Donna Summer Reaction I Feel Love (Masterful!) | Dereck Reacts 

Imagine it is 1977 and you’re listening to this song for the very first time... It must have been overwhelming. 43 (!!!) years later this masterpiece is still breathtaking. One of my all time favourites.

The song that STARTED IT ALL !!!!!! Giorgio Moroder was ahead of his time. You should thank Him for your Beloved synthetizers.

Donna Summer, I feel love is a Masterpiece.

So ahead of it's time. Techno owes much to it.

I am so glad that Donna Summer is finally getting reactions from reviewers. For those who don't know, Donna Summer sold more Disco records than any other female artist in the Disco Era. She was second only to the Bee Gees in record sales, the biggest act ever in disco, but Donna was close on their heels! A man named Georgio Moroder did all of the music for Donna and they collaborated on the songwriting as well. Georgio was at the forefront of synthesized music starting in the early 70's and had a minor hit with a song called Baby Blue. But he stopped touring because it was difficult to tour with these high tech, bulky - second generation synthesizers and he also had to take electronic technicians with him on tour in case one of the synths broke down. You couldn't just go to the radio shack and get a new one! They weren't available for sale to the general public at that time. So he quit touring and began looking for other artists to collaborate with. It was Georgio who ran across Donna Summer and the rest is history. In case you haven't heard, much of the disco music that was released as singles were shortened versions of a much longer musical track. For example, Donna Summer's Love To Love You Baby is almost 17 minutes long on the album but the single consisted of the last three minutes of the album version. This was common during the Disco Era. The longer versions of most disco hits can be found by typing the phrase Disco Purrfection (spelled correctly) Version after the artist and song. If you type in Disco Purrfection Version on it's own, it will give you a huge list of suggestions to pick from. These extended versions first began in the 1960's. The earliest example I can find is by Martha & The Vandellas/Dancing In The Streets (1964) and listed as Soul Purrfection Version. Then another is the Archies/Sugar Sugar (1969) listed as Bubblegum Purrfection Version. There are also two other categories called Funky Purrfection Version and just simply Purrfection Version, which was reserved for pop songs after Disco died. An example is The Police/Every Breath You Take which has an extra set of lyrics not included on the single or the album versions. These extended versions were sold on 12 inch "singles" that usually played at the same RPM's as a regular long play album but certain 12 inch "singles" we're also made that played at 45 RPM's just like a 7" single 45. Donna Summer with the musical backing of Georgio Moroder had many #1 and top 10 hits and in the early 80's had hits that were more pop oriented Like Cold Love and The Wanderer. Some of their #1 hits are - MacArthur Park, Hot Stuff and Bad Girls. Donna had become so popular by the late 70's that Barbra Streisand teamed up with her for a #1 hit called (No More Tears) Enough Is Enough. You have opened a big can of worms with Donna Summer - with Big Fat Ones in it!

possibly the most iconic influential disco/dance track ever

Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer made history with this song. Doesn't sound too dated...

Before I Feel Love disco music was mainly strings and horns. This is the song that electrified disco. It's one of the reasons I consider Donna Summer the first female pop star of the modern rock era.

I was dancing to “I feel love” when it was first released in 1977. We had never heard anything quite like it and yes, it was the birth of electronic music as we know it today. But there are a few other Donna Summer songs that were in a way, follow ups to “I Feel Love”. Several months later after Donna and Giorgio Moroder releases “I feel Love”, Donna’s next album also in fall 1977, included yet another 2 electronic masterpieces back to back called “Now I Need you” and “Working the Midnight shift”. “Now I need you” is such a trance hypnotic song that it must be played with headphones to hear every single synthesizer layer on it and Donna’s voice is haunting to say the least. Seamlessly “Now I Need You” merges into “Working the Midnight Shift” (Donna’s original ode to working girls, not “Bad Girls”) and we are taken on yet another synthesizer masterpiece while Donna delivers melancholic lyrics about working the streets at night. I urge all of you electronic music lovers to give Donna Summer’s “Now I Need you” and “Working the Midnight Shirt” a listen and keep in mind these were recorded in 1977.

When I was a deejay from 1979-1999, this song, along with many of her other songs, was a guaranteed floor packer. And yes, I still have all her vinyl records.

Donna Summer was extremely underrated and gone too soon. I think her voice was one of the best of our time.

This is the best dance song ever recorded, it is timeless, it would be a massive hit if it was released today never mind 43 years ago

Donna Summer changed the course of music. She was never given the credit for what a great vocalist she was. I love to love you baby......

When they released this song, back in 77, was a big surprise for all of us at the discos. So ahead of It’s time! Great Donna!!! RIP 💫

A dear friend was attending college in 1977, he said when the song came out it was one of the hottest summers he the heat and the beat of this song was so intense it was being played everywhere it was like it was coming up from the bowels of the earth's core and every time he hears it, it takes him back and he can almost feel the heat of that summer like it was yesterday.

Donna summers Last dance This song was Earth shattering. Started a whole movement

I Feel Love - Changed the course of music history. It is in the Library of Congress because it was an enormous influence on music & and therefore our culture, and is considered an important song in our history. This song is still sampled and borrowed from and influences music around the world... still. This song came before Sylvester. Deborah Harry of Blondie LOVED Donna Summer and said Donna Summer was one of her favorite singers that she listens too. Debbie Harry loved this song and told her band that she wanted a song like I Feel Love... the result was Blondie's song HEART OF GLASS. The music of this song has enough going on, which is why Donna sings in her "upper register" and doesn't try to compete with the music - the vocals and the music compliment each other and are one. Donna recorded this song in one take, but ALL of the backup vocals are also Donna Summer, and Keith Forsey played the kick drum, but other than that, it is all electronic. This was far different from anything "disco" at the time too. Donna's music was more "Eurodisco" and had more of an edge and later had more of a "rock" feel such as Hot Stuff (which has a great electric guitar solo) and Bad Girls (the entire Bad Girls album, actually). It was Brian Eno who worked with Bowie who told Bowie about the song and said, "I have heard the sound of the future".

Donna Summer, our eternal "Queem of Disco" Saudades!!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

Dereck great choice! This song is actually in the library of Congress as one of the most influential songs of the 20th century. Donna Summer was a real pioneer. ❤️

Giorgio Moroder was a genius writing and producing this totally ahead of its time classic, TIMELESS CLASSIC! Giorgio Moroder + Donna Summer = 🔥

This song is a hypnotic trip to end all trips! The combination of her smooth, yet strong vocal delivery, combined with the driving rhythm has the ability to transcend you and make you feel as if you are being lifted up off the ground. And all without drugs! Lol. What an epic masterpiece of music this is.

Her techno style was so ahead of its time. And she's a Queen.

This song changed the trajectory of dance music. I saw Donna about 20 times in concert. She isn’t given her do like she should. Her voice did gymnastics. Yes, when David Bowie heard it for the first time , he said, ‘ I have heard the future’. Listen to the long version of it, Amazing. Long live the Queen ! Also, thanks for Madonna videos too 👑💜

Yeah! Baby! August 15, 1977. I can tell you exactly where I was at when I heard I Feel Love for the first time. She was sooo under appreciated as a vocalist.

Now just imagine DANCING to this with the lights, smoke, celebrities, with those blasts of poppers they did at Studio 54? #Ecstasy

David Bowie (RIP) said he had found the sound of future music when he heard this song by the amazing Donna Summer (RIP).

The first song in history to use all synthesizers as instruments!

Donna is the best! Her voice is unique and warm❤️

PURE VELVET. Her voice was Delicious and Luxurious. I love to love you Donna!

I was in high school when this song came out. Huge AM radio hit & at the clubs of course! This tune was just another example of the explosion of new genres & sounds back then. There was always something new around every corner growing up back then.

This is one of the first mainstream hits to use electronic sounds. It's a pioneering song on the movement of modern dance

I first heard this in 1977 during a movie intermission where they used to play music. Needless to say, everyone in the theater was speechless and blown away. No one knew what was making that sound - the feeling was so surreal and hypnotic

Fantastic reaction, Dereck! Thank you so much. It was actually quite moving to see you enjoy the song so much. I Feel Love is a masterpiece really. It's hypnotic. When you listen to it, you don't want it to end. And when it does, you want to hear it again. It's a song you never get tired of. A characteristic of a truly exceptional record that has stood the test of time. It was also the first song with a backing track created (almost) completely by a synthesizer, a kick drum being the only other instrument on the recording, apart from Donna's voice of course. Groundbreaking. Apart from that, Donna Summer is an incredibly talented singer. She could sing anything with ease, mostly in one take. That's how she recorded her vocal for I Feel Love as well, in one perfect take. You should check out her other songs as well, like her incredible powerhouse performance on MacArthur Park, preferably the full 18-minute long MacArthur Park Suite. Breathtaking!

This song is one of my favorites ever!!! DONNA SUMMER is one of my favorites ever. The Donna summer musical was life changing! You woulda loved it :)

This is my all time favorite song. Never gets old. It’s what got me into electronic and dance music. Giorgio Moroder is a genius and I collected every record he produced. Great reaction Dereck.

Donna shows her impressive upper register range hitting some really high notes as she also contributed to the backing vocals in this as well almost all her songs.

I was 12 yrs old when this tune came out. I was just captivated by the synthesizer the rapid percussion beat and Donna Summers sultry operatic vocals.

I was 19 years old in 1978 when I saw Donna Summer live in Ottawa. Still have two pics of her on stage and my ticket stub. Price: $9. The Village People opened for her and then she came on and blew the roof off. Dereck, your reaction was an honour to watch. You really got that song. Thank you.

The Divas of all Divas! her voice,her dress,her hair,her soft airy dance moves. The video has an angelic feel not only bc of the vocals but the back up singers in their choir attire. It gives me a euphoric in the moment feeling. Another genius ahead of its time feel good video. love watching your reactions to these timeless pieces. Looking forward to the next! 🤩

My favorite singer 🖤🖤🖤🖤 thanks for this

Haha love your reactions. And everything sounds great from the 70's. Haha. Viva la disco. It's about the energy. I grew up listening to this on radio every day.

You’ve delivered one of the best reactions I’ve seen on this fantastic song. Keep up the great work, Dereck!

With Donna Summer's amazing vocals and the instrumentals definitely makes this an old school masterpiece! It also paved the way to house music! Also 1977 which is 43 years ago. a little bit less than half of a century which was really not that long ago. Within a twinkle of an eye it's already 2021. This song would be a hit today. RIP DS!

Be happy... The best mix of vocals and pure synth production you will ever hear!!!! 1977 unbelievable

I love her,myfav fe.ale singer of all time RIP🙏🙏🙏😱😱😱💖💖💖💕💕💕🥰🥰🥰 no one can replace her as the disco queen.

Donna Summers considerada como la Reina de la Disco 👍🎶🎵🔊🔊🔊

I first heard Donna Summer play live in a gay New Years dance party in an old WW2 Nazi aircraft hangar in Nuremberg Germany in 1975. She was famous in Europe long before. A year later she was massive on the gay scene in London. She was virtually on DJ repeat in the Sombrero in Hight Street Kensington and Napoleon nightclub in New Bond Street. The dance floor heaved to Donna.

You know back on those days there was no programming so Giorgio Moroder did it all manually!!! Donna Summer gave that song her magic touch!

So glad you've found The Queen Of Disco. Now you're ready for 'Love To Love You Baby", "Bad Girls", "Hot Stuff", "Try Me", "On The Radio", "No More Tears", "Spring Affair", and of course, the great "Last Dance". Man, I miss those days.

Thank you Dereck! I remember it coming out, and we were blown away, and it stands at the top of all still in 2022.

I am 71 and I still love disco music.

love the change in tempo, it gets you more and more hooked

77 was my first year of high school... Donna S was beyond human, in the day...wore out shoes and selves on the dance floor lovin Donna et al... 🎵💜🎶

Masterpiece...thank you to bring us this music back......I love it .....

Donna was TRULY amazing and ahead of her time with this dance music. A little history that I read on this song is that the instrumental was recorded first and Donna came in and wrote the lyrics in about 10-15 mins. She then recorded ALL the back up vocals before recording her main vocal. She did it all in one take too! She was truly an amazing singer as she would often record her songs in one take. It's sad to hear the rumors about her supposed comments on the gay community STILL follow her in death. Being a HUGE Donna fan, I've read several things about it and watched some interviews with her denying these comments. I think it was the New York Post or something like that that tried to reach out to anyone who could back these claims of her alleged remarks, there was not ONE person to confirm these. Even asking about the remarks she supposedly made at her concerts, not ONE person came forward to support this. She had many gay friends in school and throughout her career, even being a big supporter of Elton John's AIDS Foundation. I don't believe the accusations myself. If I did, I wouldn't be such a strong fan. In all the interviews I've seen her in, including comments made by other celebrities, she never appeared to be anything but a loving and not judging kind of person.

I was 17 when this song came out. It blew me away, we’d never heard anything like it. I first heard it when I was on summer holidays and although being gay and even then it was disco I wasn’t into disco more Bowie, Queen etc. But Donner just blew my mind, I couldn’t stop dancing to it and had to buy it. It got to No 1 here in the U.K. and rightly so just fantastic an amazing song. As you say 5 minutes long so was fairly new too have a long disco song last that long. I beg you please listen to 1982s version from Patrick Cowley’s 15 minute disc, wow simply wow didn’t think this song could be improved but it was and was played all spring/summer in the large gay clubs. There’s plenty of remixes of “I Feel Love” all of them unique but as a teenager in 1977 this song had a huge impact on my gay life. Thank you for playing and your reaction to it priceless mate just priceless.

And you can thank this song and Giorgio for what we listen to these days in the Dance Genre. This song can be played still in any club and still sound fresh. From the concept album "I remember Yesterday" as this song presented us with what the future of music was supposed to sound like... Well, all I gotta say THANK YOU DONNA AND GIORGIO

The Queen of Disco. I was about 4 years old... She was huge

I love this …you are sweet ..it’s so great seeing a young guy react to our generation of songs .. I’m 60 ! And still a punk rocker in my music choices ..Kate Bush.Tori Amos.all the songs you’ve been recommended .. How lucky were we back in the day ., …….Plus ….Derek, You are wearing the same colours as the backing singers xx

Donna Summer's career started in Munich (Germany), where she lived. At that time, she was a single mother.

There was nothing like this before this 1977 sound on your headphones like you said. Otherworldly at age 17. I can relate to what you are experiencing with the musical layering. The 80's Disco/Dance movement was so revolutionary that 'some people' hated and reviled it. Yes, those same people and off spring who act that way today. Donna was amazing. Follow her discography! Great Reaction. Keep it up D!

First True Diva...😍

Yep, way ahead of its time just as youve stayed. I Feel Love’s fingerprints can be felt on pop to this day. You should check out the Patrick Crowley mix which was the version that was used in the disco’s when released. I realize it is nearly 16 minutes long but it uses the album version with added synths, reverb, blips and beeps. It will take you to another planet entirely.

a religious experience in sound.

She was just an amazing artist. 😍🏳️‍🌈😍

If you really wanna make love on the dancefloor, you should try Donna Summer's all-17-minute-track I Love to love you baby...

Love your reaction. I was 15 years old sitting in my grandmother's car when this came on the radio and my reaction was the same as yours. I could not believe what I was hearing. And just FYI those are ALL her vocals the only ones reportedly that were in the studio was her and Giorgio. Take a listen to the original full studio version. In the full studio version you can hear her vocals layered as each verse goes on and by the third verse you hear three different levels of her voice. I also suggest MacArthur Park if you don't have time to listen to the whole Suite look at the live video clip on RU-vid. Thank you so much your reaction.

Her follow up album after I Remember Yesterday in 1977 was 1977 Once Upon A Time, its great and has some great synthesize tracks like Now I Need You and Working the Midnight shift. Its a great double album. Giorgio moroder was the man behind her creating those great tracks for Donna. Listen to his solo work during that era like the Chase all instrumental track. Donna made some great dance floor hits in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s.

Literally ICONIC

I danced to this at Heaven London early 2000s and the place went off !!!

Hey Dereck, I'm a new subscriber and this is my 2nd comment to you. I live in Palm Bay, Fl. I just wanted to say RIP to all victims of the Pulse nightclub shootings 🧡❤💜💚💙 last week I lowered the flag in honor of them. I live in Palm Bay, Fl. 40 minutes from where the club was🙏

Best song EVER!

Great reaction!! As to the back up vocals, they were all hers because this is the studio version. (PS: as to the controversial issue, it all turned out as a fake. She's always loved ALL!! ).

You should look at her Conte Partiro, Sand in My Feet, I'm a Fire, Driving Down Brazil and Melody of Love for more of Donna Summer's incredible range.

I was 9 years old when my dad gave me that cassette when we went to Miami in September 1977 and it was the first cassette I ever owned. I adored Donna Summer, she was the most beautiful singer I listened to and that song above all was a hit, it was heard everywhere. All the music was obtained through synth boxes and sound effects, something totally innovative at that time, making the sound totally different from anything heard at the time and was very different from the rest of the songs on that LP (which It was traditional disco music, with violins and orchestral arrangements). Besides, the melody was catchy and the rhythm made you dance all at once. A few years later in Venezuela I bought the album of their greatest hits, but the North American version had a very different intro than the version published in my country. Even today, that song is heard today. It has not aged with time.

You cannot believe how very very different this sounded in 1977 compared to everything else. As an 11 year old at the time it expressed feelings and emotions I did not have words for. This track definitely confirmed I was not like other boys 🤩.

Dereck, in 2002 during her "Fever" tour, Kylie Minogue did a version of this song in a mashup with one of her album tracks titled "Light Years". She had paid homage to it long before everyone else had thought to.

Greatest disco track of ALL TIME. Nothing beats the 16 minute Patrick Cowley remix. Untouchable

There are songs released over the last 50 years that truly are 'landmark' moments in pop - and this is one such song. Absolutely amazing, ground breaking, and no one had heard anything like it before it came out. It basically led to disco. But it somehow manages to blend industrial synth with street dance music. It's just perfection. A one-off track which once you hear you never forget it.

Donna es y será la Reina 👑

Truly an amazing song, it grabs you by the gut and pulls you out onto the dance floor. So hypnotic and Donna is always amazing!

Eu nunca me canso de ouvir I Feel Love. É uma das minhas músicas favoritas de todos os tempos. Donna era brilhante, Giorgio é mais que grande na música.

it sounds amazing, no problem to play it today in clubs

Btw, that's not backing vocalists, the high bit, that's Donna multitracked.

This song filled the dance floor everytime back in the day

Donna was the pioneer of techno. Check out Working the Midnight Shift the first creepy dark techno song and then Our Love the first song with a drum back beat.

OMG Dereck your reaction was amazing! Kinda funny at times but your comments are so true. I am not sure if you never heard this song before or not. However, your reaction made my day. The impact of this song is unquestionable and is definitely historical!

Omg this song after a couple sips and a puff...on the dancefloor ...you feel like you are floating through space

The first trance song and 40 years after still sound futuristic ...this song make fly!!!

You are a legend! I seriously get tears seeing that you get this music like I do. I thank the spirits above for allowing me to have been born when I was so I could be in my mid teens when this incredible music graced our planet. And do not even get me started about the incredible Sylvester! I remember hearing this the first time and just being blown away.

Try listening to Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer doing “No More Tears”. Stunning combo!

Kylie sampled this in "Light Years" and it's pretty cool. So did madonna in "Future Lovers". Giorgio Moroder is a genius. His couple of songs with Kylie are very cool, especially "Right Here, Right Now." Also the Afrojack remix to this particular song is very nice.

Epitomized disco, yet was ahead of its time; still holds up today. She was sexy and amazing. RIP Queen Donna.

The very beginning of dance music. When David Bowie heard it, the absolute genius realised that this would shape music for the next 50 years. He was absolutely right

I love disco so of course I love Donna Summer, the queen.

, 👍love your reaction! You make us Donna Summer very happy with that!

A masterpiece that will last forever!

I thought for sure the ambulance was coming for you! You had a ear-gasm! Yes,this song & the one u mentioned r legendary.😊 Check out her duet w Barbara Streisand too.

I love Donna Summer,l saw her in concert,she was great,the one❤️👑thanks Dereck

Amazing song by one of THE most amazing singers EVER!!! Donna Summer was ahead of her time in SO many ways! There would be no Beyoncé or Madonna if hadn’t been for Donna Summer. She could sing ANYTHING!! Rock, R&B, Disco, Gospel....just unbelievable! So sad that she left us way too soon.