Giorgio Moroder And Others Talk Donna Summer & Giorgio’s 10 Big Music Moments: Interview

2. “Last Dance” by Donna Summer (1978) Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” has somehow always managed to make bittersweet situations seem a bit more euphoric, whether it be the bust-up of a romantic relationship or closing time during a great night out at the local dive. The Academy Award-winning track, co-produced by Moroder and Bob Esty, is notable for starting out as a ballad before launching into a giddy disco delight. It originally appeared in the film Thank God It’s Friday.

Ironically, the cheeseball disco movie starred a teenage Terri Nunn, who would later go on to become the frontwoman of Berlin — a band that recorded the Giorgio Moroder-produced songs “No More Words” and “Take My Breath Away.”

Nunn explains, “I had a little part in [Thank God It’s Friday], and Giorgio had just done Donna’s album. He came on set one of the days we were working. I was beside myself. [Donna] was amazing to me. I wasn’t even close to a music career at that point… So I was looking at this whole world like, oh my god — what I would do to work with someone like him and have a voice like her and have a career like that. And he kind of looked at me like, whatever! I was just a 16-year-old idiot who pranced around in a little ‘70s skirt looking like a disco kid.”