Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)

"Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)"
Single by Donna Summer
from the album Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits
ReleasedOctober 31, 1994 (1994-10-31)[1]
GenrePop, dance-pop, house
Length4:16
LabelMercury, Casablanca
Songwriter(s)Donna Summer, David Cole, Robert Clivillés, Joe Carrano
Producer(s)Donna Summer, Welcome Productions
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Carry On"
(1992) 		"Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)"
(1994) 		"Any Way At All"
(1994)
Music video
"Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" on YouTube

"Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer. It was released on October 31, 1994 by Mercury Records and Casablanca Records as a new track and the lead single for her 1994 hits compilation album, Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits. The song was written by Summer, David Cole, Robert Clivillés and Joe Carrano, and produced by Summer and Welcome Productions. It just missed the top 20 in the United Kingdom and was a top-40 hit in Belgium. The song was formed with several remixes and was her tenth number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.[2] In Australia, the single peaked at number 79 in December 1994.[3] It was awarded the ASCAP Dance Song of the Year prize in 1996.[4]

  1. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. October 29, 1994. p. 23.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 249.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. ^ "ASCAP Congratulates The Winners of the 1996 Rhythm & Soul" (PDF). Billboard. June 15, 1996. p. 10. Retrieved November 28, 2022.