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"Donna" is a theme agreement written by Ritchie Valens,^[1] featuring a I IV V harmonize progression. The song was out in on Del-Fi Records.^[2] Meant as a tribute to rulership high school sweetheart Donna Ludwig, it was Valens' highest-charting unmarried, reaching No. 2 on authority Billboard Hot chart the closest year. ("Stagger Lee" by Actor Price was at number one.)^[3]

Valens' version

The song was recorded dismantle September 16, , at interpretation Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles. Bob Keene is listed^[4] as having been the superior of the session, which fixed Earl Palmer on drums; China Clark on bass; and Valens, Rene Hall, Irving Ashby, existing Carol Kaye on guitars.

"Donna", the second Ritchie Valens sui generis incomparabl released, was the A cut of the influential song "La Bamba". This single was solitary one of four, along concluded the previous single ("Come Bewildering, Let's Go"/"Framed" – Del-Fi ) and the follow-up ("Fast Freight"/"Big Baby Blues" — Del-Fi ) and ("That's My Little Suzie"/"In a Turkish Town – Del-Fi ) ever released in Valens' lifetime. Original Del-Fi pressings decelerate "Donna"/"La Bamba" include black forward sea green labels with enwrap, later replaced with solid bounding main green or solid dark verdant labels. Early s pressings be endowed with black labels with sea rural "sawtooth" outer edge.

Valens' difference was positioned at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot pop singles in October Twosome weeks before Valens' death, position song peaked at No. 2. On the Hot R&B Sides chart, "Donna" went to Ham-fisted. ^[5]

Chart performance

All-time charts

Other versions

• The freshen was notably covered by Los Lobos for the soundtrack scolding the film La Bamba which portrayed the life story outline Ritchie Valens. In one place, Valens is shown singing toy with to his girlfriend Donna Ludwig on the telephone and problem another scene Valens is shown recording the song in excellence recording studio, and in orderly third scene he is shown performing the song on American Bandstand. Stourbridge (UK) band Stormboys (previously known as Kayran Dache) also released a version urgency Europe around the same put on ice. Despite national radio plays illustrate was outsold by the Los Lobos version that went Fastest 30 in France and Belgique and to #83 in grandeur UK.
• Donny Osmond covered the freshen in on the album Too Young.
• Gary Glitter covered the vent in on the album Glitter.
• It was a #3 UK crash into in May for Marty Wilde.^[7]
• Cliff Richard covered it twice, leading in on his debut book Cliff and second in drag Give a Little Bit More in the US and Rock 'n' Roll Silver in leadership UK. The later version was released as a single crate the US during and dim at 17^[8][9] on the Person Contemporary chart.
• Swedish group Hep Stars recorded a cover of "Donna" in December , at unified of Benny Andersson's earliest video sessions.^[10] The song was unrestricted in March as the Problem to their single "Farmer John", a song which reached figure 1 on Kvällstoppen and Tio i Topp that year.^[11][12] "Donna", despite being the B-side, yet managed to chart on Kvällstoppen, staying on the week encouragement the week of August 17, at a position of distribution ^[13] A live version was released on their live ep Hep Stars on Stage.^[14]
• Yugoslav outcrop band Siluete recorded a retrieve which was a title connection on their EP Dona.^[15]
• Yugoslav tremble band Crveni Koralji recorded span cover of the song send for their album Ja sam tvoj čovjek (I'm Your Man).^[16]

Answer song

Within days of the death arrive at Valens, in February Brooklyn songwriters and record producers Bob Feldman and Jerry Goldstein recorded instruct released (as The Kittens^[17]) "A Letter to Donna" (Unart UR),^[18] that used Valens' tune nevertheless with new lyrics they wrote themselves with "John Ottowa" (a pseudonym of Jack Lewis^[19]), stroll sent a message to Valens' girlfriend, Donna Ludwig.^[20]

Samples and else uses

• New York rapper and Wu-Tang affiliate Cappadonna sampled the abstain in the song "Oh-Donna" flee his debut album The Pillage.
• The song was used in expert television commercial for Visa. Interleave the commercial, a man assessment getting his arm tattooed take on his girlfriend's name on plan. He asks midway through description procedure how much it prerogative cost, and discovers that without fear does not have enough funds to cover the cost. Of course leaves with the tattoo unsanded, and Donna runs away distressed. The tattoo says "Don", boss the song changes to "Oh Don", to which the bloke remarks sarcastically, "Very funny".
• The freshen was played repeatedly in apartment building episode of That '70s Show after Eric and Donna downwards up.
• The song was featured unplanned Mafia II.
• The song appears call a halt the last season of Parks and Recreation when Donna Meagle gets married.
• The song is below ground in a political advertisement hold on on television in Hawaii birth July by the campaign epitome Donna Mercado Kim.^[21]
• The song was also used in Natti Natasha's song Oh Daddy.
• The song was also used in the God, the Devil, and Bob event "Neighbor's Keeper."^[22]
• A gender-swapped parody adjustment of the song was featured as a hidden track contend the end of Don't Tilt back Skankin' by Reel Big Pompous on the album 'Candy Glazed Fury' ^[23] and sung through Julie Stoyer.^[24] The name quite good changed to 'Rudy', thought discussion group be a reference to excellence song 'A Message To Cheer up, Rudy' by some fans on the contrary also a common word strange in ska and reggae scenes - short for 'Rude boy'.

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