Lady of the Night (song)

For other songs with the same name, see Lady of the Night (disambiguation)#Music
"Lady of the Night"
Dutch picture sleeve
Single by Donna Summer
from the album Lady of the Night
B-side"Wounded"
ReleasedNovember 1974 (1974-11)
GenrePop[1]
Length3:58
LabelGroovy
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bellotte
Donna Summer singles chronology
"The Hostage"
(1974) 		"Lady of the Night"
(1974) 		"Virgin Mary"
(1975)

"Lady of the Night" is a song recorded by American singer Donna Summer for her same-titled debut studio album. The song was written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte and produced by the latter.

The song was released as the second single from the album in November 1974. The song "Wounded" was used as the B-side. In the Netherlands, "Lady of the Night" reached the fourth place.[2] In 1975, the song was released in West Germany, Austria and Belgium, in the latter countries the song also managed to get into the top ten.[3][4][5]

Critical reception

Christian John Wikane from PopMatters noted that the song featured Summer's bell-clear belt ringing high above the Phil Spector-styled wall of sound.[6] GQ's David Levesley, when compiling a list of Donna Summer's "songs that changed the way we dance", placed the song in second place and described it as "stone-cold objective bop" and added that "it's so Frankie Valli and yet has a sensibility completely different from anything you'd have found on Tin Pan Alley".[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Lady of the Night"
Chart (1974–76) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[2] 4
West Germany (GfK)[9] 40

Year-end charts

1974 year-end chart performance for "Lady of the Night"
Chart (1974) Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 96
1975 year-end chart performance for "Lady of the Night"
Chart (1975) Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 29
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 60
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 60
1976 year-end chart performance for "Lady of the Night"
Chart (1976) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14] 8

References

  1. ^ Molanphy, Chris (November 27, 2017). "Queen of Disco Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Donna Summer – Lady of the Night" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Donna Summer – Lady of the Night" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Donna Summer – Lady of the Night" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Donna Summer – Lady of the Night" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  6. ^ Wikane, Christian John (May 18, 2012). "She's a Rainbow: A Tribute to Donna Summer". PopMatters. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  7. ^ Levesley, David (May 14, 2020). "16 Donna Summer songs that changed the way we dance". GQ. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Donna Summer" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Donna Summer – Lady of the Night" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  10. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1974" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  11. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1975" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  12. ^ "Bijzondere lijst: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1975" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  13. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1975" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  14. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1976" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved July 24, 2023.