Dim All the Lights
Donna Summer | Artist Essentials
First released: 1979 (year verified)
Original 1979 full album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The extended vocal opening provides a striking contrast with the rhythm that follows.
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First released: 1979 (year verified)
The full production belongs to the original 1979 album, before its 1980 annual carryover.
Recording: Original 1979 full album recording
Credit: Donna Summer
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Bad Girls
Giorgio Moroder - Bad Girls original album program
The producer dates the album to 1979 and identifies the full Hot Stuff, Bad Girls, Dim All the Lights and Sunset People album tracks. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
The selected full Bad Girls album production appeared in 1979. The actual 1979/1980 annual rows share one recording ID without edition metadata, so their link to this full cut remains provisional.
Giorgio Moroder - Bad Girls original album program
The producer dates the album to 1979 and identifies the full Hot Stuff, Bad Girls, Dim All the Lights and Sunset People album tracks. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
About Donna Summer
Donna Summer was a Boston-born singer and songwriter whose early church singing and European musical-theater work preceded her recording career. In Munich she developed a partnership with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, combining expressive vocals with extended disco arrangements and electronic rhythms. Her late-1970s records also drew on rock, soul and orchestral pop. Subsequent albums explored new wave, R&B and contemporary dance production, with studio work continuing through Crayons in 2008.
Artist background sources
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Donna Summer induction essay by Harry Weinger
Career history supporting the Boston and church background, European musical theater, Munich partnership, stylistic range and later recording work through Crayons. No song-inspiration, sales-total, chart-record or present-day claim is made. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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