| Winter Melody | |
| Cover: | Winter Melody by Donna Summer US 12-inch vinyl.png |
| Caption: | Front sleeve of the US 12-inch vinyl release; photo also used for some non-US releases and as part of the pullout calendar inserted for the parent album |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Donna Summer |
| Album: | Four Seasons of Love |
| Released: | January 9, 1977 |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 6:33 (Album) 3:58 (7") |
| Label: | Casablanca (U.S.) GTO (U.K.) Groovy (The Netherlands) |
| Producer: | Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte |
| Prev Title: | Spring Affair |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over) |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"Winter Melody" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer released as a single in early-1977 from her Four Seasons of Love album. It became a top 30 hit in the UK, where it peaked at #27.[1]
By this time Summer was making her name as the queen of disco music, though this song is a soul ballad. The song represented the "winter" phase of the concept album, and speaks of a woman struggling to come to terms with the fact that her relationship has ended. As with much of Summer's material at that time (particularly with songs found on her concept albums), the song played for a considerable amount of time (over six minutes), however, the song was edited for its release as a single.
Record World said that "This is the ballad that should establish the songstress as more than just a disco personality."[2]