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'''''Crayons''''' is the seventeenth and final [[studio album]] by [[United States|American]] singer [[Donna Summer]]. It was released through [[Burgundy Records|Sony Burgundy]] on May 20, 2008 in the United States. Recorded over a period of two years since signing with the [[Sony Music]] label in 2006, ''Crayons'' marked Summer's first full-length studio album in fourteen years since 1994's ''[[Christmas Spirit (Donna Summer album)|Christmas Spirit]]'', and her first album of original material since 1991's ''[[Mistaken Identity (Donna Summer album)|Mistaken Identity]]''. She worked with a number of different [[Record producers|producers]] and [[songwriter]]s on the album, including [[Greg Kurstin]], [[J. R. Rotem]], [[Wayne Hector]], [[Toby Gad]], [[Lester Mendez]].
'''''Crayons''''' is the seventeenth and final [[studio album]] by [[United States|American]] singer [[Donna Summer]]. It was released through [[Burgundy Records|Sony Burgundy]] on May 20, 2008, in the United States. Recorded over a period of two years since signing with the [[Sony Music]] label in 2006, ''Crayons'' marked Summer's first full-length studio album in fourteen years since 1994's ''[[Christmas Spirit (Donna Summer album)|Christmas Spirit]]'', and her first album of original material since 1991's ''[[Mistaken Identity (Donna Summer album)|Mistaken Identity]]''. She worked with a number of different [[Record producers|producers]] and [[songwriter]]s on the album, including [[Greg Kurstin]], [[J. R. Rotem]], [[Wayne Hector]], [[Toby Gad]], [[Lester Mendez]].


The album debuted and peaked at number 17 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and entered the top fifty of the [[Italian Albums Chart]]. In the US, despite a high debut position, the disc fell off the chart in just five weeks. ''Crayons'' was preceded by its first official single, "[[Stamp Your Feet]]", which was released to radio on April 15, 2008. A follow-up, "[[I'm a Fire]]", reached number-one on the US [[Dance Club Songs]], giving Summer her 13th number-one hit on that chart. ''Crayons'' marked Summer's last album released before her death on May 17, 2012.
The album debuted and peaked at number 17 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and entered the top fifty of the [[Italian Albums Chart]]. ''Crayons'' was preceded by its first official single, "[[Stamp Your Feet]]", which was released to radio on April 15, 2008. A follow-up, "[[I'm a Fire]]", reached number-one on the US [[Dance Club Songs]], giving Summer her 13th number-one hit on that chart. ''Crayons'' marked Summer's last album released before her death on May 17, 2012.


==Background==
==Background==
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==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| MC = 66/100<ref name="Metacritic">[http://www.metacritic.com/music/crayons/donna-summer Donna Summer - Crayons (2008) album reviews] at [[Metacritic]]</ref>
| MC = 66/100<ref name="Metacritic">[http://www.metacritic.com/music/crayons/donna-summer Donna Summer - Crayons (2008) album reviews] at [[Metacritic]]</ref>
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|rev4score = B<ref name="bostonherald">{{cite news | last = Katz | first = Larry | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | newspaper = [[Boston Herald]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1094931 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613083820/http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1094931 | archivedate = 2011-06-13 }}</ref>
|rev4score = B<ref name="bostonherald">{{cite news | last = Katz | first = Larry | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | newspaper = [[Boston Herald]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1094931 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613083820/http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1094931 | archivedate = 2011-06-13 }}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Canoe.ca]]''
|rev5 = ''[[Canoe.ca]]''
|rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="canoe.ca">{{cite web | last = Campbell | first = Stephane | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | website = [[Canoe.ca]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/musique/critiques/2008/05/23/5651786-ici.html}}</ref>
|rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="canoe.ca">{{cite web | last = Campbell | first = Stephane | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | website = [[Canoe.ca]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/musique/critiques/2008/05/23/5651786-ici.html| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130115153708/http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/musique/critiques/2008/05/23/5651786-ici.html| url-status = usurped| archive-date = January 15, 2013}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Digital Spy]]''
|rev6 = ''[[Digital Spy]]''
|rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="digitalspy">{{cite web | last = Levine | first = Nick | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | website = [[Digital Spy]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://www.digitalspy.com/music/albumreviews/a102385/donna-summer-crayons.html}}</ref>
|rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="digitalspy">{{cite web | last = Levine | first = Nick | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | website = [[Digital Spy]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://www.digitalspy.com/music/albumreviews/a102385/donna-summer-crayons.html}}</ref>
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|rev7score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news | last = Macpherson| first = Alex | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2286430,00.html | location=London | date=2008-06-20}}</ref>
|rev7score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news | last = Macpherson| first = Alex | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | newspaper = [[The Guardian]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2286430,00.html | location=London | date=2008-06-20}}</ref>
|rev8 = [[Okayplayer]]
|rev8 = [[Okayplayer]]
|rev8score = (78/100)<ref name="okayplayer">{{cite web | last = Book | first = John | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | website = [[Okayplayer]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/donna-summer-200806255966.html}}</ref>
|rev8score = (78/100)<ref name="okayplayer">{{cite web | last = Book | first = John | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | website = [[Okayplayer]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/donna-summer-200806255966.html | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051146/http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/donna-summer-200806255966.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
|rev9 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
|rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="slantmagazine">{{cite web | last = Henderson | first = Eric | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | website = [[Slant Magazine]] | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/donna-summer-crayons/1376}}</ref>
|rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="slantmagazine">{{cite web | last = Henderson | first = Eric | title = ''Crayons'' > Review | website = [[Slant Magazine]] | date = 20 May 2008 | accessdate = 2011-09-24 | url = http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/donna-summer-crayons/1376}}</ref>
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At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Crayons'' has an average score of 66 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."<ref name="Metacritic" /> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' felt that "this surprisingly lively set finds the former disco diva teaming with a crew of young collaborators for a series of uptempo forays into stomping dance-pop, juke-joint blues-rock, breezy Latin jazz and African-accented soul."<ref name="billboard"/> Christian John Wikane from [[PopMatters]] wrote that "the core theme of ''Crayons'' is variety. It brazenly flaunts a collage of sounds, while showcasing the multiplicity of Donna Summer's musical selves."<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web | last = Wikane | first = Christian John | title =Donna Summer: Crayons | website = [[PopMatters]] | accessdate = October 17, 2020 | url =https://www.popmatters.com/donna-summer-crayons-2496139590.html}}</ref> In his review for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', Alfred Soto found that "on ''Crayons'', it's like no time has passed at all, and of course it hasn't: As Lloyd Richards says to [[Margo Channing]] in ''[[All About Eve]]'', the stars never die and never change."<ref name="villagevoice">{{cite web | last = Soto | first = Alfred | title =Donna Summer's Crayons | website = [[Village Voice]] | accessdate = October 17, 2020 | url =https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/06/03/donna-summers-crayons/}}</ref>
At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Crayons'' has an average score of 66 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="Metacritic" /> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' felt that "this surprisingly lively set finds the former disco diva teaming with a crew of young collaborators for a series of uptempo forays into stomping dance-pop, juke-joint blues-rock, breezy Latin jazz and African-accented soul."<ref name="billboard"/> Christian John Wikane from [[PopMatters]] wrote that "the core theme of ''Crayons'' is variety. It brazenly flaunts a collage of sounds, while showcasing the multiplicity of Donna Summer's musical selves."<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web | last = Wikane | first = Christian John | title =Donna Summer: Crayons | website = [[PopMatters]] | date = 14 July 2008 | accessdate = October 17, 2020 | url =https://www.popmatters.com/donna-summer-crayons-2496139590.html}}</ref> In his review for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', Alfred Soto found that "on ''Crayons'', it's like no time has passed at all, and of course it hasn't: As Lloyd Richards says to [[Margo Channing]] in ''[[All About Eve]]'', the stars never die and never change."<ref name="villagevoice">{{cite web | last = Soto | first = Alfred | title =Donna Summer's Crayons | website = [[Village Voice]] | date = 3 June 2008 | accessdate = October 17, 2020 | url =https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/06/03/donna-summers-crayons/}}</ref>


[[Allmusic]] editor Andy Kellman found that ''Crayons'' "benefits from Summer's effortless energy; she was clearly into making this album, and her voice is as able and flexible as ever. However, almost all of the material with which she has to work [...] would make more sense on an album by a female teen pop group from the UK or, in some cases, a young adult catering to the coffeehouse market [...] In-fashion vocal effects, which Summer certainly does not need, detract from a handful of these tracks, but as a whole, the album won't have trouble pleasing fans who just want to hear their queen have a blast and tear it up."<ref name="AllMusic"/> [[Slant Magazine]] critic Eric Henderson wrote that the album was Summer's "attempt to finally share, but the results are about as personal as food-dyed wax. The music is harmlessly listenable, and the requisite nods to her dance-floor legacy."<ref name="slantmagazine"/>
[[Allmusic]] editor Andy Kellman found that ''Crayons'' "benefits from Summer's effortless energy; she was clearly into making this album, and her voice is as able and flexible as ever. However, almost all of the material with which she has to work [...] would make more sense on an album by a female teen pop group from the UK or, in some cases, a young adult catering to the coffeehouse market [...] In-fashion vocal effects, which Summer certainly does not need, detract from a handful of these tracks, but as a whole, the album won't have trouble pleasing fans who just want to hear their queen have a blast and tear it up."<ref name="AllMusic"/> [[Slant Magazine]] critic Eric Henderson wrote that the album was Summer's "attempt to finally share, but the results are about as personal as food-dyed wax. The music is harmlessly listenable, and the requisite nods to her dance-floor legacy."<ref name="slantmagazine"/>


==Commercial performance==
==Commercial performance==
''Crayons'' debuted and peaked at number 17 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] first-week sales of 23,000 units, marking Summer's highest-charting album since her 1983 album ''[[She Works Hard for the Money (album)|She Works Hard for the Money]]''.<ref>{{cite web | last = Hasty| first = Katie| title =3 Doors Down Cruises To No. 1 On Album Chart| website = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | accessdate = October 17, 2020 | date=May 28, 2008|url =https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1045267/3-doors-down-cruises-to-no-1-on-album-chart}}</ref> By November 2008, it had moved 69,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | last = Caulfield| first = Keith | title =Ashanti, Nelly, Chate Moore, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, BlackGirl| website = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | accessdate = October 17, 2020 | date=October 31, 2020|url =https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043619/ask-billboard-ashanti-nelly-chate-moore-donna-summer-aretha-franklin-blackgirl}}</ref>
''Crayons'' debuted and peaked at number 17 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] first-week sales of 23,000 units, marking Summer's highest-charting album since her 1983 album ''[[She Works Hard for the Money (album)|She Works Hard for the Money]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Hasty| first = Katie| title =3 Doors Down Cruises To No. 1 On Album Chart| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | accessdate = October 17, 2020 | date=May 28, 2008|url =https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1045267/3-doors-down-cruises-to-no-1-on-album-chart}}</ref> By November 2008, it had moved 69,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Caulfield| first = Keith | title =Ashanti, Nelly, Chate Moore, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, BlackGirl| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | accessdate = October 17, 2020 | date=October 31, 2020|url =https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043619/ask-billboard-ashanti-nelly-chate-moore-donna-summer-aretha-franklin-blackgirl}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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Latest revision as of 06:36, 27 October 2024

Crayons
Studio album by
Donna Summer
ReleasedMay 20, 2008 (2008-05-20)
Recorded2006–2008
GenreR&B[1]
Length50:18
LabelBurgundy
Producer
Donna Summer chronology
Gold
(2005) 		Crayons
(2008) 		Love to Love You Donna
(2013)
Singles from Crayons
  1. "I'm a Fire"
    Released: March 11, 2008
  2. "Stamp Your Feet"
    Released: April 15, 2008
  3. "It's Only Love"
    Released: August 5, 2008 (US)
  4. "Fame (The Game)"
    Released: November 19, 2008

Crayons is the seventeenth and final studio album by American singer Donna Summer. It was released through Sony Burgundy on May 20, 2008, in the United States. Recorded over a period of two years since signing with the Sony Music label in 2006, Crayons marked Summer's first full-length studio album in fourteen years since 1994's Christmas Spirit, and her first album of original material since 1991's Mistaken Identity. She worked with a number of different producers and songwriters on the album, including Greg Kurstin, J. R. Rotem, Wayne Hector, Toby Gad, Lester Mendez.

The album debuted and peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 and entered the top fifty of the Italian Albums Chart. Crayons was preceded by its first official single, "Stamp Your Feet", which was released to radio on April 15, 2008. A follow-up, "I'm a Fire", reached number-one on the US Dance Club Songs, giving Summer her 13th number-one hit on that chart. Crayons marked Summer's last album released before her death on May 17, 2012.

Background

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Crayons marked Summer's first full-length studio album in fourteen years since 1994's Christmas Spirit. When commenting on the album, Summer explained, "I wanted this album to have a lot of different directions on it [...] I did not want it to be any one baby. I just wanted it to be a sampler of flavors and influences from all over the world. There's a touch of this, a little smidgeon of that, a dash of something else [...] like when you're cooking."[2] The lead track "Stamp Your Feet" was originally called "The Player's Anthem" and talks about "being a player in life, coupled with the idea of being a player on an actual field, the whole thing, dealing with the pain and doing things even though you are afraid."[2]

Summer wrote "The Queen Is Back" and "Mr. Music" with Jonathan "J.R." Rotem and Evan Bogart, whose father, Casablanca Records boss Neil Bogart, died from cancer at the age of 39.[2] When Summer met Evan Bogart, she was struck by his uncanny resemblance to his label executive father, commenting: "Evan and I hit it off immediately; there was a synergy that happened really quickly."[2] "The Queen is Back," which discusses her musical legacy and public persona, samples "Lose Control" by Kevin Federline. Both songs were produced by Rotem.[2] About the song "Crayons", Summer said, "It encompasses a lot of what the album is about [...] Everybody gets crayons at some point in their lives, everybody can relate to the basics. It comes down to that child in us, I think there's a commonality in the concept of crayons."[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC(favorable)[4]
Billboard(positive)[5]
Boston HeraldB[6]
Canoe.ca[7]
Digital Spy[8]
The Guardian[9]
Okayplayer(78/100)[10]
Slant Magazine[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Crayons has an average score of 66 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3] Billboard felt that "this surprisingly lively set finds the former disco diva teaming with a crew of young collaborators for a series of uptempo forays into stomping dance-pop, juke-joint blues-rock, breezy Latin jazz and African-accented soul."[5] Christian John Wikane from PopMatters wrote that "the core theme of Crayons is variety. It brazenly flaunts a collage of sounds, while showcasing the multiplicity of Donna Summer's musical selves."[12] In his review for The Village Voice, Alfred Soto found that "on Crayons, it's like no time has passed at all, and of course it hasn't: As Lloyd Richards says to Margo Channing in All About Eve, the stars never die and never change."[13]

Allmusic editor Andy Kellman found that Crayons "benefits from Summer's effortless energy; she was clearly into making this album, and her voice is as able and flexible as ever. However, almost all of the material with which she has to work [...] would make more sense on an album by a female teen pop group from the UK or, in some cases, a young adult catering to the coffeehouse market [...] In-fashion vocal effects, which Summer certainly does not need, detract from a handful of these tracks, but as a whole, the album won't have trouble pleasing fans who just want to hear their queen have a blast and tear it up."[1] Slant Magazine critic Eric Henderson wrote that the album was Summer's "attempt to finally share, but the results are about as personal as food-dyed wax. The music is harmlessly listenable, and the requisite nods to her dance-floor legacy."[11]

Commercial performance

[edit]

Crayons debuted and peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 first-week sales of 23,000 units, marking Summer's highest-charting album since her 1983 album She Works Hard for the Money.[14] By November 2008, it had moved 69,000 copies in the United States.[15]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Stamp Your Feet"
Kurstin3:52
2."Mr. Music"
Rotem3:14
3."Crayons" (featuring Ziggy Marley)
  • Brisebois
  • Kurstin
  • Marley
  • Summer
Kurstin3:21
4."The Queen Is Back"
  • Bogart
  • Rotem
  • Summer
Rotem3:27
5."Fame (The Game)"
Gad4:03
6."Sand on My Feet"
  • Gad
  • Summer
Gad3:51
7."Drivin' Down Brazil"
  • Brisebois
  • Kurstin
  • Summer
Kurstin4:43
8."I'm a Fire"
Morton7:11
9."Slide Over Backwards"
  • Nathan DiGesare
  • Jakob Petren
  • Summer
DiGesare4:10
10."Science of Love"
  • Gad
  • Summer
Gad3:48
11."Be Myself Again"
Mendez4:19
12."Bring Down the Reign"
  • Jamie Houston
  • Fred Kron
  • Summer
Houston4:33
International edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
13."It's Only Love"
  • Kasha
  • Morton
  • Summer
Morton6:58
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
14."I'm a Fire" (Matty Soulflower Club Mix)
  • Kasha
  • Morton
  • Summer
Morton9:00

Charts

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Chart (2008) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 77
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 73
Italian Albums (FIMI)[18] 42
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] 97
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 85
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[21] 24
US Billboard 200[22] 17
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[23] 5

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Russia (NFPF)[24] Gold 10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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List of release dates, showing region, formats, and label
Region Date Format(s) Label
United States May 20, 2008
  • CD
  • digital download
 Burgundy Records
Canada
Denmark May 26, 2008
Germany June 6, 2008
Australia[25] June 7, 2008
France June 9, 2008
Spain June 10, 2008
Brazil June 16, 2008
United Kingdom June 23, 2008
Japan June 25, 2008
Europe[26] Jan. 13, 2023 vinyl Sony Music

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kellman, Andy. "Crayons > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Summer On Crayons". MySpace. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Donna Summer - Crayons (2008) album reviews at Metacritic
  4. ^ Easlea, Daryl. "Crayons > Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  5. ^ a b Wood, Mikael. "Crayons > Review". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-09-24.[dead link‍]
  6. ^ Katz, Larry. "Crayons > Review". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  7. ^ Campbell, Stephane. "Crayons > Review". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ Levine, Nick. "Crayons > Review". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  9. ^ Macpherson, Alex (2008-06-20). "Crayons > Review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  10. ^ Book, John. "Crayons > Review". Okayplayer. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  11. ^ a b Henderson, Eric (20 May 2008). "Crayons > Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  12. ^ Wikane, Christian John (14 July 2008). "Donna Summer: Crayons". PopMatters. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  13. ^ Soto, Alfred (3 June 2008). "Donna Summer's Crayons". Village Voice. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  14. ^ Hasty, Katie (May 28, 2008). "3 Doors Down Cruises To No. 1 On Album Chart". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  15. ^ Caulfield, Keith (October 31, 2020). "Ashanti, Nelly, Chate Moore, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, BlackGirl". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Donna Summer – Crayons" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  17. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Donna Summer – Crayons" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
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