I Feel Love by Donna Summer

An instant high. Global drug cartels would become paupers overnight if their patrons tuned in to this song for their daily fix.

I Feel Love, which came out in July 1977, is an out-of-body experience. If singer Donna Summer and producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte thought they were creating a disco anthem for the Seventies, they did that and more.

The robotic electronic synth-sequenced music with a pulsating, repetitive groove creates an almost sci-fi feel.

Almost, because there’s Donna’s smoky, sensuous voice. It’s a sizzling-brownie-and-ice cream meld. A contrast that is shocking and addictive.

David Bowie has famously quoted producer Brian Eno raving about I Feel Love, saying: “I have heard the sound of the future.... This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next 15 years.” Only, Eno seemed to have underestimated the song’s staying power.

I Feel Love became a trailblazer, a template for electro, house, trance and techno music for decades to come.

The lyrics, written by Moroder and Bellotte, are cleverly simple and repetitive for that drugged-up vibe.

Ooh, it’s so good

Ooh, heaven knows

Ooh, I feel love

Ooh, fallin’ free

Ooh, you and me

Ooh, I feel love

They make you get up and dance. Or fly.

In India, you can hear the track’s DNA in Ramba ho-ho-ho and Raat baaki (Bappi Lahiri), Pyaar karne wale pyaar karte hain shaan se (R.D. Burman) and Aaj ki raat (Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy). The noir-chic Aaj ki raat, from Shah Rukh Khan’s Don (2006), is quite the desi cousin of I Feel Love.

Donna has sung many songs that have a curiously hypnotic effect, like the Academy-winning Last Dance from the (forgettable) 1978 film, Thank God It’s Friday. But I Feel Love is legit legend. Summer for all seasons.