Bill Dagg❌ (@Fuzzbert)
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"Last Dance" is a song by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer from the soundtrack to the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday. It was written by Paul Jabara, co-produced by Summer's regular collaborator Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Stephen Short, whose backing vocals are featured in the song. "Last Dance" became a critical and commercial success, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 51st Academy Awards, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 36th Golden Globe Awards, and the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 21st Annual Grammy Awards. The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. Chart (1978) Peak Position Australia 69 Canada 4 Netherlands 8 New Zealand 3 Spain 13 Sweden 16 UK 51 US 3 US Dance Club 1 #music https://youtu.be/55YCddMBlqA Donna Summer had a role in the film Thank God It's Friday as Nicole Sims, an aspiring singer who brings an instrumental track of "Last Dance" to a disco in hopes that the disc jockey Bobby Speed (Ray Vitte) will play the track and allow her to sing the song for her fellow patrons. After refusing throughout most of the film, Bobby eventually obliges Nicole, and her performance causes a sensation.