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"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.

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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 dance-rock
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)

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.

Composition

"The Wanderer" incorporates heavy new wave styled synth riffs and a shuffling beat. Vocally, it was a return to her understated 1975 debut sound - soft, whispery phrases were the norm in this song, taking on an almost Elvis Presley effect, instead of the power belt she had used often since her 1977 album Once Upon a Time and 1978 hit single "Last Dance".

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- [en] The Wanderer (Donna Summer song)

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[es] The Wanderer (canción)

«The Wanderer» (español: «El Vagabundo») es el primer sencillo del álbum homónimo de la cantante Donna Summer, lanzado en 1980. Después de consagrarse como la reina del disco en la década de 1970 bajo el sello Casablanca, Summer empezó a tener problemas en su vida personal y terminó rompiendo el contrato con la discográfica a inicios de 1980. Además, la música disco empezó a ser odiada por el público mientras el rock adquiría cada vez más popularidad. Finalmente firmó con Geffen Records, convirtiéndose en la primera artista del nuevo sello. Summer siguió trabajando con Giorgio Moroder y Pete Bellotte, sus antiguos colaboradores con quienes escribió gran parte de sus éxitos en la década pasada. El equipo Summer/Moroder/Bellotte ya había incorporado el rock en sus creaciones, entre ellas varias canciones del álbum Bad Girls de 1979, combinándolo con la música disco. El primer álbum de Summer bajo el sello Geffen fue The Wanderer, de estilo new wave y rock.

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[ru] The Wanderer (песня Донны Саммер)

«The Wanderer» (с англ. — «Странник») — песня американской певицы Донны Саммер, записанная для её одноимённого студийного альбома. Запись была выпущена на новом для певицы лейбле — Geffen; однако, несмотря на смену лейбла, с певицей работала привычная для неё команда в лице Джорджо Мородера и Пита Белотта, которая причастна к созданию большинству хитов Саммер.

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