Donna Summer Tops the Billboard Charts

Donna Summer Tops the Billboard Charts

'I'm a Fire' Reaches #1 on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart

NEW YORK, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating four decades of milestones, DONNA SUMMER adds another accomplishment to her list with the recent success of "I'm A Fire." "I'm A Fire" has risen to #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts making it her 13th #1 single to top the club charts and her 19th #1 charting single across all charts. This is Donna's first #1 hit in almost 10 years. Donna Summer is the only artist to have had a #1 charting dance hit in every decade since the 1970's.

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"I'm A Fire" was remixed by several remixers including Solitaire, Craig C, Rod Carrillo, Redtop, Matty Soulflower and Baggi Begovic & Soul Conspiracy. The Rocasound original version is a track from Donna's upcoming CD Crayons which will be released on May 20 2008 on Sony BMG Music Entertainment's Burgundy Records. Crayons will be Donna's first album of all new material to be released in 17 years.

Containing a potent mix of the up-tempo tunes and ballads, the new album showcases incredible new material that is written by Donna (who wrote or co-wrote the majority of her hits of the 70's and 80's). Working with Donna are renowned writers and producers including: Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen, Pink), Danielle Brisebois (Natasha Bedingfield, New Radicals), JR Rotem (Sean Kingston, Rihanna), Toby Gad (Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield), Evan Bogart (co-writer of Rihanna's smash "SOS" and the son of legendary record executive, Casablanca Records founder and Donna's mentor, Neil Bogart), and Lester Mendez (Shakira, Santana).

   TRACK LIST        STAMP YOUR FEET       MR. MUSIC       CRAYONS featuring Ziggy Marley       THE QUEEN IS BACK       FAME (THE GAME)       SAND ON MY FEET       DRIVIN' DOWN BRAZIL       I'M A FIRE       SLIDE OVER BACKWARDS       SCIENCE OF LOVE       BE MYSELF AGAIN       BRING DOWN THE REIGN  

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Source: Sony BMG

CONTACT: Kristen Foster of PMK/HBH, +1-212-373-6104,
Kristen.Foster@pmkhbh.com; or Angela Barkan of Sony BMG, +1-212-833-8575,
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Web site: http://www.donnasummer.com/
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Profile: International Entertainment