MONO: “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer.

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THE SONG: I Feel Love.

WHO: Donna Summer.

WHY IT’S HOT: It is hard to underestimate the influence this ground-breaking, genre-shattering, technology-flaunting masterpiece. Everything from Donna Summer’s smoldering delivery to Giogio Moroder’s Moog Synthesizer is as good as gets, then and now. Play this song in a club and it hasn’t lost a beat. That’s because it foreshadowed the music world we exist in today. Disco. Deep house. Techno. Trance. Acid. Hip-Hop. Grime. It’s all there in little snippets. Possible Top 5 most influential songs ever, all genres included.

WANT MORE? “Acid Thunder” by Fast Eddie. You can hear the first bars of “I Feel Love” there.

WORDS: brice.

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