The Ultimate Collection
Compilation album by Donna Summer
Released	2003
Recorded	1974–1999
Genre	Pop, rock, disco, R&B
Label	CCM/ Universal Music
Donna Summer chronology
Live & More Encore (1999) The Ultimate Collection (2003) The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer (2003)

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The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits three-CD compilation of recordings by American singer Donna Summer released in the Netherlands in early 2003.

Unlike most of Summer's compilations, the 32-bit remastered Ultimate Collection includes the 16-minute album version of her breakthrough hit, " Love to Love You Baby, the original 12" versions of " Theme from The Deep (Down Deep Inside)", " Last Dance", " Hot Stuff", " Bad Girls", the original album or single versions of her biggest hits as well as the early European singles " The Hostage" and " Lady of the Night".

Disc three contains live recordings from the 1978 album Live and More alongside a selection of rarities such as the 1990s remixes of " I Feel Love" and " State of Independence" and the full-length album versions of the 1979 duet " No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" with Barbra Streisand and " Je t'aime... moi non plus" from the 1978 soundtrack Thank God It's Friday.

An anomaly on this compilation is the heavily edited version of Summer's disco landmark " I Feel Love" appearing on disc one. While the original six-minute album–single version has been included on a number of other career retrospectives, on the otherwise exhaustive three-disc Ultimate Collection the track is for some reason only three minutes eleven seconds in length.

The Ultimate Collection, packaged in a double gatefold cardboard sleeve - although usually listed as a box set, was released by the Dutch label CCM, a subsidiary of Universal Music Holland. CCM has previously issued similar three-CD Ultimate Collections by artists like Grace Jones, Barry White, Diana Ross, Kool & The Gang, Dusty Springfield and others.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. " The Hostage" - ( Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder) - 4:16
2. " Lady of the Night"(Bellotte, Moroder) - 3:58
3. " Love to Love You Baby" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Donna Summer) – 16:50
4. "Full of Emptiness" (Bellotte, Moroder) – 2:22
5. " Could It Be Magic" (Album Version) (Anderson, Manilow) – 5:15
6. " Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" (Single Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:46
7. " Spring Affair" (Single Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:02
8. "Winter Melody" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 6:31
9. " I Feel Love" (Edit) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 3:11
10. " Theme From The Deep (Down Deep Inside)" (12" Version) ( Barry, Summer) - 6:07
11. " I Remember Yesterday" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:36
12. " Love's Unkind" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:07
13. " Back in Love Again" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 3:14
14. " I Love You" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer" - 4:41
15. " Rumour Has It" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 4:54

Disc 2

1. " Last Dance" (12" Version/ Thank God It's Friday Album Version) (Jabara) - 8:09
2. " MacArthur Park" (Promotional 12" Mix) (Webb) - 6:25
3. " Hot Stuff" (12" Mix) Bellotte, Faltermeyer, Forsey) - 6:46
4. " Bad Girls" (Album Version) (Esposito, Hokenson, Sudano, Summer) - 4:56
5. " Dim All the Lights" (Single Version) (Summer) - 4:23
6. " Sunset People" (Album Version) (Bellotte, Faltermeyer, Forsey) - 6:24
7. " On The Radio" (Long Version) (Moroder, Summer) - 5:50
8. " The Wanderer" (Moroder, Summer) - 3:45
9. " State of Independence" (Album Version) (Anderson, Vangelis) - 5:49
10. " Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" (Jones, Ross, Temperton) - 4:19
11. " The Woman in Me" ( John Bettis, Michael Clark) – 3:55
12. " She Works Hard for the Money" (Album Version) (Omartian, Summer) - 5:18
13. " Dinner with Gershwin" (Russell) - 4:39
14. " This Time I Know It's For Real" (Aitken, Stock, Summer, Waterman) - 3:37
15. " Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" (Carrano, Clivilles, Cole, Summer) - 4:15

Disc 3

1. "Love to Love You Baby" (Live Version - From Live & More, 1978) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 3:29
2. "Last Dance" (Live Version - From Live & More, 1978) (Jabara) - 5:51
3. " Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" (With Giorgio Moroder) ( Thank God It's Friday Album Version) ( Serge Gainsbourg) - 15:45
4. " Heaven Knows" (Featuring Brooklyn Dreams) ( On the Radio Album Edit) (Bellotte, Moroder, Summer) - 3:32
5. " No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Duet With Barbra Streisand) (On the Radio Album Version) (Jabara, Roberts) - 11:46
6. " Unconditional Love" (With Musical Youth) (Album Version) (Omartian, Summer) - 4:43
7. "State of Independence" (Anderson, Vangelis) (New Radio Millennium Mix - 1996 Remix) - 5:00
8. "I Feel Love" ( Masters At Work 86th St Mix - 1995 Re-recording) - 6:09
9. " I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)" (Quarantotto, Sartori, Summer) - 4:10

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