The Wanderer
Donna Summer
1980
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1980
Release: 1980Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original short title recording retains its 1980 single date within the original album program.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1980.html, 1982.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
The Wanderer - original 1980 program and short title recording
The original ten-song album is dated 1980. Public distributor data retains the title recording's preceding September 1980 single date and approximately 3:47 program item. Anniversary remixes are not selected.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 1982: older return
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
A rock-influenced departure from Summer's disco sound.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1980.html, song-list position 82
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification; Style term found in imported, unverified source annotation
Owner-supplied 1980.html
Original list position 82; annual selection retained from supplied material, not independently corroborated.
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