Vocals in one take???? ONE TAKE??? Mercy. Thank you @Polyphonic

Donna Summer is probably the only artist who reminded me of my mother. I used to call my mom "My Donna Summer" when I was little, and that used to flatter her. She was just that glamorous to me. I lost my mom in 2019, so maybe the two of them have met by now. Anyway, thank you for this episode. Donna Summer was a magnificent artist.

I work w a bunch of 20-somethings and one day I was in charge of the music played at work. I put on my Disco playlist and when "I Feel Love" came on, all of them stopped immediately and were enthralled with what they were hearing. They all thought it was a new track and I let them think so for a while. They were all grooving heavily to this song. When it ended, they wanted to know who it was and they thought I was kidding when I told them that the song is as old as their grandmothers. After I showed them, they were blown away and wanted more Donna Summer. My work that day was complete. I was a teenager when this song came out, and it would put me in a hypnotic trance that allowed me to do dance moves that I did not know I could do. It still does.

You know Donna was much more than disco if you listened to her albums across the decades.

The most important thing is, it still bangs. You'll always be able to play it in clubs.

The song still sounds fresh. I didn't know about the context of it being the "future" song on that concept album. That's a trip.

I love this series on disco. Today’s music owes a debt of gratitude to the 70’s and I’m so glad it’s being recognized in spite of those that in the 80s sought to make Disco disappear.

That one of the creators thought you couldn't dance to it is just mind-blowing to me. I Feel Love is not just a song you can dance to but THE song you dance to.

Okay nobody kill me but being born in the 2000s and not knowing much of disco at all or it’s history Beyoncé’s Naughty Girl introduced me to look further into Donna and her amazing discography. Beautiful that she tributes her tracks again almost two decades later with Summer Renaissance. I love musical references . The synth & riff of the original track is a true beast and evident in its impact. Donna Summers Legend 💜 Great video!!

Donna Summer & the Italian composer Giorgio Moroder changed the sound of disco

I've been listening to "Bad Girls" lately by Donna Summer and whew, what a record that is as well. The first few rockier songs like Hot Stuff and Bad Girls slap hard, some of the best pop songs of all time, then she dips back into disco and nails it yet again, goes through some lovely midtempos (maybe a few too many) and then BAM the last few songs. Our Love basically became Blue Monday, which is incredible. Lucky comes dangerously close to outright dream pop, and Sunset People is one of the best finishes to an album I've ever heard. I can't believe I didn't know that much about Donna and her crew of amazing groundbreaking producers until the last few years. I used to think Madonna and Michael Jackson were the true pop pioneers, but I was so wrong. Donna is every 80's artist who came after her all rolled into one.

until today the most original and modern dance pop song comes from 1976, and it is still being underrated. I feel love, a masterpiece of electronic dance music!

She will always be THE QUEEN OF DISCO:-) Thank You Ms. Summer...Your beauty and artistry taken from US ALL WAY TOO SOON. Rest in Peace :-)

It’s one of those songs that split the music in two….before and after. Epic!

I Feel Love is the greatest dance track of all time.

Such a great song. Rest In Power, Donna Summers.

"I needed him because even if I'd owned one I wouldn't have been able to get any sound out of it" the magic of music is that it's the result of many minds working together to make something beautiful. I love your videooos

Funk is honestly so underrated & how important it is for music in modernity. A major influence to many Hiphop, Edms genres, Rhythm & Blues, SOUL, Afrobeat, and more (Disco is a type of Funk subgenre, reason why I used Funk instead of Disco)

Can't thank you enough for this piece. ♥ Though she was seventeen years my senior, Donna grew up in the same part of Boston where I was born and went to college. I'll never forget the affinity I had for her when this 'local' girl gone international wallpapered the radio and clubs - however I was only 12-13 years old at the time of its release, I created my first (handwritten) magazine that was all xeroxes of photo clippings from Rolling Stone and Trouser Press. Years later I'd become a critic/music journalist for nearly thirty years. Ebbs, flows...Wow, memories free-flowing....

I remember being transfixed by this song as a kid in the 70’s. It was practically hypnotic to me and started me on a lifelong love for Donna Summer. The song “Chase” from the movie “Midnight Express” was an excellent follow up by Moroder and also had a large impact at the time.

I remember I feel love…Heard it so much as a little girl. It was hypnotic and you felt like you were in a trance when you listened to it. It truly changed music

Donna Summer is an absolute legend!! The indisputable queen of disco. So many great songs in many styles. One of the greatest female singers of all times. Whitney Houston and Beyoncé certainly drank from her fountain. Listen to some of her tracks and crank up up at Mac Arthur Park for exemple. Pure magic!! Thank you Donna for so much great music you gave us!

This song is so EPIC that even if you detest disco, you love this song xoxo Donna Summer and her mesmerizing voice

I remember when I was little thinking she was singing "Happy love"

That song still sounds fresh today!

Great video. I'm a massive Bowie, Kraftwerk, Eno, Donna Summer fan. I can clearly remember first hearing this track being played on BBC Radio 1 in 1977. It took everyone by surprise. Until that point all electronic music had been either completely instrumental or had a mechanical robotic vocal. This broke the mould- it blew the doors and the roof off. The electronic precision of the music was counterbalanced by an ethereal voice of a Goddess. It was unique. The record quickly climbed to the No1 spot in the UK where it remained for a month. Surprisingly it was Donna's only No1 UK hit. Just as surprisingly it failed to top the Us Billboard Hot 100 or the Billboard Disco charts! It has of course gone on to become an important iconic track that still sounds futuristic today almost 50 years after it was released. It is also a Gay classic. It has been covered many times- Jimmy Sommerville and Sam Smith being two notable artists who managed UK hits with their versions.

You know a video about music is going to be good when it starts with David Bowie and Brian Eno

This was great - Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, an icon who influenced modern pop music - especially female pop stars - and somewhat hardly ever mentioned. I highly recommend Donna Summer's On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II.

I´ve always thought it´s amazing how this song, still to this day, sounds like the future, definitely THIS song is the sound of the future.

Four Seasons of Love is just so fantastic. It’s short and sweet but ever song HITS! Highly recommend for anyone who has not listened.

I got my first stereo for Christmas in 1977 and to this day remember hearing “I Feel Love” in my headphones and being totally blown away.

Great voice and a stunningly beautiful woman! God rest her soul!

My two favorite disco songs are Love Hangover by Diana Ross and I Feel Love by Donna Summer. I was a teen when they were released and I’ve never gotten sick of them. I still play them loud. Very informative video. Great job.

One of my favorite songs. Even as a kid, I thought it was a song of the future. My background, my parents met in the 70s. My dad was a big disco fan. My dad's first-anniversary gift to my mom was the mini disco ball which my mom had it hanging in her car. My dad got rid of his afro until 1990.

I'm so glad that I was alive during this time. I had the 8 track for this.

I also heard that I Feel Love changed pop music by making their songs longer. It wouldn’t had happened if it wasn’t for the large vinyls laying in the studio.

When I was 5 years old, my aunt asked me what albums I wanted , and I requested and received KISS Alive and Donna Summer’s Greatest Hits. All of my life, I’ve wished I was 21 in 1978 and could have experienced Studio 54 and other discos. 46 years later, I’m still loving this song and celebrating Donna Summer when I listen to Beyoncé’s ‘Summer Renaissance ‘ and appreciate how the music of the late 70’s influence ‘Renaissance ‘ as one of my favorite albums ever. 💖💃🏻

Her revolutionary history is something we can all appreciate today. In the 70s I didn't really care for "I feel love" because it was more hypnotic than dance, but it was fun to listen to. Her career was based around sex, but her qualities were her vocal range and tones. What was key was her ability to crossover to White audiences, that's why they wanted to stop her by killing Disco. Her voice was untamable and crossed barriers. She made you hunger to hear her next note and She delivered it with a bang. I miss her duets too. When she would hold notes as crisp and clear as Streisand, you know this woman was unappreciated and unpaid for her contributions. Thank you for giving her her due.

the Blue Man Group at the O2 version of 'I feel love', fronted by Annette Strean from Venus Hum, is one of the most electrifying performances of any pop song I have ever seen

No fkn way! One take? Insane! Truly the queen

What a way to Start your new year of Polyphonic content.

R.I.P. Donna Summer.

Wow! I can’t believe Donna Summer’s song was the inspiration for the whole New Wave movement in the 80’s!😱😃👍✨💖✨

Polyphonic you do amazing work, dead on it every time and you keep us guessing, I’ve always felt that “I Feel Love” was futuristic and was a forerunner the the futuristic sounds of pop music but was more hypnotic than any song I’ve heard in the history of Popular music, and the promo video for it was even more hypnotic, when I heard and saw it the first time I never forget how it all but put me in a trance, it’s in a class by itself because it has that same effect on anyone who hears it, a true watershed moment in music history. Job well done sir💯✊🏾❤️😊

Even wit all of The Moogs and electronics, The recording equipment was all analog. So if one note or part of Donna Summer's vocals was off, it all had to be done again from the start. But ONE TAKE? Words fail me. That is incredible.

I remember how amazing this song sounded in 1977. That's a great story.

I heard "I Feel Love" played at Stereo in Montreal in the mid 2000s. It blew my mind hearing it on such a great sound system.

Always a good day when poly uploadd

A timeless song that sounds as fresh today as it did in 77

Thank you for this heartfelt and detailed tribute to Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder. I remember the first time I heard, “I feel love,” was at a 16+ nonalcohol bar and small Dancefloor in the San Fernando Valley, called the sugar shack. I was swept up and transfixed, and I was lucky enough to see Donna Summer live in performance at the Universal City amphitheater at a time when it didn’t have a roof it was an open air amphitheater. This was on her “bad girls “tour, I don’t know anybody who is sitting doing that concert. She and the girls really rocked it with sets from the album. We owe Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder a lot, especially all the wonderful hours of joy dancing to their amazing music.

Long Live The Queen of Disco! 🪩

i had no idea the vocals were done in one take!

that story about david bowie and brian eno discovering that song is legendary. "i have discovered the future!!!" and bowie was like "well then put it on darling!" eno was like "listen to those drums! that sound! this is amazing!"

Yep. 100% agree with all this. I still remember the first time listening to it. Something above and beyond anything else at the time.

Donna is the TRUTH. Artistic excellence 👑😍🙌🏽❤️

1977 - such an amazing year in music and movies

I LOVE DONNA Summers. I Feel Love was/is the BOMB! GREAT SONG. Excellent narration too. Good job buddy. You brought the story of how the song was made to a lot of fans. Thank you.👍❤️🇺🇲

Certain songs really speak to an age. When I hear “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer or “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” by Sylvester I really feel the spirit of that time.

This is the song I saw Donna Summer on my very first time on a TV Show called Midnight Special sometime back in 1977, I was 8 years old and fell in love with her wishing that I could become as beautiful as she is, was and forever will be ❤️💋 RIP 👑

Fascinating and informative as always. Donna Summer was the first singer whose music I fell in love with as a 7 year old kid.

That was one wonderful video that took me back in time and told the story behind it. Thank you so much.

Giorgio Moroder touched so many peoples careers. Donna was his main girl, but what's interesting is a little later Bowie would team up with him doing "Putting Out Fire" for the movie Cat People. On another thought, I always felt the tune "Chase" from the movie soundtrack for 'Midnight Express' was a sibling composition of "I Feel Love"...very different, yet so similar ! The list of bands that Moroder touched is much longer than just a couple of hit makers. The whole New Wave movement was born from it's father Moroder. So much so, this topic deserves it's own video. Thanks for a great posting !

This song is a masterpiece

I couldn't agree more. 'I feel love' and 'Blue Monday' by New Order are the songs that changed music forever

I was in High School. I remember this was life changing

Brilliant, as usual. Thank you!

LOVE this rundown! And track💋

another superb video, man, well done!

Thank you for your great information and Donna's influence on music. She is so underrated.

I remember back in the day when this song came out. At the time, not a fan, but over the years, I've come to really like it. Probably because it reminds me of the good old days.

so good! thank you thank you. I always felt this song was special so this was a wonderful gift.

Thank you so much. Amazing! ❤

Great video of the only QUEEN !!!

Thank you very much for the upload.

Forgot this was a Valentine's day drop until the end. Well done!

What an incredibly amazing video! Man, you are really talented at this!

this video is pure gold now we do know why it was and still is an out-of-body experience... goose bumps all over every time it plays again... THANK YOU!!!

Love this. Thank you.

Great as always 💚

Thank you for covering this for us all including today’s youth and everyone really. As a teenager in the 70s who danced and listened intensely to the Amazing Donna Summer & her Amazing Groundbreaking Music I’m glad you are shedding light on where Modern Music all begun. Donna’s music was out of this world when we heard her then. 49 years later we know that it truly paved the way for the likes of Beyoncé, Madonna, Mariah, Gaga, Janet J, Rihanna, Human League, New Order, Cher, and even Australian Kylie Minogue who idolizes her. She’s unmatched, irreplaceable, tge overall Queen 🪄⚡️🔥☄️💫💎💎💎👑👑👑❤️🙏🏾

Just finished watching the HBO documentary. What a fantastic woman and artist, she never ceases to amaze me.

There was another electronic album in 77 released with Midnight shift and Now I need you by Donna Summer, those are also amazing.

My favorite content creator made a video about my favorite song of all time? This is fantastic.

In 1977 I was 14 years old. I clearly remember this song hitting the radio with fury during this glorious summer in Montreal. It was a game changer. First time I watched your channel, and you got a new subscriber!! Great job in depicting her and the background of this timeless classic!

I totally LOVE your work. You even make me appreciate songs and artists I may have only a passing interest in. Thank you.

I just found your page as I was curious about disco this morning (as one usually is) and MY FRIEND you are killing it with these videos! I was so inspired by what you were saying at the end of this one, about their love lasting forever like the driving beat. I can't wait to check out your other stuff. Thank you for also supporting lesser known artists! 💜💜💜

Great vid! 🙂

What many people don't realize is that Brian Eno was successful artist who was known for "New Age" - a "futuristic" sound that was especially popular in the 70s and 80s. It's been said that the sound you hear when Microsoft Windows starts up was written by him (for lots of $$$). For him to say that "I Feel Love" was "the sound of the future" is the supreme compliment.

Yo this fire 🔥🔥

Wow. Your insights and writing are so right and beautiful. This is the best contextualization of Donna’s and Giorgio Moroder’s music that I’ve seen anywhere. Kudos. I’ve heard and read countless articles and videos about I Feel Love but you did an exceptional job at explaining how painstakingly and miraculously it came to be. Love Donna & Giorgio forever! Thank you!

Donna Summer is the music biopic we deserve

great vid !

Thanks for making this video. This mind blowing track still gives me chills and an adrenaline rush every single time I play it. I still have my 12" single that's 14 minutes long. This track is 🔥🔥🔥🛼🛼

Thank you for helping me discover a new found respect for Donna Summer. I'm not a club person and I have always ignored '70s disco music. You provided connective tissue to one of my favorite musical genres... new wave... thank you for that! I bet you could make a fantastic documentary about Negativland (who came on the scene at the same time as the rise of new wave) and I would love to see that some day.

Awesome video. I was a teenager when this came out, and I understood nothing about music. I liked this song for reasons I could not identify. Hearing the first opening seconds now, with the robotic disco precision relentlessly driving towards something you know is going to be important, brings back a flood of memories. I never thought much about it, but now hearing your narrative, every word rings true. Thanks for re-opening my eyes and ears!

That beat is hypnotic…still gets the blood pumping today!

I and the fans appreciate you acknowledging the greatness of Donna Summer. Donna was truly amazing.

Excellent work. I Feel Love changed the course of Pop Music.

One of my favorite singers ever, such a shake she's passed away a few years ago, she delivered so many fresh and good songs

Amazing analysis 🧡