Donna Summer – Supernatural Love (US 12″)

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1984

NEW 2023 Transfer
NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration!

Originally posted October 25, 2011

Spooky Season Spin  

“Supernatural Love” is the second single from Donna Summer’s 1984 Cats Without Claws album. The song released on October 23, 1984 by Geffen Records (US) and Warner Bros. Records (UK). It was written by Summer, Michael Omartian and Bruce Sudano, and produced by Omartian. The typically 1980s synthesized song was remixed for its release as a single and became a minor hit in the US. It was accompanied by a very colourful video again featuring Donna and husband Bruce Sudano as a star-crossed couple chasing each other through time when he is abducted by an evil enchantress—from the stone age into current 1980s New Wave, where Donna pursues the enchantress in order to save him.

While the single only peaked at #75 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, it fared better on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart at #39.

SIDE A:
Supernatural Love (Extended Dance Remix) 6:12
Remix – Juergen Koppers*

SIDE B:
Face The Music 4:14

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1984 Supernatural Love U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #75
1984 Supernatural Love U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #39
1984 Supernatural Love U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles #61

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records – 0-20273, Geffen Records – 9 20273-0 A
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synthpop

CREDITS:

NOTES:
From the LP “Cat’s Without Claws”

Buy the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK7
Cartridge/Stylus:  Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro Spin Acrylic Mat
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp:
Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
Tubes: Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7 ECC83/B759 Gold Pins Vacuum Tube – Matched Pair
DAC:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning
: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans
: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

**24bit FLAC Only Available For Seven Days!


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Pawel
Pawel
October 23, 2023 3:05 pm

The B-side is SO MUCH better than A-side! Thanks for yet another impeccable transfer. It sounds much better than official re-release.

Song and Dance
Song and Dance
October 21, 2023 5:57 am

Isn´t that one just one of those songs that put you in a good mood, makes you wanna dance and sing along? Works for me. 🙂

Have a great weekend, Paul and Jeff and everyone else around.

Chris
Chris
October 20, 2023 4:03 pm

Anyone else getting an “unable to extract” message on the 24-bit DL?

Chris
Chris
Reply to  Chris
October 20, 2023 4:04 pm

Never mind, I just kept clicking “continue” and five clicks later it opened. 😀

Chris
Chris
Reply to  Chris
October 20, 2023 4:05 pm

And… it opened with files of 0 bytes. :/ Not sure what’s going on – it’s an unpacker thing.

Chris
Chris
Reply to  Chris
October 20, 2023 4:06 pm

Got it to work finally – just ignore all this – I can’t figure out how to delete my comments.

Retro Hound
Retro Hound
October 20, 2023 2:35 pm

Love this song! From her underrated Cats Without Claws album. Tough to follow up a mega success like She Works Hard For The Money. I have your original transfer and looking forward to this new one! Great single that includes one of her rare non album b-sides. Thanks Paul and have a great weekend, you too Jeff and all the other kindred spirits here!

Jeff
Jeff
October 20, 2023 11:21 am

Thank you, Paul, for a new transfer of this song!! I myself can’t get enough of Ms. Summer. My Mom was particularly fond of her music too. So sad she is no longer with us.

Have a supernatural weekend, Paul, Song And Dance, Retro Hound, Martika, ING, Daniel and everyone else!!!

Jeff

ING
ING
October 20, 2023 11:16 am

Summer comma Donna.
The video sounds like a riot! I’m going to have to look it up!
Thanks!