Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” was a part of her fifth album, I Remember Yesterday. The project was conceptual and it combined sounds of the past (’40s and ’50s) with contemporary disco and a musical direction for the future. Longtime collaborators Giorgio Moroder and producer Pete Bellotte co-wrote the song with Summer. The three of them had already made history together on previous works like “Love To Love You Baby” and “Spring Affair.” “I Feel Love” was another moment of innovation thanks to Moroder’s genius use of synthesizers and Summer’s sensual and mystical cooing, which was a pathway to techno and house music.
Moroder gave credit to Robby Wedel for showing him how to use a click track when creating with the Moog synthesizer borrowed from Wedel’s boss, classical composer Eberhard Schoener. “I Feel Love” was a force that dominated the disco genre and influenced David Bowie, Brian Eno, The Human League, and so many other artists. Eno even told Bowie that “I Feel Love” would change the sound of dance music for the next 15 years. The song was number one in four countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, and The Netherlands. In the United States it was a Top Ten hit and played heavily in clubs. The Library of Congress added “I Feel Love” to the National Recording Registry in 2011. On December 15, 2025 Summer was posthumously inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame.
