Day 467 - Donna Summer (ft. Matthew Ward) - Love Has a Mind of It's Own

467. Donna Summer (ft. Matthew Ward) - Love Has a Mind of It's Own

From the album She Works Hard for the Money
(Mercury, 1983)

"Donna Summer's brassy, matter-of-fact mezzo does not play the sexy sanctified diva, and her musicians' crisp, loud beats don't evoke rapture or delirium. Instead, she and her rhythm men live up to the title of She Works Hard for the Money. Here's praise for a waitress' 12-hour workday that sums up Summer's own post-dance queen job status, as well as disco fans' own spotlighted lives and maintains the pressure, from the steel-and-synth riffs of Stop, Look & Listen to the impatient tenderness of People, People. No one writes about love with as mesmeric a sense of wonder as Summer confesses in Love Has a Mind of Its Own, Unconditional Love, and I Do Believe (I Fell in Love). (source: AllMusic.com)

Love Has a Mind of It's Own was the fourth hit single from the album but should have done much better than it did. It still peaked at #19 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, but only reached #70 on the Hot 100. Here is the original studio released video for the song: