First Time Hearing | Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby | Reaction

[@kcprice1115]

I remember playing this in the club when it came out. The dancefloor was a hot sweaty mess.

[@teriwilkinson7816]

Voice of an angel,she is missed ❤

[@symphonyxXx]

The classic, excellent 17 minute album/CD long version not only has a full orchestra, it has the really "controversial"" section that made it banned in some countries because it was deemed too explicit. After Donna became a Christian years later, she allegedly tried to keep the record label from re-releasing it, but failed. PS: The several-minute orchestral instrumental part of the full 17 minute part is classy as hell! Donna was living in Germany at the time because she went there to be in the stage production of "Hair". After the incredible success of LTLYB, Donna, Georgio Moroder (called the German king of disco, I believe) and Pete Bellotte teamed to do other songs of hers.

[@dennisjacks7923]

The extended version of the song, only came about after Donna signed with Casablanca Records in the US, it was played on some late night radio station in the US. It was not banned, it was this radio edit was banned across Europe.

[@johnandrews3151]

Donna Summer Long Version Winter Melody HD. You will love this one😮😊!

[@mickdenis6630]

I can see by the comments, that people are saying a lot of things that just are not true. The song itself, this single edit, was banned by the BBC and several other conservative European countries when released in 1975. When Donna got her US contract with Casablanca Records, President Neil Bogart asked for an extended version of the song, because he played the song at a party and guest kept asking him to play the song over. Thus, pretty much the birth of the extended single. It was 16:50 and took the entire first side of her Casablanca debut album. The song also cause a stir in the US with Rev Jesse Jackson and PUSH asking radio stations to ban the song in the US. The song did climb to #2 (for 2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100 on Valentines Day 1976. The album and the single quickly sold over a million copies each in the US. Yes this song is a British Pop music show, called Top of the Pops. I agree the dancing and presentation really wasn't in line with the recording, but this was 1975. This album was her first international release, she was before this time just being released in selected European countries, she was a domestic European artist.

[@TheoriginalMach2000]

with party you meant orgy haha

[@johnandrews3151]

The album version of Love To Love You Baby is 16 minutes and 50 seconds long and takes up one whole side of the vinyl record😮😊!

[@garrettpace2701]

...and it's too short by far.

[@isabelsilva62023]

You need to listen to "I feel love" the studio version (1977 Midnight Special) her voice, the music the way she moves. I find it amusing when people like Beyoncée think they are moving in a sensuous way and they are not even in the same galaxy as Donna. Just wait until you discover Grace Jones and/or Sade Adu...

[@AK00777]

That chair spin and back to the camera 😂😂😂

[@jonnajois]

React to her "I feel love", regarded as one of the most influencial songs, and changed music. Also her duet with Barbra Streisand "Enough is enough", and of course Mac Arthurs Parc, Bad Girls, Hot Stuff, State of Independence, One the Radio...

[@jacqueline4514]

Yes!!!! As a kid, I just loved dancing and skating to this song; the full version actually makes me blush; its audio porn 😂❤

[@stevefuller8771]

You gotta do MacArthur Park!!!!

[@colibri1]

"Top Pop" is short for "Top of the Pops," a long-running UK TV show covering the top hits of the day. I think the main US equivalent would have been a show called "American Bandstand." And yeah, their dancers aren't doing moves appropriate to the music here. I think their dance troupe at the time was called Pan's People or something like that. Another movie that has a seventies Donna Summer song in it is "American Hustle" from 2013 but set in the seventies. It features a disco scene where Summer's great 1977 "I Feel Love" is throbbing over the dance floor.

[@seangittens5760]

CLASSIC!!!!!!

[@page349]

You definitely need to do I Feel Love

[@AlanGuzmán-f1l]

React to: No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) versión 12' Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand

[@mateomelendez3733]

Back in 1975 , when this song was released, I was 11 and remember hearing "shocked" people talk about the song's controversy. I heard parts of several discussions of adults couldn't stop talking about how controversial/scandalous they believed this song to be . Many adults were outraged; but couldn't stop discussing it. They tried to keep the song and its discussion about it away from us, curious children. As a young boy and singer as well, I connected with the musicality of Ms. Donna's voice and instantly became a lifelong fan and wanted to hear more! Now almost 50 years later, I still love that voice!

[@antoniobenedictomendez6539]

Donna summer la mejor

[@jimmydaves]

This was very early Donna Summer. The original song was less than 4 minutes long (Donna recorded it as a demo for someone else to record)- then her producers got Donna back into the studio and they recorded an almost 17-minute version of it. It was sent to radio stations in the U.S. and became a huge hit. When Donna went back to the U.S . from Germany - she had no idea that she had a hit single. From 1975 -1980 - No one could touch Donna Summer. She had major success. When she became a Born-Again Christian in the early 80's - she refused to perform this song ever again. I remember her first album "Try Me, I Know We can Make it". was already playing in the dance clubs a year before "Love to Love You Baby" was playing on the radio.

[@amyholman354]

My mom loved this song, and one summer, she played it loud, windows open, so that it wafted over the dunes where we lived, or perhaps it undulated, it lured. It's a longer song than this. I was about 15, and was embarrassed, even though I liked Donna Summer songs, had learned to dance Disco style to her songs. But, Mom, eesh! I think it is funny now. And also, go Mom!

[@JimmieJamOfTheDay]

Donna Summer: My all time favorite female singer and favorite singer overall. If you think this version is sensual, the album version is even more so. And, the one I have on my channel is even more so than the album. It's called "Impassioned Lockdown Mix". Make sure you've got the A/C on while listening to it. LOL.

[@suzie4417]

I agree about the dancers, they look like they are from outer space! I remember loving Donna Summers songs & sounds & the long version takes up a lot of space on the album 🥰 She gave a voice for women to not be afraid of sensuality. I remember friends being somewhat shocked when they first heard this song 🎵 but eventually they just grooved to it & danced & danced 😁 Donna Summers & Gloria Gaynor were very popular r&b / disco 70’s singers who overtook the Motown era & filled it with females singing sensual, sexy music 💥 I am sure there were many parents & grandparents & church goers not wanting their young kids to listen to this music…too sexy !!

[@bobbartle]

There's a really entertaining video of Donna singing "Last Dance" live at the celebration of Obama's Nobel Prize in 2009 in Norway I think. She's in her 50's but knocks it out of the park with still great vocals.

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

Even today the full version would raise some eyebrows on the radio I think, but back then even in the free love 70's this would be one giant 'Nope!' with radio station owners who grew up decades earlier.

[@kellyreiterman]

As a 10 year-old when this came out, I may not have gotten the gist of the song, but I knew there must be something about it that made me nervous and worried that my parents would hear me listening to it and not be happy about it. 🤣

[@sjbigdlc]

love how you research on camera and how you really imagine how it was back then. keep doing a deep dive into Summer. wont be disapointed, specially her Casablanca years. she had a great 5 year run with her producers Gorgio and Pete. they were a hit machine for 5 years

[@rhondabeaulieu4633]

Old school no auto tune generation, you had it or your don’t! Donna Summer has an absolutely amazing voice and her beauty shines inside and out! ❤ continue down the rabbit hole from the 60’s to the early 90’s I promise no one will disappoint 🥰 also try out Elvis with his come back tour in 1978 The Ghetto and If I can dream… soooo many truly great and amazing artist back in the day! Thanks for sharing your reaction…❤ ps. It’s why us older folks say todays music will never compare and we absolutely miss many of these artist today God bless you young man 🙏🏻❤️

[@lingoman1]

There is a 17 minute version of this.

[@RaynorBear]

There are several mixes of this song. This video is using the album version mix, which is excellent, but.... it is the 7" single (45rpm) version that has the added "UMPH" that makes it a great dance tune, and I highly recommend checking it out. Here's the link... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqrFZZd5gM-iqdk . Also the 7" single has two different edits, a shorter edit on one side, and the longer edit on the other side, which is what the link goes to.

[@spookym123]

The version in this video isn't taken from the album full-length track. The beginning vocals are different from the album intro. I checked out the link and that's definitely an edit from the album and most likely the U.S. release. I believe the single version used here is the original one released in the Netherlands.

[@AAndromeda-lw7fh]

Donna ✨💎✨ is phenomenal!! The voice 🔥 unique!! … next song maybe “Bad Girls“?

[@michelescudero4838]

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[@surfersilver6610]

It was released in the Netherlands because it was a song about the Nether regions....it needed foreplay before further play around the world. 😉

[@steveasher5849]

I believe this was Donna's first big hit in the US.

[@jimmydaves]

Beyonce sampled this song in her hit "Naughty Girl". Amazing.

[@alliebasta7482]

The dude in white 😂😂😂😂😂😂 please please PLEASE make it stop 🤣🤣🤣

[@trishriley9681]

❤❤❤

[@Bakin13]

Bruh, you're watching the wrong video. I agree with you about these back up dancers in this video. They have no soul for this soulful, funk song. YOU MUST SEE HER ON AMERICAN BANDSTAND OR SOULTRAIN PERFORMING THE SONG IN 1976. Yes, it was banned in several countries. There is a very, very sexual 16+ minutes version that made her a star.

[@GrimrDirge]

This is sampled in Digital Underground's "Freaks of the Industry" off of their classic Sex Packets album.

[@michaeltaylor8835]

RIP Donna

[@Moongoddess3336]

Yessss my hometown girl!!!! Love her!

[@tiniselles]

Toppop was a Dutch music show. I watched it every Saturday evening 😊

[@sjbigdlc]

its "Top of the Pop" and it was in UK. everyone who had a hit performed on there

[@ronmesiona8105]

This song still has strong influences, as Beyonce sampled the title in her Naughty Girl song. I believe Donna Summer populated the world with this sensual song.

[@TheoriginalMach2000]

Hope one day you'll react to some of her old classic live videos. Macarthur park is the one you want to know. Donna hated to lipsynch and she hardly ever did

[@BeldonStanaford-gd5lq]

My Brother,, Im a Tasaligi,, half white man,, Im a 60's baby, fell inlove with this GODDESS along with EVERY MAN CHILD I knew way back.. My friend,,This song taught me what to listen for when i was with a Woman. She's UNBELIEVABLE!! SHE'S UNCOMPARABLE,, ESP LIVE!! SEXIEST WOMAN EVER!! THERE ISNT A MAN ALIVE FROM MY TIME THAT DIDNT DREAM ABOUT MISS DONNA. NOT A ONE!! I HAD MANY OF THOSE DREAMS ,,ESP AFTER HEARING, SEEING THE 16 MIN VERSION OF THIS. PEACE! 😊

[@RJ-oy7cq]

80's fashion and dancing is w ay diffee=rent than today...so hard to judge it by modern standards.

[@AP-gb3eh]

Do yourself a favor and get her greatest hits and play it in the car . That way you can groove alongj

[@stevefuller8771]

This was banned in several countries and some radio stations in the United States

[@cbreez40]

Nice one... do some Diana Ross

[@Bighjr88]

Try some Prince songs too.

[@andreasmith6528]

Thos backup dancers are soooooo distracting. I know this song, but I wasn't allowed to listen to it in the 70s. My sister and I had to sneak stuff like this. 🙂 Song rec: "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance. I sincerely think you will love it.

[@Bighjr88]

If you think this song sensual, go, listen to Minnie Riperton “Inside My Love” 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sjbigdlc]

this was a silly show that made her perform with all them chessy dancers. man if you can get a video of her singing it live (not a tv show) its a whole new performance. it does go with the song.

[@gerardovega8604]

Incredible voice! Dancers are there to distract from the moaning. MMBxMOB, you prob was made to this song.

[@jennifercrowe7399]

I heard that her mom was very upset and didn’t like this song

[@spookym123]

It's the guy in white dancing so close to Donna that I find distracting. If not for him I think the video would have been okay. He stands out like a sore thumb. A dorky, dancing, sore thumb.

[@qanugvabonecollector3945]

Probably one of her least imaginative performances

[@Mshighyellow]

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