''The Ultimate Collection'' is a greatest hits three-CD compilation of recordings by American singer
Donna Summer released in the Netherlands in early 2003.
Unlike most of Summer's compilations, the 32-bit remastered ''Ultimate Collection'' includes the 16-minute album version of her breakthrough hit, "
Love to Love You Baby, the original 12" versions of "
Theme from The Deep (Down Deep Inside)", "
Last Dance", "
Hot Stuff", "
Bad Girls", the original album or single versions of her biggest hits as well as the early European singles "
The Hostage" and "
Lady of the Night".
Disc three contains live recordings from the 1978 album ''
Live and More'' alongside a selection of rarities such as the 1990s remixes of "
I Feel Love
"I Feel Love" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer. Produced and co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, it was recorded for Summer's fifth studio album, ''I Remember Yesterday'' (1977). The album concept was to have ...
" and "
State of Independence" and the full-length album versions of the 1979 duet "
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" is a 1979 song recorded by American singers Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. It was written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts, and produced by Giorgio Moroder and Gary Klein.
The song was recorded for Streis ...
" with
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...
and "
Je t'aime... moi non plus" from the 1978 soundtrack ''
Thank God It's Friday''.
An anomaly on this compilation is the heavily edited version of Summer's disco landmark "
I Feel Love
"I Feel Love" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer. Produced and co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, it was recorded for Summer's fifth studio album, ''I Remember Yesterday'' (1977). The album concept was to have ...
" appearing on disc one. While the original six-minute album–single version has been included on a number of other career retrospectives, on the otherwise exhaustive three-disc ''Ultimate Collection'' the track is for some reason only three minutes eleven seconds in length.
''The Ultimate Collection'', packaged in a double gatefold cardboard sleeve - although usually listed as a box set, was released by the Dutch label CCM, a subsidiary of
Universal Music
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...
Holland. CCM has previously issued similar three-CD ''Ultimate Collection''s by artists like
Grace Jones,
Barry White
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,
Diana Ross,
Kool & The Gang
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,
Dusty Springfield
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and others.
Track listing
Disc 1
#"
The Hostage" - (
Pete Bellotte
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,
Giorgio Moroder) - 4:16
#"
Lady of the Night"(Bellotte, Moroder) - 3:58
#"
Love to Love You Baby" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder,
Donna Summer) – 16:50
#"Full of Emptiness" (Bellotte, Moroder) – 2:22
#"
Could It Be Magic
"Could It Be Magic" is a song with lyrics by Adrienne Anderson and music by Barry Manilow, inspired by Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20.
The song was initially released in 1971 by Featherbed (a group of session musi ...
" (Album Version) (Anderson, Manilow) – 5:15
#"
Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" (Single Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:46
#"
Spring Affair" (Single Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:02
#"Winter Melody" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 6:31
#"
I Feel Love
"I Feel Love" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer. Produced and co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, it was recorded for Summer's fifth studio album, ''I Remember Yesterday'' (1977). The album concept was to have ...
" (Edit) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 3:11
#"
Theme From The Deep (Down Deep Inside)" (12" Version) (
Barry, Summer) - 6:07
#"
I Remember Yesterday" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:36
#"
Love's Unkind" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:07
#"
Back in Love Again" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 3:14
#"
I Love You" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer" - 4:41
#"
Rumour Has It" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:54
Disc 2
# "
Last Dance" (12" Version/''
Thank God It's Friday'' Album Version) (Jabara) - 8:09
# "
MacArthur Park
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" (Promotional 12" Mix) (Webb) - 6:25
# "
Hot Stuff" (12" Mix) Bellotte, Faltermeyer, Forsey) - 6:46
# "
Bad Girls" (Album Version) (Esposito, Hokenson, Sudano, Summer) - 4:56
#"
Dim All the Lights" (Single Version) (Summer) - 4:23
#"
Sunset People
"Sunset People" is a song by American singer Donna Summer taken from her very successful album '' Bad Girls''. The album, released on Casablanca Records in the US, had already produced several chart-topping singles for the disco star, but Summer ...
" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Faltermeyer, Forsey) - 6:24
# "
On The Radio" (Long Version) (Moroder, Summer) - 5:50
#"
The Wanderer" (Moroder, Summer) - 3:45
# "
State of Independence" (Album Version) (Anderson, Vangelis) - 5:49
# "
Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" (Jones, Ross, Temperton) - 4:19
#"
The Woman in Me" (
John Bettis
John Gregory Bettis (born October 24, 1946) is an American lyricist. He was originally part of the band Spectrum, which also featured Richard and Karen Carpenter. He wrote the lyrics for " Top of the World", a hit for both Lynn Anderson and Th ...
, Michael Clark) – 3:55
# "
She Works Hard for the Money" (Album Version) (Omartian, Summer) - 5:18
#"
Dinner with Gershwin
"Dinner with Gershwin" is a song written by Brenda Russell. It was first recorded by Donna Summer in 1987, which Russell co-produced with Richard Perry.
"Dinner with Gershwin" was the first single off Summer's '' All Systems Go'' album which was ...
" (Russell) - 4:39
#"
This Time I Know It's For Real" (Aitken, Stock, Summer, Waterman) - 3:37
#"
Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" (Carrano, Clivilles, Cole, Summer) - 4:15
Disc 3
#"Love to Love You Baby" (Live Version - From ''
Live & More'', 1978) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 3:29
#"Last Dance" (Live Version - From ''Live & More'', 1978) (Jabara) - 5:51
#"
Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" (With Giorgio Moroder) (''
Thank God It's Friday'' Album Version) (
Serge Gainsbourg) - 15:45
#"
Heaven Knows" (Featuring
Brooklyn Dreams) (''
On the Radio'' Album Edit) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 3:32
#"
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" is a 1979 song recorded by American singers Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. It was written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts, and produced by Giorgio Moroder and Gary Klein.
The song was recorded for Streis ...
" (Duet With
Barbra Streisand
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awar ...
) (''On the Radio'' Album Version) (Jabara, Roberts) - 11:46
#"
Unconditional Love
Unconditional love is known as affection without any limitations, or love without conditions. This term is sometimes associated with other terms such as true altruism or complete love. Each area of expertise has a certain way of describing uncon ...
" (With
Musical Youth
Musical Youth are a British-Jamaican reggae band formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England. They are best remembered for their 1982 single " Pass the Dutchie", which was a number 1 in multiple charts around the world. Their other hits include "Yout ...
) (Album Version) (Omartian, Summer) - 4:43
#"State of Independence" (Anderson, Vangelis) (New Radio Millennium Mix - 1996 Remix) - 5:00
#"I Feel Love" (
Masters At Work 86th St Mix - 1995 Re-recording) - 6:09
#"
I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)" (Quarantotto, Sartori, Summer) - 4:10
References
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2003 compilation albums
Donna Summer compilation albums