Mistaken Identity is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on August 23, 1991, by Atlantic Records and Warner Bros. Records. A musical departure for Summer, Mistaken Identity was her last release under Atlantic Records, and The album was a commercial failure and failed to chart, although it reached number 97 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The lead single, "When Love Cries, entered Billboard Hot 100 at number #77, but the second and final single "Work That Magic" failed to chart in the US.

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Mistaken Identity
Studio album by Donna Summer
Released	August 23, 1991
Recorded	November 1990–May 1991
Studio	Unique (New York City)
Genre	Dance-pop soul urban new jack swing R&B
Length	54:59
Label	Atlantic (United States) Warner Bros. (Europe)
Producer	Keith Diamond
Donna Summer chronology
Another Place and Time (1989) Mistaken Identity (1991) The Donna Summer Anthology (1993)
Singles from Mistaken Identity
"When Love Cries" Released: August 12, 1991 "Work That Magic" Released: November 18, 1991

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]

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Since making her name as the biggest female star of the disco era in the 1970s, Summer had experimented with different musical genres throughout the 1980s with varying degrees of success. For Mistaken Identity, Summer adopted a more urban style.

The album was not a commercial success and failed to chart on both the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart. However, it spent a single week on the US Billboard R&B Albums chart, at #97.^[4]

The first single released from the album, "When Love Cries", peaked at #77 on the US Billboard Hot 100^[5] and #18 on the Billboard R&B charts.^[6] "Work That Magic" was released as the second and final single in the United Kingdom and reached #74 in the UK Singles Chart.^[7]

• Donna Summer – lead vocals (1-10, 12), backing vocals (1-6, 8, 9, 10), rap (4), all vocals (11)
• Keith Diamond – keyboards (1-10, 12), rap (2), string arrangements (5, 7)
• Paul Chiten – keyboards (1)
• Eve Nelson – keyboards (2, 3, 4, 6), string arrangements (5, 7), acoustic piano solo (6), acoustic piano (7, 12), additional keyboards (8)
• Anthony Smith – backing vocals (5, 6, 8, 9, 10), keyboards (10), "intro madness" (10)
• Vince Lawrence – keyboards (11)
• Joe Taylor – guitars (1, 7), additional guitars (2, 4)
• Vicki Genfan – guitars (2)
• Rafe Van Hoy – guitars (3)
• Little Axe – guitars (4, 9, 10)
• Paul Pesco – acoustic guitar (5), guitars (7)
• Dave Resnik – guitar "vibe" (11)
• Ira Siegel – guitars (12)
• Carl James – rap (2), bass (7, 12)
• Kaydee – ethnic drums (1), percussion (1, 5), rap (2), "assorted funkiness" (2, 11), drums (9), "intro madness" (10)
• Joe Hornoff – drums (4)
• J.T. Lewis – drums (5, 7, 12)
• O.C. Rodriguez – additional drums (9)
• Bob Conti a.k.a. Bob "Mr. Shaker" Conti^[8][9] – percussion (2, 5, 10)
• Danny Wilensky – saxophone (2, 7)
• Steven McLoughlin – "on a Harley D" (2)
• The 'Heart' Strings (Ann Labin, Cathy Metz, Suzanne Ornstein, Sally Schumway and Suzie Schumway) – strings (5, 7)
• Mary Ellen Bernard – backing vocals (1-4)
• Susan Macke – backing vocals (1-4)
• Gene Miller – backing vocals (1-4)
• Neil Thomas – rap (4)
• Tracy Amos – backing vocals (5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
• Sabelle Breer – backing vocals (5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
• Cliff Dawson – backing vocals (5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
• Craig Derry – backing vocals (5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
• Lauren Kinhan – backing vocals (5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
• Yogi Lee – backing vocals (5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
• Biti Straughn – backing vocals (5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
• The McClendon Choir – backing vocals (12)