Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder (2007)

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (born April 26, 1940 in Ortisei in Val Gardena , South Tyrol ) is an Italian music producer and composer .

Moroder is known as the “ dance music godfather” with his music composed mainly on the synthesizer . Together with Donna Summer and Pete Bellotte , he developed modern dance music into a new idea of ​​international pop .

With songs like Love to Love You Baby (Donna Summer), I Feel Love (Donna Summer), On the Radio (Donna Summer), Call Me ( Blondie ) or Cat People (Putting Out Fire) ( David Bowie ), for which he wrote and produced the music, he became a star producer in the 1970s and 1980s with hits worldwide and over 100 gold and platinum records. With him as producer of the album Bad Girls and the singles Hot Stuff and Bad Girls , Donna Summer became the most successful woman in the hit parades in 1979 in Germany and 1979 and 1980 in the USA, and Blondie's Call Me became the most successful song of 1980 in the USA UNITED STATES. It won four Grammys from 1983 to 2013 and three Oscars from 1978 to 1986 , for the soundtrack at 12 o'clock at night - Midnight Express , the first electronic soundtrack to win an Oscar for the movie song Flashdance… What a Feeling ( Irene Cara ) from the film Flashdance and for the film song Take My Breath Away ( Berlin ) from the film Top Gun - You fear neither death nor the devil . He also composed the official Olympic song Reach Out (Paul Engemann) for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the official Olympic song Hand in Hand ( Koreana ) for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and for the 1990 World Cup in Italy the official song Un'estate italiana ( Gianna Nannini and Edoardo Bennato ).

biography

Giorgio Moroder at the Melt! Festival 2015 .

Coming from a Ladin family, Moroder , called "Hansjörg" by his mother, grew up in Val Gardena in three languages ​​( Ladin , German and Italian ). He also speaks English as a foreign language. He started playing guitar as a teenager and toured Europe with bands from the age of 19. He started his career in the Aachen Scotch Club . From 1967 onwards he concentrated on songwriting and composing. Among other things, he wrote a hit for Ricky Shayne with Michael Holm . In 1969 he was quite successful as "Giorgio" with the bubblegum number Looky, Looky in the French, Italian and Spanish charts. Even then, Moroder was interested in music production, especially in the new electronic innovations of those years. In 1970 he produced the first German-language hit in which a synthesizer was used: Arizona Man in the version by Mary Roos climbed to number nine in the charts. In early 1971 he bought a Moog synthesizer . His next and first bigger own hit Son of My Father from 1972, already produced together with long-term work partner Pete Bellotte , was also created using the synthesizer, even if the electronics were not yet in the foreground.

Moroder had meanwhile set up his own studio in Munich , Musicland . From 1973 Giorgio Moroder worked with the ex- Boston artist and former musical singer Donna Summer . After a European tour of the hippie musical Hair, Summer, born in LaDonna Adrian Gaines, ended up in Munich, where she was living as a single mother at the time. In a team with arranger Harold Faltermeyer , drummer and co-author Keith Forsey and sound engineer Jürgen Koppers , Moroder created an energetic disco sound for them. The song The Hostage, which was released from her first solo album Lady of the Night from 1974, was quite successful in Holland and France. The breakthrough for Summer and Moroder came in 1976 with the erotic song Love to Love You, Baby, which was boycotted by the BBC .

In early 1976, Moroder and Bellotte also released the instrumental single Take Five / Enterprise under the band project name MLS (Musicland Set) , which had just as little commercial success as loner, the solo album Moroders sung in German, which he had released a year earlier and later withdrew from the market by trying to buy up all the remaining copies. In February 1976 Love to Love You, Baby reached number 2 on the US charts (Billboard Hot 100), and the disco genre was born. Moroder: “I think we invented the bass drum and bass sound, which became part of modern disco music.” The producer admits that he drew from numerous sources. B. from Philadelphia or Philly Soul , from Motown style, but also from contemporary electronic bands in Germany, such as Popol Vuh or Tangerine Dream . The title was released without the bassist Dave King being named as a co-composer. This led King to a lawsuit against Giorgio Moroder, but King lost after a few years. He had stated that the bass line figure on the single was his invention, not the Moroders, and that it was only as a formative element that helped the music track to global success.

The electronic influences were even more evident in 1977 on the Moroder-produced Donna Summer hit I Feel Love . The song climbed to the top of the British charts in July of that year. With his repetitive synthesizer loops he still influenced numerous producers of electronic dance music in the 1990s . I Feel Love led to another legal battle, this time on the part of Eberhard Schoeners , who claimed that Moroder had copied the synthesizer sequence from him; this time too, Moroder won. In 1978 Moroder moved to the USA and composed the soundtrack for the Hollywood film Midnight Express , his first attempt in this field was immediately rewarded with an Oscar . In total, he then composed and produced over a dozen film scores, including for well-known works such as Top Gun , Scarface , Katzenmenschen , Flashdance and American Gigolo . For the soundtrack to The Neverending Story, he wrote and produced the song The NeverEnding Story , which was released in 1984 and became a worldwide hit. He also contributed the official song for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , Reach Out , as well as for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul ( Hand in Hand ) and for the 1990 World Cup ( Un'estate italiana ). In 1992 he composed for the cartoon series As the Animals Left the Forest, the closing music with the title Never Give Up . He also wrote the song Forever Friends for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .

Giorgio Moroder at the Melt! Festival 2015 .

During his career, Giorgio Moroder has worked with numerous greats in the music business, for example with the Sparks , Elton John , the Three Degrees , David Bowie , Philip Oakey , Freddie Mercury , Blondie , Barbra Streisand , Pat Benatar , Roger Daltrey , Chaka Khan and Cher . He remixed a. a. Music from Eurythmics and Heaven 17 . He was awarded three Oscars, three Grammys and four Golden Globes . His music productions always gave rise to speculation about the supposedly soulless "music machine" as the basis of his music. “I'm a producer, not a politician,” Moroder said soberly, “so I make music and not stories.” In addition to the music business, Giorgio Moroder has also been devoting himself to computer-generated video and photo art for several years, and he was also involved in a super sports car project ( Cizeta Moroder ).

Moroder's musical contribution to the controversial 1984 revision of the silent film classic Metropolis alienated some, but the lasting influence of his work on newer musical genres such as techno , house or EDM is recognized. In 1987 he produced the duo by Falco and Brigitte Nielsen Body Next to Body . A fairly well-known title came in 2000: a Trance - remix by Jam & Spoon his 1970s-title The Chase .

Giorgio Moroder now lives in Los Angeles ( Beverly Hills ) with his Mexican wife Francisca Gutierrez and their son, who was born in 1989 . In Val Gardena he still owns a home, where he spends his holidays.

Giorgio Moroder with Donna Summer and her second husband Bruce Sudano . Left Moroder's wife Francisca Gutierrez.

Moroder was one of the star guests on the Daft Punk album Random Access Memories , which was released on May 17, 2013 by Columbia Records : In a recording booth, Daft Punk Moroder had Moroder talk about his life. The booth was equipped with different microphone models, each typical of its time - from the 1960s to the present day - whereby Daft Punk's intention was to use the microphone from the time Moroder was talking about. Parts of the recorded monologue were used for the song Giorgio by Moroder . Apart from this vocal recording, Moroder did not take part in the album.

In the summer of 2014 Moroder released two new works, his official remix of Coldplays Midnight and a new single ( Giorgio's Theme ).

In 2015 Moroder released a new album, Déjà Vu , on which Kylie Minogue , Britney Spears , Sia , Charli XCX , Mikky Ekko , Foxes and Matthew Koma can be heard. The first single with Kylie Minogue, Right Here, Right Now, was released on January 20, 2015.

Trivia

• His album loner (1975) is one of the rarities on music exchanges; well-preserved originals achieve high sales.
• Moroder was temporarily involved in the project of the Cizeta V16T super sports car and still owns the prototype today, which was still called "Cizeta-Moroder".
• In the PSP - & - PS2 game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Giorgio Moroder's music is played on the radio station "Flashback FM", including The Chase (from 12 noon - Midnight Express ).
• His Our Father , composed in 1975, has been included in the praise of God in various Catholic dioceses . In the Austrian dioceses it bears the number 779, in the diocese of Regensburg the number 739.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IT
1969	That's Bubblegum - That's Giorgio	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Giorgio	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Son of My Father	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	Giorgio's Music	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	loner	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Knights in white satin	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	From Here to Eternity	-	AT20 (16 weeks) AT	-	-	US130 (7 weeks) US	-
1978	Love's in You, Love's in Me	-	-	-	-	-	-	with Chris Bennett
1979	E = MC²	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Solitary Men	-	-	-	-	-	-	with Joe Esposito
1985	Innovisions	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder	-	-	-	UK52 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	with Philip Oakey
1990	To Be Number One	-	-	-	-	-	IT10 (10 weeks) IT	Giorgio Moroder Project
1992	Forever Dancing	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Déjà-vu	DE31 (1 week) DE	AT72 (1 week) AT	CH22 (1 week) CH	UK30 (1 week) UK	US72 (1 week) US	IT18 (7 weeks) IT

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Soundtracks

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IT
1978	Midnight Express EAST	-	-	-	-	US59 (26 weeks) US	-	Soundtrack for the film 12 o'clock at night - Midnight Express
1980	American Gigolo OST	-	-	-	-	US7th gold (25 weeks)US	-	Soundtrack for the film A man for certain hours
1982	Cat People OST	-	-	-	-	US47 (14 weeks) US	-	Soundtrack for the movie Cat People
1984	Metropolis EAST	DE50 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH30 (1 week) CH	-	US110 (13 weeks) US	-	Soundtrack to a 1984 version of the film Metropolis (originally from 1927)
	The NeverEnding Story OST	-	-	-	-	-	IT8 (8 weeks) IT	Soundtrack for the film The Neverending Story American version with Klaus Doldinger chart entry IT 1985
	Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US	IT-IT
	Top 10 albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US1US	IT2IT
	Albums in the charts	DE2DE	AT2AT	CH2CH	UK2UK	US7thUS	IT3IT

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More soundtracks and film music

• 1978: Music from “Battlestar Galactica” and Other Original Compositions
• 1979: Jeanie's Clique (Foxes) OST
• 1983: Flashdance OST
• 1988: Mamba OST
• 1988: Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho (Another Way) OST
• 1990: The Neverending Story II - Looking for Fantastica (The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter) OST
• 2016: Tron RUN / r OST

Compilations

• 1985: From Here to Eternity ... and Back
• 1996: 16 early hits
• 2001: The Best of Giorgio Moroder
• 2012: On the Groove Train - Pop & Dance Rarities 1975–1993
• 2013: On the Groove Train - Volume 2 - 1974–1985
• 2013: Schlagermoroder Volume 1 1966–1975
• 2013: Schlagermoroder Volume 2 1965–1976
• 2013: Best of Electronic Disco
• 2016: Space Ibiza 1989–2016 (with Erick Morillo and Mark Brown )

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	IT
1968	Moody Trudy That's Bubblegum - That's Giorgio	DE31 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	B-side: Stop chart entry in DE 1970
1969	Looky, Looky That’s Bubblegum - That's Giorgio	DE26th gold (8 weeks)DE	-	CH3 (19 weeks) CH	-	-	-	B-side: Happy Birthday Sales: + 1,000,000
1971	Underdog Son of My Father	DE22 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	B-side: Watch Your Step
1972	Son of My Father Son of My Father	DE47 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US46 (8 weeks) US	-	B-side: Underdog
1977	From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity	DE29 (10 weeks) DE	AT8 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK16 (10 weeks) UK	-	-	B-side: Utopia - Me Giorgio
1978	Chase Midnight Express OST	-	-	-	UK48 (6 weeks) UK	US33 (12 weeks) US	-	B-side: (Theme from) Midnight Express
1984	Together in Electric Dreams Electric Dreams	-	-	-	UK3 gold (19 weeks)UK	-	-	with Philip Oakey again chart entry in UK 2012 (46th place)
	Reach Out Innovations	DE1 (14 weeks) DE	-	CH2 (11 weeks) CH	-	US81 (4 weeks) US	-	feat. Paul Engemann, the official anthem of the 1984 Summer Olympics
	American Dream Innovations	DE36 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	with Paul Engemann B-side: Too Hot to Touch
1985	Good-Bye Bad Times Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder	-	-	-	UK44 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	with Philip Oakey
	Be My Lover Now Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder	-	-	-	UK91 (1 week) UK	-	-	with Philip Oakey
1990	To Be Number One To Be Number One	-	-	-	-	-	IT2 (18 weeks) IT	Giorgio Moroder Project
1992	Carry On Forever Dancing	-	-	-	UK65 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	with Donna Summer
2000	The Chase	DE44 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH75 (5 weeks) CH	UK46 (2 weeks) UK	-	IT25 (1 week) IT	vs. Jam & Spoon
	Last night	DE70 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH89 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	-	Giorgio Moroder Project pres. Gloria Gaynor
	Number one singles	DE1DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US	IT-IT
	Top 10 singles	DE1DE	AT1AT	CH2CH	UK1UK	US-US	IT-IT
	Singles in the charts	DE9DE	AT1AT	CH4thCH	UK7thUK	US3US	IT2IT

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More singles

• 1965: Cerca (Di Scordare) / Shaba-dahba-dahbadah
• 1966: Stop / Believe in Me
• 1966: Bla, Bla Diddly / How Much Longer Must I Wait, Wait (Giorgio and the Morodians)
• 1966: Bla, Bla Diddly / Stop
• 1966: Believe in me / stop
• 1967: Lilly Belle / Love's Morning Land
• 1968: Yummy, Yummy, Yummy / Make Me Your Baby
• 1968: Cinnamon / Reesy-Beesy
• 1969: Máh-Ná-Máh-Ná / Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo
• 1970: Arizona Man / Sally Don't You Cry
• 1971: Underdog / Watch Your Step
• 1971: Son of My Father / I'm Free Now
• 1971: Everybody Join Hands / London Traffic
• 1972: Today's a Tomorrow / Pauline
• 1972: Take It, Shake It, Break My Heart / Spanish Disaster
• 1972: The Future Is Past / Blue Jean Girl
• 1973: Lonely Lovers' Symphony / Crippled Words
• 1973: Heaven Helps the Man (Who Helps Himself) / Sandy
• 1973: Help yourself / Go to him
• 1974: Marrakesh / nostalgia
• 1974: Lie, Lie, Lie / Collico
• 1975: Born To Die / Strongest Of The Strong (Giorgio's Common Cause)
• 1975: Bricks and Mortar / It's a Shame
• 1975: Rock Me to My Soul / Dark and Deep and Inbetween (Giorgio's Common Cause)
• 1975: loner
• 1975: loner / dear aria
• 1976: loner / Good Old Germany
• 1976: Take Five / Enterprise (MLS / Musicland Set)
• 1976: Knights In White Satin
• 1976: I Wanna Funk with You Tonite / Oh, L'Amour
• 1977: Let the Music Play / Oh, L'Amour
• 1977: Utopia - Me Giorgio / Too Hot To Handle
• 1978: Love's in You (Love's in Me) / I Can't Wait (with Chris Bennett )
• 1979: E = mc² / Oasis
• 1980: Hollywood Dreams
• 1980: Call Me / Night Drive
• 1980: Guerreros Del Espacio / Bolectro
• 1980: Love and Passion / Hello Mr. WAM
• 1980: Night Drive / The Apartment
• 1980: Baby Blue / Bahama Mama
• 1980: Credo (I Need You) / Night Drive
• 1980: What A Night / Baby Blue
• 1980: I Wanna Rock You
• 1994: evolution
• 1997: Carry On '97 (with Donna Summer )
• 2000: Never Ending Story
• 2000: From Here to Eternity (vs. Danny Tenaglia )
• 2001: Flashdance (What a Feeling)
• 2004: Evolution / Get On Down (B-side of Jerome Isma-Ae & Woodboy )
• 2011: The Chase 2011 (vs. Martin Brodin )
• 2013: Racer
• 2014: Utopia - Me Giorgio (The I-Robots Reconstructions) (vs. I-Robots )
• 2014: Giorgio's Theme
• 2014: 74 Is the New 24
• 2015: Right Here, Right Now ( feat.Kylie Minogue )
• 2015: Déjà Vu ( feat.Sia )
• 2015: Tom's Diner ( feat.Britney Spears )
• 2015: Willoughby (with Bruce Sodano )
• 2016: Good for Me ( feat.Karen Harding )

as Spinach (with Michael Holm )

• 1970: America, America (Rhythm of Love)
• 1971: Action Man
• 1972: (Sweet Sixteen) You Know What I Mean / Knockin 'on Your Door

Guest Posts

• 2013: Giorgio by Moroder ( Daft Punk feat.Giorgio Moroder)
• 2015: Your Body (Kylie Minogue & Fernando Garibay feat.Giorgio Moroder)

Works (as producer)

• 1978: Midnight Express by Alan Parker with Brad Davis , Randy Quaid
• 1978: Kampfstern Galactica - Music from Battlestar Galactica (cover version of the music by Stu Phillips ) - Casablanca Records 1978
• 1980: Foxes by Adrian Lyne with Laura Dern , Jodie Foster
• 1980: American Gigolo by Paul Schrader with Richard Gere , Lauren Hutton
• 1982: Katzenmenschen by Paul Schrader with Nastassja Kinski , Malcolm McDowell
• 1983: Flashdance by Adrian Lyne with Jennifer Beals , Michael Nouri
• 1983: Scarface by Brian De Palma with Al Pacino , Michelle Pfeiffer
• 1984: The theme song The NeverEnding Story from Die Unendliche Geschichte Teil 1, sung by Limahl
• 1984: Electric Dreams
• 1984: Metropolis by Fritz Lang (with music by Giorgio Moroder)
• 1986: Top Gun (the song Take My Breath Away with Berlin )
• 1987: Over the Top
• 1990: The Neverending Story II - In Search of Fantasias

individual songs or albums for

• María Conchita Alonso (Vamos a bailar)
• Adam Ant
• Pat Benatar (Here's My Heart)
• Edoardo Bennato
• Berlin (Take My Breath Away)
• Big Trouble ( Big Trouble, 1988)
• Blondie (Call Me)
• David Bowie
• Irene Cara
• Cher
• Cheap trick
• Chicory Tip ( Son of My Father 1972)
• Roger Daltrey
• Emmylou Harris
• Paul Robert Engemann ( American Dream 1984)
• Falco meets Brigitte Nielsen ( Body Next to Body 1987)
• Agnetha Fältskog (1968)
• France Gall
• Frida
• Uschi Glas
• Sammy Hagar
• Nina Hagen (Albums Angstlos and Fearless, 1984)
• Debbie Harry ( Rush Rush 1983)
• Janet Jackson
• Japan ( Life in Tokyo, 1979)
• Elton John
• Madleen Kane
• Chaka Khan
• Limahl
• Kenny Loggins ( Danger Zone from Top Gun, 1986)
• Freddie Mercury ( Love Kills, 1984)
• Miami Sound Machine ( Hot Summer Nights from Top Gun, 1986)
• Gianna Nannini
• Graham Nash
• Nelson
• Philip Oakey ( Together In Electric Dreams, 1984)
• Olivia Newton-John
• Mary Roos
• Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• Sparks
• Barbra Streisand
• Donna Summer
• The Three Degrees ( New Dimensions, 1978), ( 3D, 1979)
• Bonnie Tyler
• Suzi Lane ( Harmony, 1980)
• Google ( Chrome Racer, 2013)

Awards

• Oscar / Best Score for Midnight Express 1979
• Bambi 1984, 1988
• Oscar / Best Song 1983 for Flashdance… What a Feeling from Flashdance
• Oscar / Best Song 1986 for Take My Breath Away from Top Gun
• 1998 Grammy Award for Carry On with Donna Summer
• 2004 inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame
• In 2005, Moroder was named Commendatore in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi .
• On September 5, 2010 he was awarded the Great Order of Merit of the Province of South Tyrol .

literature

• Giorgio Moroder on music of the future. Interview by Martin Wittmann. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . 20./21. September 2014, weekend, p. 10.

Web links

Commons : Giorgio Moroder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Giorgio Moroder: Biography and Discography (English)
• Giorgio Moroder at Discogs (English)
• Giorgio Moroder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Giorgio Moroder in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kunigunde Weissenegger: "In my passport there is Giovanni Giorgio, but everyone calls me Giorgio". In: franzmagazine.com, November 26, 2013, accessed on May 29, 2019.
2. ↑ Martin Scholz: The great-great-Guetta. In: Welt am Sonntag compact. No. 12 of March 24, 2019, pp. 36–37.
3. ^ ^{A b} Jonah Weiner: Giorgio Moroder: The High Priest of Disco Returns. After decades away, the dance-music godfather plugs in his synths again. In: rollingstone.com, June 18, 2015, accessed May 29, 2019.
4. ↑ soundonsound.com March 1998.
5. ^ Rolling Stone August 21, 2003.
6. ^ Rollingstone.com May 17, 2012.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Giorgio Moroder on his career. “Los Angeles is not an easy city”. In: taz.de. December 20, 2014, accessed May 29, 2019.
8. ↑ ^{a b} giorgiomoroder.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
9. ^ The music market: 30 years of single charts: The single charts of the year from December 20, 1959 to December 15, 1988. 1989.
10. ^ Billboard December 22, 1979 and December 20, 1980.
11. ↑ grammy.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
12. ^ Mervyn Cooke: A History of Film Music. 5th edition. Cambridge University Press, New York (USA) 2012.
13. ↑ NN (No longer available online.) In: oscar.org. Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 29, 2019 (English, originally accessed September 23, 2015; no mementos ).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )   .
14. ↑ "Verdorbener Südtiroler" - Giorgio Moroder on tour. Die Zeit , April 8, 2019, accessed on May 3, 2020 . 
15. ^ Tilman Baumgärtel : Loops. On the history and aesthetics of the loop . Kulturverlag Kadmos, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86599-271-0 , p. 315-328 .
16. ↑ kaz1988: Giorgio Moroder - Reach Out. (No longer available online.) In: dailymotion.com. Dailymotion , archived from the original on April 8, 2011 ; accessed on May 29, 2019 (English, video no longer available). 
17. ↑ Hand in Hand Offcial Song Olympic 1988. on YouTube (video [in Germany] not available).
18. ^ Un Estate Italiana - Gianna Nannini & Edoardo Bennato. on YouTube (4:23 min.).
19. ↑ URB Magazine. May 25, 2012, accessed on May 23, 2013. (Currently only via Internet Archive [1] )
20. ↑ Stephen Carlick: Giorgio Moroder Discusses His Contribution to Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories'. In: exclaim.ca. May 13, 2013, accessed May 23, 2013.
21. ↑ Coldplay - Midnight (Giorgio Moroder Remix) by GiorgioMoroder | Giorgio Moroder | Free listening on SoundCloud.
22. ↑ Giorgio Moroder - Giorgio's Theme by GiorgioMoroder | Giorgio Moroder | Free listening on SoundCloud.
23. ↑ Video: Giorgio Moroder and Kylie Minogue show clip for the joint single "Right Here, Right Now" - Musikexpress.
24. ↑ Loner (2) - Loner (All Versions) For Sale at Discogs Marketplace.
25. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 UK2 US1 US2 IT .
26. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on February 11, 2017 (Italian, paid subscription access). 
27. ↑ ^{a b} Awards: UK US .
28. ^ Billboard 200, October 20, 1984.
29. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 445 .
30. Jump up ↑ Joseph Murrells: The Book of Golden Discs: The Records That Sold a Million . 2nd Edition. Limp Edition, London 1978, ISBN 0-214-20512-6 , pp. 259 .