatural Love" | |
| 1984 | "There Goes My Baby" | |
| 1987 | "Dinner with Gershwin" | |
| 1987 | "Dinner with Gershwin (Remix)" | |
| 1987 | "All Systems Go" | |
| 1987 | "Love Shock" | |
| 1989 | "This Time I Know It's for Real' | |
| 1989 | "This Time I Know It's for Real (Remix)" | |
| 1989 | "Love's About to Change My Heart" | |
| 1989 | "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" | |
| 1990 | "When Love Takes Over You" | |
| 1991 | "Work That Magic" | |
| 1994 | "Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" | |
| 1994 | "Endless Summer Medley" | |
| 1995 | "I Feel Love (Remix)" | |
| 1996 | "Whenever There Is Love" | |
| 1999 | "My Prayer for You" | |
| 1999 | "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)" | |
| 1999 | "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò) (Big Red Remix)" | |
| 2008 | "Stamp Your Feet" | |
| 2008 | "Mr. Music" | |
| 2008 | "The Queen Is Back" | |
| 2009 | "Fame (The Game)" |
