Song · Donna Summer
“Last Dance” by Donna Summer
From the album Bad Girls (2003)
“Last Dance” by Donna Summer appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2005 and 2026. It was first released in 2003 on the album Bad Girls. Its best result is #29 on the WFPK Top 100 Party Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,264 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Last Dance" was Donna Summer's contribution to Thank God It's Friday, a 1978 film, and it handed her a disco hit with a trophy case to match. Paul Jabara wrote it, words and music, and her regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder produced it with Pete Bellotte. Stephen Short mixed the track and sings backup on it too.
Then the hardware piled up: the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, plus a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, while on the Hot 100 it climbed to number three in 1978. It was a hit with critics and buyers alike.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 29 | WFPK | WFPK Top 100 Party Songs | 100 |
| 2020 | 1371 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 734 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2026 | 817 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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