Love To Love You Baby by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Love To Love You Baby

lazarus57

Jul 08, 2025 12:35pm

MUSICAL BINGO 2 - ROUND 1<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/WW2H/ead31df7d5_XU05_media.gif">CARD C 70"s "Love to Love You Baby" is a song by American singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Donna Summer</a> from her second studio album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Love_You_Baby_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Love to Love You Baby</a> (1975). Produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Bellotte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Pete Bellotte</a>, and written by Italian musician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Giorgio Moroder</a>, Summer, and Bellotte, the song was first released as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">single</a> in the Netherlands in June 1975 as "Love to Love You" and then released worldwide in November 1975 as "Love to Love You Baby". It became one of the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">disco</a> hits to be released in an extended form.The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> named it one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Songs_That_Shaped_Rock_and_Roll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll</a>, Summer's only selection on this list.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Love_You_Baby_(song)#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a>BackgroundBy 1975, Donna Summer had been living in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Germany</a> for eight years and had participated in several musical theatre shows. She had also released an album in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Netherlands" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Netherlands</a> entitled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_the_Night_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Lady of the Night</a> (1974), written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Giorgio Moroder</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Bellotte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Pete Bellotte</a> and produced by Bellotte, which had given her a couple of hit singles. She was still a complete unknown in her home country when she suggested the lyric "Love to Love You Baby" to Moroder in 1975. He turned the lyric into a full <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">disco</a> song and asked Summer to record it. The full lyrics were somewhat explicit, and at first, Summer said she would only record it as a demo to give to someone else. However, Summer's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">erotic</a> moans and groans impressed Moroder so much that he persuaded her to release it as her own song, and "Love to Love You" became a moderate hit in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Netherlands</a>.In an interview in 1976, Summer responded to a number of questions that she claimed she'd been asked about the process of recording the song: "Everyone's asking, 'Were you alone in the studio?' Yes, I was alone in the studio. 'Did you touch yourself?' Yes, well, actually I had my hand on my knee. 'Did you fantasize on anything?' Yes, on my handsome boyfriend Peter."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Love_You_Baby_(song)#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a>A tape of the song was sent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Casablanca Records</a> president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Bogart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Neil Bogart</a> in the US, and he played it at a party at his home. Impressed with the track, Bogart continued to play it over and over all night. He later contacted Moroder and suggested that he make the track longer - possibly as long as 20 minutes. However, Summer again had reservations; she was not sure of all of the lyrics. Nevertheless, she imagined herself as an actress (namely <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Marilyn Monroe</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Love_You_Baby_(song)#cite_note-blender-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a> playing the part of someone in sexual ecstasy. The studio lights were dimmed so that Summer was more or less in complete darkness as she lay on the floor.The final recording lasted over 16 minutes, and according to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Corporation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">BBC</a>, contained 23 "orgasms".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Love_You_Baby_(song)#cite_note-blender-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a> By that point, the song was renamed "Love to Love You Baby". It took up the entire first side of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Love_You_Baby_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">album of the same name</a>, and edited versions were also found on 7" vinyl. <img src="https://media.hitparade.ch/cover/800/donna_summer-love_to_love_you_baby_s.jpg" alt="Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby - hitparade.ch">