Unconditional Love (Donna Summer song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Unconditional Love

| cover = Donnaunconditionallove.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Donna Summer

| album = She Works Hard for the Money

| B-side = Woman

| released = August 1983

| recorded = 1982–1983

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = * Reggae

| length = 4:43

| label = Mercury

| writer = * Donna Summer

Michael Omartian

| producer = Michael Omartian

| prev_title = She Works Hard for the Money

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = People, People

| next_year = 1983

}}

"Unconditional Love" is the second single from Donna Summer's eleventh studio album, She Works Hard for the Money (1983). The song was released in August 1983 by Mercury Records. It was written by Summer and Michael Omartian, produced by Omartian. Though uncredited, it also features vocals by British reggae act Musical Youth, who had scored a Top 10 pop and R&B hit in the US with "Pass the Dutchie" earlier in 1983.

The song peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #40 on the Cashbox chart,{{cite web|url=http://www.tropicalglen.com/archives/80s_files/19831022.html |access-date=December 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603033913/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19831022.html |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |title=Cash Box Top 100 10/22/83 }} though it performed significantly better on the R&B chart (reaching the Top Ten). In the UK, it became Summer's fourteenth Top 20 single, reaching a peak position of No.14.{{cite book

| first= David | last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 539| title-link= British Hit Singles & Albums}} The song also peak #26 in Spain Radio chart.{{cite book|author=Fernando Salaverri|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}

Cashbox called the "purity and innocence" of the song "a bright departure [for Summer] and complete success."{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1983/CB-1983-08-27.pdf|date=August 27, 1983|accessdate=2022-07-20|page=8}}

The song was edited from the original album version for its release on the 7" single format. The 12" single featured an extended remix clocking in at 5:20.

Music video

The music video for "Unconditional Love" was popular on MTV. In the video, Summer plays a school teacher, and the reggae group Musical Youth are members of the class. After the class is over, Summer removes her heavy fur coat, revealing a tight blue glittery nightclub singer outfit, and goes outside, singing with all the students in the school. The local school who were invited to be a part of the Music video was King Athelstan Primary School and the school the filming took place was the Bonner Hill Road Girls School before it was demolished.