Donna the Prima Donna

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| name = Donna the Prima Donna

| cover =

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| type = single

| artist = Dion

| album = Donna the Prima Donna

| B-side = You're Mine

| released = August 20, 1963

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| genre = Rock and roll

| length = 2:47

| label = Columbia Records 42852

| writer = {{hlist|Dion DiMucci|Ernie Maresca}}

| producer = Robert Mersey

| prev_title = Be Careful of Stones That You Throw

| prev_year = 1963

| next_title = Drip Drop

| next_year = 1963

}}

"Donna the Prima Donna" is a song written by Dion DiMucci and Ernie Maresca and performed by Dion. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 9 on the Cash Box Top 100,"[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-10-26.pdf Cash Box Top 100]", Cash Box. October 26, 1963. p. 5. Retrieved April 18, 2020. and No. 17 on Billboard{{'}}s R&B chart in 1963,[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Donna+the+Prima+Donna+by+Dion&id=12191 Dion, "Donna the Prima Donna" Chart Positions] Retrieved February 13, 2014 while reaching No. 17 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,{{cite web|url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=8384 |title=1050 CHUM – CHUM Charts: Dion |accessdate=April 18, 2020 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716101600/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=8384 |publisher=CHUM|archivedate=July 16, 2006 }} and No. 2 in Hong Kong."[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-11-16.pdf Hits of the World]", Billboard. November 16, 1963. p. 36. Retrieved April 18, 2020. It was from Dion's 1963 album, Donna the Prima Donna.[http://www.discogs.com/Dion-Donna-The-Prima-Donna/release/4457675 Dion, Donna the Prima Donna] Retrieved February 13, 2014

The track was produced by Robert Mersey and arranged by DiMucci.[http://www.45cat.com/record/442852 Dion, "Donna the Prima Donna" single release] Retrieved February 13, 2014 The backing group is the Del-Satins.

It was ranked No. 86 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1963.php|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1963|accessdate=February 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129112736/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1963.php|archivedate=November 29, 2013}} It references Zsa Zsa Gabor and how the titular girl tries to look like her.