# Donna Summer on the refrigerator **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671 "2014-10-07T17:56:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/1 "2014-10-07T17:56:07Z")
Way back in the 80’s I remember hearing a song on college radio whose lyrics consisted of “Donna Summer on the radio. Donna Summer on the radio. Donna Summer on the radio … .” repeated over and over again. Then it segued into “Donna Summer on the refrigerator. Donna Summer on the stove … .” Googling it is practically impossible because Donna Summer herself released a song titled “On the Radio”. I know I’m not hallucinating because I’ve found some tangential references to it online (including the lyrics). But I’d really like to know who recorded it and hear it again. Anybody else remember this song? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/2 "2014-10-07T17:59:44Z")
Nope, but back I the 1980s when I was driving out in the hinterlands of Utah, I heard a song that consisted of the music from the film _Rocky_ interspersed with the music from _The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show_ (and an occasional “Rocky!” shouted by someone doing a good Bill Scott impersonation). I never heard it again, and never found out anything about it. I suspect someone cobbled it together on a sound board. Your song may be homegrown, too. Especially if you heard it on a college station. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/3 "2014-10-07T18:43:36Z")
Any mention of the washing machine? ---
**Author:** ![Galactose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Galactose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactose)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/4 "2015-07-12T00:05:46Z")
Dug this out, digitized it and posted it [here](https://youtu.be/2g7_CijyAQE), for you and The World. Unfortunately, this is from a mix tape, and I can’t find my original recording, so no information about the artist. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/5 "2015-07-12T02:28:24Z")
Steve Fisk. 1982 or thereabouts. Way before Pigeonhed or Pell Mell. [It’s been on youtube since Ms. Summer passed away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHAepBz__CI). ---
**Author:** ![Galactose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Galactose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactose)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/6 "2015-07-12T03:40:24Z")
Hiding in plain sight. Thanks for the info ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/7 "2015-07-12T03:54:37Z")
You’re welcome. I remember that song being played on Dr. D way back then. I might have it on one of my old cassettes but I’m not sure (friends and I used to record his show every Sunday night), but I definitely remember it being played back in the summer of '82. ---
**Author:** ![isthatme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@isthatme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/isthatme)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/8 "2020-06-03T17:39:50Z")
So i had this compilation record with all great experimental tracks lent by a teacher at arts academy. Yes and searching for it on the web proved difficult, till i remembered STOVE! GREAT, i can now look for this on soulseek! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/9 "2020-06-06T18:22:06Z")
Nothing like _Sax and Violins on TV_, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![CajunRover](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cajunrover/32/12490_2.png) [@CajunRover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CajunRover)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donna-summer-on-the-refrigerator/700671/10 "2022-11-02T23:47:42Z")
Here it is on YouTube: ["Donna Summer on the Radio" by Steve Fisk - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHAepBz__CI)