"Dinner with Gershwin"
Single by Donna Summer
from the album All Systems Go
B-side"Dinner with Gershwin (Instrumental)"
ReleasedAugust 1987
RecordedStudio 55, Los Angeles, 1987
GenreDance-pop, R&B
Length4:12 (7" version)
4:35 (LP version)
4:52 (Instrumental)
7:43 (Extended version)
LabelGeffen (U.S.)
Warner Bros. Records (Europe)
Songwriter(s)Brenda Russell
Producer(s)Richard Perry & Brenda Russell
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Eyes"
(1985)		 "Dinner with Gershwin"
(1987)		 "Only the Fool Survives"
(1987)
Music video
"Dinner with Gershwin" on YouTube

"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 Summer's first album of new material released in three years. The song was released in August 1987 by Geffen Records. "Dinner with Gershwin" returned Summer to the Billboard R&B Top Ten - at number 10 - for a final time but became the first lead single off a Donna Summer album of new material since 1978 to fall short of the Pop Top 40, peaking at number 48.

"Dinner with Gershwin" was better received on the UK charts entering the Top 30 in November 1987, with Summer's 19 November appearance on Top of the Pops - her first - assisting the track to a number 13 peak.

The song was edited from the original album version for its release as a single, and the 12" edition also contained an exclusive non-album track called "Tearin' Down the Walls."

Brenda Russell later recorded her own version of the song for her 1990 album Kiss Me with the Wind.

Track listing

7" - Geffen Records 7-28418 / Warner Bros. - 258 237-7
  1. "Dinner with Gershwin" – 4:12
  2. "Dinner with Gershwin (Instrumental)" – 4:52
12" - Warner Bros. U 8237 T
  1. "Dinner with Gershwin (Extended Version)" – 7:43
  2. "Dinner with Gershwin (LP Version)" – 4:35
  3. "Tearing Down the Walls" – 3:59
  • Also released as a picture disc (U 8237 TP)

Official Versions

  • Album Version (4:38)
  • 7" Version (4:12)
  • Extended Version (7:43)
  • Instrumental (4:52)
  • Special Edited Dance Mix (4:36)

Personnel

  • Donna Summer – lead vocals
  • Steve Lindsey – acoustic piano, synthesizers, organ, drum programming
  • Brenda Russell – additional synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Howie Rice – clavinet
  • Stanley Clarke – clavinet concept
  • Larry Klein – additional synthesizer programming, fretless bass
  • Donald Griffin – guitar
  • Collyer Spreen – percussion
  • Terral (Terry) Santiel – additional percussion
  • Gary Herbig – clarinet
  • Maxi Anderson – backing vocals
  • Bunny Hull – backing vocals
  • Joe Turano – backing vocals

Production Credits

  • Richard Perry – producer
  • Brenda Russell – associate producer
  • Glen Holguin – engineer, mixing
  • Jim Tract – mixing
  • Steve Peck – additional engineer
  • Ken Felton – second engineer
  • Scott Maddox – second engineer
  • Craig Miller – second engineer

Chart positions

Chart performance for "Dinner with Gershwin"
Chart (1987) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 39
Ireland (IRMA)[1] 13
Italy (Musica e dischi)[2] 23
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[3] 34
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 43
Spain (AFYVE)[5] 43
Spain Airplay (Los 40)[5] 19
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 13
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 48
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[8] 13
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[9] 16
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] 10

References

  1. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Donna Summer". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ↑ Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). ISBN 9781093264906.
  3. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Donna Summer" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Donna Summer – Dinner with Gershwin" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  6. ↑ "Donna Summer: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Donna Summer Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Donna Summer Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dance Singles Sales Chart for 24 October 1987". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Donna Summer Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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