Donna Summer "You're So Beautiful"

[prenatt1166]

For the last several months, this song has been an underground bootleg that has reportedly been popular in the clubs. On a Donna Summer site, they have reported airplay on a Boston station and New York as well. Now that the song will have an "official" release on Donna Summer's new compilation CD, "The Journey", how successful do you think it will be?

I was suprised at the success of the song. I thought Donna Summer's voice got lost in the mix, but I can't complain considering it's new music from the beloved singer.

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I had no idea but I just listened to the Tony Moran remix and it's really good.

[stevie nice]

yeah i'm listening to the tony moran ultimate mix right now, and this is really good. the mix i have is almost 11 minutes, and i don't know how restructured it is from the radio mix, but i don't really see any dance tracks doing well at pop.

as for summer, i really really dig her version of the andrea bocelli song that she had a hit with several years ago.

[prenatt1166]

stevienice, did you mean "I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiro)" from 1999? I thought Donna Summer laid down a killer note at the end of the song!

If there is anyone not familiar with Donna Summer's past hits, her new compilation, "The Journey" contains ALL of her Top 10 hits as well as most of her Top 40 tracks. It has two new songs as well as "You're So Beautiful".

[stevie nice]

"I will go with you" it is. she does an amazing job vocally on that song, especially the choruses.

I'm almost afraid to hear what songs are gonna be left off this album, i could see something like "sunset people" being left off, or shorter versions of some of the classics being used. I remember Casablanca, not just with DS, but with all their artists, really ripping consumers off with their 12 inch single releases. If it wasn't the "special dj copy, play other side" that was on the label of their b-sides, or the short versions of "spring affair/winter melody" which they concealed by printing up a fancy jacket for the single, that label did what they could to rip us off. nice to see they're back in Mattola's hands now.

[prenatt1166]

track listing for "The Journey"

Disk 1:
Love To Love You Baby 3.22

Could It Be Magic 3.54

I Feel Love 3.46

I Love You 3.18

Last Dance 3.19

MacArthur Park 3.56

Heaven Knows 3.39

Hot Stuff 3.50

Bad Girls 3.57

Dim All The Lights 3.58

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) Duet with Barbra Streisand 4.48

On The Radio 4.05

The Wanderer 3.46

Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) 4.19

State Of Independence 4.25

She Works Hard For The Money 4.10

This Time I Know It's For Real 3.36

I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiro) 4.08

That's The Way 3.52 (new recording)

Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live For Love) 4.52 (new recording)

Disk 2
I Feel Love 12" single remix (8:10)

Hot Stuff 12" single remix (6:40)

This Time I Know It's For Real 12" single extended remix (7:22)

Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live For Love) (D. Summer/N. DiGesare) 12" extended remix (Approximately 10 minutes) Remixed by Giorgio Moroder and Chris Cox, produced by Giorgio Moroder

You're So Beautiful (D. Summer/T. Moran/N. DiGesare) Ultimate Club mix (Approximately 10 minutes) Produced by Tony Moran and co-produced by Nathan DiGesare


It looks like all the times are the same as the original 7" single edits.

[stevie nice]

ummm, i dunno, i guess to the average consumer it might not matter, but i can't get used to these short versions especially songs like "Love To Love..." And then I can't understand why they have the 2 new singles at full length yet can only add 2 12 inch mixes on disc 2. that only adds up to 42 minutes, i figured they could throw us a bone and fill that disc up with other extended versions, certainly a lengthy edit of MacArthur's Park or such little treat.

whooops, didn't mean to make that an unreadable run-on.

[prenatt1166]

Well, it looks like there was enough interest in "You're So Beautiful" to help make "The Journey" debut at #111 on Billboard's album chart. Pretty impressive for the fourth time a greatest hits album with mostly the same songsby Donna Summer has been released.

[stevie nice]

After first replying in this thread, I realized I had a copy of my ex's "Anthology" album still here from like 8 years ago. I think I'm gonna settle with that, though she really needs a boxed set if one hasn't been done yet. With "LTLYB" only a couple years away from being 30?!? years old, maybe then finally we will get a good comprehensive collection that includes good exteneded mixes of every song. She really does merit a collection like that.

[strong4PMB!]

Since "Bad Girls" is on the album, I'll probably get it! Used, of course, in compliance with my boycott of the RIAA.