The Wanderer (Donna Summer song)

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"The Wanderer"
Single by Donna Summer
from the album The Wanderer
B-side	"Stop Me"
Released	September 11, 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	New wave[1]
Length	3:47
Label	Geffen Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Donna Summer Giorgio Moroder
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder Pete Bellotte
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Walk Away" (1980) "The Wanderer" (1980) "Cold Love" (1980)

"The Wanderer" is a song by American singer Donna Summer, released as the lead single from her 1980 eighth album of the same name, which was the first for her new label Geffen Records after recording her previous albums with Casablanca Records. Despite the label change, Summer continued to work with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, who had produced the majority of her hits in the late 1970s. However, it marks a change in style for The Queen of Disco, incorporating new wave styled synth riffs and a shuffling beat.

This first 45 from the album became a big hit for Summer in the United States, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks. and reaching number two in Cash Box magazine as well. It was Summer's eleventh single to sell over a million copies in the United States. In Canada, the song spent four weeks at number four. A 12" promotional single was issued, however, unlike all her Top 40 hits prior to this one it was not an extended version.