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Quotes:

God had to create disco music so I could be born and be successful
- Donna Summer
Submitted by: LucidLupin
 

Music Performer Pseudonyms:

Also known as: La Donna Gaines. Submitted by: Cara Miles

Music Performer Nicknames:

Known informally as: Disco Divine. Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.

Known informally as: Brown Sugar. Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.

Weird Names of Music Performer's Children:

  • Brooke-Lynne - I wonder if she was also conceived there! Submitted by: Jessica
  • Brooklyn - The name of one of her three daughters. Submitted by: Eric Andrews

Singers Who Act:

Notable Acting Credits
Comments & Submitter Name
"Family Matters"She plays Steve Urkel's Aunt Oona from Altoona. - Celeste
"Thank God It's Friday"As Nicole Sims, an aspiring singer who continuously pesters the DJ to play her demo - Brian

New Song Names:

Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
"On The Rodeo""On The Radio"Regina Haniger
"She Works Hips for the Money""She Works Hard for the Money"Robert D. Arndt Jr.
"Cold Stuff""Hot Stuff"Sam
"There Goes My Career""There Goes My Baby"disco

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer
Comment
Submitter Name
"Sunset People,"No person is from the sunset.Sheila Oh
"I Feel Love,"Love does not have hands to feel.Sheila Oh
"I'm A Fire,"People aren't fires.Yvette Bristle
"I'm A Rainbow,"No person is a rainbow.Yvette Bristle
"Whispering Waves,"Waves don't whisper.Yvette Bristle

There are additional literally impossible song titles available.

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
"Transistor Sister," Freddy Cannon"On The Radio," Donna Summer
"Pilot Of The Airwaves," Charlie Dore"On The Radio," Donna Summer
"Working For The Weekend," Loverboy"She Works Hard For The Money," Donna Summer
"What Do I Have To Do?," Stabbing Westward"Dim All The Lights," Donna Summer
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"Love Is In Control (Finger On The Tigger)" originally "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)"
If tigger's slow down to have fingers on them?
me
"Ad Girls" originally "Bad Girls"
Girls who take part in advertisements!
Tracy

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"Love To Glove You, Baby" originally "Love To Love You, Baby"
Candy Welty
"Own The Radio" originally "On The Radio"
Serafina
"Bard Grils" originally "Bad Girls"
They are in Shakespearean troupe?
Peter
"Won The Radio" originally "On The Radio"
It was a prize in a contest.
Serafina
"Glove Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)" originally "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)"
Regina George of the Jungle

There are additional song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter:

"Rove To Love You, Baby" originally "Love To Love You, Baby"
Candy Welty
"Dove To Love You, Baby" originally "Love To Love You, Baby"
Candy Welty
"Lore To Love You, Baby" originally "Love To Love You, Baby"
Candy Welty
"Love To Love Lou, Baby" originally "Love To Love You, Baby"
Candy Welty
"Ban Girls" originally "Bad Girls"
Samantha Wayland

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
"Hot Stuff""S*x Bot"Peter Andersson a.k.a K1chyd
"On The Radio""My Burrito"Joseph Little
"Bad Girls""Mineta Is Such a Bad Boy"Dylan Baranski
"Dim All the Lights""Kill All the Lice"Joseph Little
"I Feel Love""I Feel Scum"the_conqueror_of_parodies
"Love to Love You Baby""Love to Glove You Baby"Dylan Baranski
"Last Dance""(No More) Bromance"Robert D. Arndt Jr.
"Dim All the Lights""Fight All the Fights"Robert D. Arndt Jr.
"Hot Stuff""Flawed Bluff"the_conqueror_of_parodies
"Hot Stuff""Living at the Drop Zone"Susanna Viljanen

There are additional song parodies available.

Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

Song Name
Product
Submittor
MacArthur ParkWorld War II Veterans Memorial Fundraising CampaignForteen and Baeutiful
Hot StuffMexican-style RestaurantEdward
On The RadioAny Radio StationDa Phoenix

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name
Company/Organization
Submittor
Bad GirlsConventkookoodee
On The RadioRadio StationMarv
Love To Love You BabySex-a-holics AnonymousBiG BaCoN

Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:

First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
Submittor
They're Playing Our Song
   Trinere
On The Radio
   Donna Summer
They're Playing Our Song On The Radio
Pete Worst
Sit Down
   James
On The Radio
   Donna Summer
Sit Down On The Radio
We don't have any chairs so that will have to do!
Jacynthia Maries
Mama Sang A Song
   Walter Brennan
On The Radio
   Donna Summer
Mama Sang A Song On The Radio
Rachel
Last Kiss
   Pearl Jam
Last Dance
   Donna Summer
Last Kiss and Dance
Joe
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:

Donna Loren Summer
Donna Loren combined with Donna Summer
Submitted By: Frida Evans
5 Seconds Of Donna Summer
5 Seconds Of Summer combined with Donna Summer
Submitted By: Donna Gelpigi
Donna Lynn Summer
Donna Lynn combined with Donna Summer
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Hot Summer
Hot combined with Donna Summer
Submitted By: Candy Welty

There are additional Donna Summer Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"She Works Hard for the Money"
Misheard Lyrics:
So you better dream all night
Original Lyrics:
So you better treat her right
"Bad Girls"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bastards
Original Lyrics:
Bad girls
"The Woman in Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
No man was ever Dutch
Original Lyrics:
No man has ever touched
"I Feel Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Iron lung
Original Lyrics:
I feel love
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Love to Love You Baby"
Misheard Lyrics:
When you're reading so close to me
Original Lyrics:
When you lean so close to me

Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke

It sounded like someone would read to each other!

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"Hot Stuff"
Better Lyrics:
Lookin' for a bail-out Eurozone seethin'
Greeks need a bail-out to put things right
The Greeks need a bail-out nation is pleadin'
Gotta have a bail-out
ATM cash is so tight
Greeks need a bail-out
No return to Drachma!!!
Greeks have had enough...
Original Lyrics:
Lookin' for some hot stuff baby this evenin'
I need some hot stuff baby tonight
I want some hot stuff baby this evenin'
Gotta have some hot stuff
Gotta have some love tonight
I need hot stuff
I want some hot stuff
I need some hot stuff
Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
"Hot Stuff"
Better Lyrics:
Lookin' for a bail-out Eurozone seethin'
Greeks need a bail-out to put things right
The Greeks need a bail-out nation is pleadin'
Gotta have a bail-out
ATM cash is so tight
Greeks need a bail-out
No return to Drachma!!!
I need some hot stuff
Original Lyrics:
Lookin' for some hot stuff baby this evenin'
I need some hot stuff baby tonight
I want some hit stuff baby this evenin'
Gotta have some hot stuff
Gotta have some love tonight
I need hot stuff
I want some hot stuff
I need some hot stuff
Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.

Repetitive Song Lyrics:

"Love To Love You Baby "
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Oh, love to love you baby.
Why They're Repetitive:
70% of the song is this line repeated several times.
Submitted by: Sheila Oh
"Sunset People"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Sunset people
Doin' it right, night after night
Why They're Repetitive:
This line is repeated throughout the song AND at the end when it fades out.
Submitted by: Reggie Pillbox
There are additional repetitive lyrics available.

Nonsensical Song Lyrics:

"MacArthur Park"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Why They're Nonsensical:
She makes it sound like MacArthur Park is a cake. I mean MacArthur Park is exactly what its name implies, a park...at least most of us would think.
Submitted by: Wario
 

Insincere Song Lyrics:

"MacArthur Park"
The Insincere Lyrics:
Someone left the cake out in the rain.
Why They're Insincere:
Who in their right mind would be smart enough to leave a cake out in the rain? That's a good way to ruin a perfectly good cake! It's just plain dumb to do. So don't do it!
Submitted by: Isac
 

Dirty Song Lyrics:

"Love To Love You Baby"
The Dirty Lyrics:
Ahaaaw, love to love you baby (3 times)
Do it to me again and again
You put me in such a awful spin, in a spin, in-uh.
and
Lay your head down real close to me
Soothe my mind and set me free, set me free-ee, uh.
Why They're Dirty:
Those moans near the end of the song doesn't mean she's having acid indigestion.
Submitted by: Opie M.
 

Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:

"This Time I Know It's For Real"
The Song Lyrics:
Walk a tightrope way up high
Song They Mention:
Tightrope - Leon Russell
Submitted by: Isac
 

Songs That Open With Their Titles:

"Once Upon A Time"
Opening Lines:
Once upon a time, there was a girl.
Comments:
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
"She Works Hard For The Money"
Opening Lines:
She works hard for the money, so hard for it, honey, She works hard for the money, so you better treat her right.
Comments:
1983's "She Works Hard For The Money" was Donna Summer's biggest hit since 1979's "No More Tears" duet with Barbra Streisand. In the interim she had moved to Geffen records from Casablanca records, and then made a further move to Polydor records (but ended up in a contractual dispute with Geffen record owner, David Geffen, and had to record an lp, "She Works Hard For The Money", on Polydor that some of the proceeds went to Geffen), became a born again Christian and had to see and hear a changing pop music industry that had gone away from Disco to at first a Harder Rock sound and then to New Wave. In that manner, Summer's first top ten hit in the New Wave era was "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)" from the fall of 1982, it fit in perfectly at time when the big names on the charts were the Go-Go's, Men At Work, the Human League and the Motels. In 1983, and maybe because of the contractual dispute with Geffen, "She Works Hard For The Money" on Polydor was even more fitting in with the times when the big pop names changed even more to such artists as the Eurythmics, the Culture Club and Duran Duran, as well as Michael Jackson. "She Works Hard For The Money" was released in late summer 1983 and quickly went to #3 and partly on the basis of a wonderful video. After this Summer would continue to have some minor hits, until the top ten hit of 1989, "This Time I Know It's For Real" (which sounded the most like her Disco hits of old than any song had in years). Summer has continued to record and go on concert from time to time.
Submitted by: Peter
There are additional spelling lyrics available.

Song Title Space Change:

"Love I Sin Control (Finger On The Trigger)" originally "Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
"If Eel Love" originally "I Feel Love"
Do eel love?
Submitted by: George Straitjacket

Band Name Anagrams:

Ed Mourns Man Submitted by: J
Run, Dean's Mom! Submitted by: Blake Dreary
Nouns Rammed Submitted by: Blake Dreary
Man's One Drum Submitted by: Blake Dreary
Man Rounds Me Submitted by: Blake Dreary

There are additional Band Name Anagrams available.

Song Title Anagrams:

"Lab Grids" originally "Bad Girls"
Submitted by: Joseph
"Grab Lids" originally "Bad Girls"
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"People's Tunes" originally "Sunset People"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Tuneless Pope" originally "Sunset People"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Lose Pete's Pun" originally "Sunset People"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle

There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"MacArthur Park"
The Lyrics:
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet green icing flowing down
Why:
MacArthur's Park is a park in LA, California.
Submitted by: Carolyn
 

Songs That Are Banned:

"Love to Love You Baby"
Banned on some stations (including the BBC) due to the content, especially the "simulated orgasms"
Submitted by: Ra'akone

Super Long Pop Songs:

"Medley: Hot Stuff/Bad Girls" Length: 10:09
In 1979 Donna Summer recorded the probably most memorable and best selling Disco album of all time, "Bad Girls" for Casablanca Records. It was a trend setter with several nods in the direction that music was going to take in the 1980's (many consider the album not to be just a Disco album, but also the first true New Wave album with sounds that Dance music would take in the 1980's) . The first two songs on the album were the #1 hit, "Hot Stuff" that clocked in at 5:14 and "Bad Girls" that clocked in at 4:55. On their own both are length tunes and faces some single editing by Top 40 radio, but on the lp they are sung by Donna Summer as one long medley actually becoming a story line, and on most Disco dance floors the songs were played as they appeared on the lp (several radio stations also played the lp version). The total length of the Medley of "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls" is 10 minutes 9 seconds.
Submitted by: Peter
"MacArthur Park Suite" Length: 17:40
In 1978 Donna Summer recorded a Disco remake of Richard Harris' 1968 #2 hit, "MacArthur Park" and on the lp, "Live And More" there was a 8 minute 40 second version that was edited for single release (although most radio stations played the lp version). The single went to #1 on Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts topping Richard Harris' version. There was also a 12" single version for the Disco dance floor that went to #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play charts. The Disco dance floor version incorporated into the "Suite" with "MacArthur Park", Donna Summer's song "One Of A Kind" and Donna Summer's tune with the Brooklyn Dreams, "Heaven Knows" (that went to #2 on Billboard's HOT 100 charts as a single edit). "Heaven Knows" was also featured in the Disco movie, "Thank God, It's Friday". The "MacArthur Park Suite" was sort of a medley with "MacArthur Park", "One Of A Kind" and "Heaven Knows", but Summer and producer Giorgio Morodor also weaved the songs into sort of Disco story anthem.
Submitted by: Peter
"Love To Love You, Baby " Length: 36:36
Some of the recordings of Donna Summer's 1975 smash hit (her first in the U.S.), "Love To Love You, Baby" clocked one for the record books, over 36 minutes long. Definitely for the Disco dance floor, with Donna repeating her infamous moans that sounded like she was making love.
Submitted by: Peter

Song Title Acrostics:

FOE: "Full Of Emptiness"
Submitted by: Candy Welty

Song Title Spoonerisms:

"Pun Pet Cecil" originally "Sunset People"
Submitted by: Disco
"Pun Pet Seeple" originally "Sunset People"
Submitted by: Disco
"Pun Set Seeple" originally "Sunset People"
Submitted by: Disco
"Oh Libby Please" originally "Oh Billy Please"
Another gender-changing spoonerism
Submitted by: Axl Sean

Band Name Spoonerisms:

Sauna Dumber originally "Donna Summer"
Submitted by: marzoz10
Sonna Dumber originally "Donna Summer"
Submitted by: Peter

Movies Named After Song Titles:

"Bad Girls"
1994 feminist Western
Submitted by: Sheila Oh

TV and Movies Mentioned in Lyrics:

"Bad Girls "
The Lyrics:
Picking up on all kinds of strangers
If the price is right
Why:
The long-running game show "The Price Is Right"
Submitted by: Sheila Oh
 

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