"The Hostage" is a song by American singer
Donna Summer from her debut studio album, Lady of the Night (1974), which was released exclusively in the
Netherlands.[2] The track was written by
Giorgio Moroder and
Pete Bellotte, with the latter also serving as producer. It was issued as a
7-inch single in Europe and Asia in 1974,[3] later being included in the German and French versions of Summer's 1975 album Love to Love You Baby.[4] In the lyrics, Summer plays a wife whose husband is kidnapped.[5][6] By 1978, The Hostage has sold 500,000 copies.[7]
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