Amii Stewart is a studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by Amii Stewart

Amii Stewart

Amy 'Amii' Paulette Stewart is an American contemporary R&B/disco/dance-pop singer, dancer and actress most famous for her hit disco record "Knock on Wood". Stewart is the stepsister of actress-singer Miquel Brown and aunt to Brown's actress-singer daughter Sinitta.-Career:Amy Stewart was the...

 released in 1983 which includes hit single "Working Late Tonight" as well as covers of two songs from Donna Summer

Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

's unreleased 1981 album I'm a Rainbow. The album has been re-released on CD with alternate album art.

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Turkish singer Ajda Pekkan

Ajda Pekkan

Ayşe Ajda Pekkan is a Turkish pop singer and actress. Through a career spanning five decades thus far, Pekkan has released more than 20 albums and, with Sezen Aksu, is the most commercially successful female Turkish music artist with the sales of over 30 million copies worldwide. She is nicknamed...

 covered "Working Late Tonight" in Turkish the same year as "Uykusuz her gece" on her album Süperstar 83.

Track listing

Side A:

1. "Working Late Tonight" (Mario Capuano, Simon Boswell)- 4:04
2. "Nobody but Me" (Leslie Mándoki
   Leslie Mándoki
   Hungarian-born Leslie Mándoki is a musician who performed for music group Dschinghis Khan and has since then gone on to a solo performer....
   
   ) - 3:30
3. "Sweet Emotion" (Pete Bellotte
   Pete Bellotte
   Peter J. Bellotte is a British songwriter and record producer, most famous for hismain body of work with Donna Summer alongside his partner Giorgio Moroder...
   
   , Sylvester Levay
   Sylvester Levay
   Sylvester Levay is a Hungarian composer. He was born 16 May 1945 in Subotica , in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Yugoslavia ; his name is pronounced in English similarly to "lave-ah-ee."...
   
   ) - 3:47
   • Originally recorded by Donna Summer
     Donna Summer
     LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
     
      for her unreleased I'm a Rainbow album (1981, released 1996).
4. "Don't Ask Me Why" (Leslie Mándoki) - 3:35
5. "Take a Heart" (Miki Dallon) - 3:28

Side B:

1. "Beginning of the End" (Gerard McMahon, Tom Bahlen) - 3:56
2. "You to Me" (Pete Bellotte, Sylvester Levay) - 4:41
   • Originally recorded by Donna Summer
     Donna Summer
     LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
     
      for her unreleased I'm a Rainbow album (1981, released 1996).
3. "Say Goodbye to Love" (Simon Boswell) - 4:02
4. "Once Again" (Vili Lakatos) - 3:43

Personnel

• Amii Stewart - Lead vocals, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Corrado Rustici - Guitar
  Guitar
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• Simon Boswell - Guitar, Synthesizer
• Vili Lakatos - Piano
  Piano
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  , Synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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• Stefano Senesi - Synthesizer
• Aldo Banfi - Synclavier
  Synclavier
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• Dario Massari - Fairlight programming
  Fairlight CMI
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• Jeremy Meek - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• James Lane - Drums
  Drum kit
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• Mel Collins
  Mel Collins
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   - Saxophone
  Saxophone
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• Charles Cannon, Douglas Meakin, Simona Pirone - Backing vocals
• Leandro Leandri, Raffaele Cricchi, Sandro Secondino, Vincent Messina - Fingersnaps
  Snap (fingers)
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   on "Take a Heart"

Production

• Simon Boswell - Producer
  Record producer
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  , Arranger, Mixing
• Leandro Leandri - Engineer, Mixing
• Raffaele Chicchi, Sandro Secondino - Assistant Engineers
• Guido Di Toma - Mastering (half-speed)