Dinner with Gershwin
| "Dinner with Gershwin" | ||||
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| Single by Donna Summer | ||||
| from the album All Systems Go | ||||
| B-side | "Dinner with Gershwin (Instrumental)" | |||
| Released | August 7, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Studio 55 (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
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| Length | 4:12 (7" version) 4:35 (LP version) 4:52 (Instrumental) 7:43 (Extended version) | |||
| Label | Geffen (U.S.) Warner Bros. Records (Europe) | |||
| Songwriter | Brenda Russell | |||
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"Dinner with Gershwin" is a song by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. The song was written by singer Brenda Russell and produced by Russell and Richard Perry. It was released on August 7, 1987 as the lead single from Summer's 13th studio album All Systems Go (1987) by Geffen Records (US) and Warner Bros. Records (UK).
Despite its parent album receiving mixed receptions, "Dinner with Gershwin" was reviewed as a standout from All Systems Go. The song gave Summer her final top ten hit on the Hot R&B Singles chart, peaking at number ten and was her first top ten on the R&B chart since 1983's "Unconditional Love". Despite that, the song became her first lead single since 1978 to miss the top forty on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 48. The song was a bigger hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 13 in that country.
The song was edited from the original album version for its release as a single, and the 12" edition also contained an exclusive non-album song called "Tearin' Down the Walls." Brenda Russell later recorded her own version of the song for her 1990 album Kiss Me with the Wind.