Unconditional_Love_(Donna_Summer_song)
Unconditional Love (Donna Summer song)
1983 single by Donna Summer
"Unconditional Love" is the second single from Donna Summer's eleventh studio album, She Works Hard for the Money (1983). The song was released in August 1983 by Mercury Records. It was written by Summer and Michael Omartian, produced by Omartian. Though uncredited, it also features vocals by British reggae act Musical Youth, who had scored a Top 10 pop and R&B hit in the US with "Pass the Dutchie" earlier in 1983.
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The song peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #40 on the Cashbox chart,[1] though it performed significantly better on the R&B chart (reaching the Top Ten). In the UK, it became Summer's fourteenth Top 20 single, reaching a peak position of No.14.[2] The song also peak #26 in Spain Radio chart.[3]
Cashbox called the "purity and innocence" of the song "a bright departure [for Summers] and complete success."[4]
The song was edited from the original album version for its release on the 7" single format. The 12" single featured an extended remix clocking in at 5:20.