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===2010–present: Final recordings and posthumous releases=== On July 29, 2010, Summer gave an interview with Allvoices.com wherein she was asked if she would consider doing an album of [[Traditional pop|standards]]. She said, "I actually am, probably in September. I will begin work on a standards album. I will probably do an all-out dance album and a standards album. I'm going to do both and we will release them however we're going to release them. We are not sure which is going first."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6418552-donna-summer-exclusi-ve-interview-bringing-her-summer-tour-to-hard-rock-live-on-august-18 |title=Entertainment |publisher=Allvoices.com |date=August 10, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164617/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6418552-donna-summer-exclusi-ve-interview-bringing-her-summer-tour-to-hard-rock-live-on-august-18 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In August 2010, Summer released the single "[[To Paris with Love (song)|To Paris With Love]]", co-written with [[Bruce Roberts (singer)|Bruce Roberts]] and produced by Peter Stengaard. The single went to No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Dance Chart in October 2010. That month, Summer also appeared on the [[PBS]] television special ''[[David Foster|Hitman Returns: David Foster and Friends]]''. In it, Summer performed with [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] on a medley of the songs "[[Un-Break My Heart]]", "[[Crazy (Seal song)|Crazy]]", and "[[On the Radio (Donna Summer song)|On the Radio]]" before closing the show with "[[Last Dance (Donna Summer song)|Last Dance]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/hitman-returns-david-foster-friends-preview-the-show/1075/|website=Great Performances|date=February 22, 2011|publisher=[[PBS]]|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> On September 15, 2010, Summer appeared as a guest celebrity, singing alongside contestant [[Prince Poppycock]], on the television show ''[[America's Got Talent (season 5)|America's Got Talent]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Donna Summer perform with Prince Poppycock on America_s Got Talent FINALE.mpg | date=September 16, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MqtV34F-xE |language=en |access-date=2022-07-07}}</ref> Also in 2010, Summer recorded a version of the [[Dan Fogelberg]] song "Nether Lands" for a Fogelberg tribute project. According to a comment on Fogelberg's website, the song had great personal significance for Summer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.danfogelberg.com/a-tribute-to-dan-fogelberg|title=A Tribute To Dan Fogelberg|first=Jean|last=Fogelberg|website=Danfogelberg|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412011429/https://www.danfogelberg.com/a-tribute-to-dan-fogelberg|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Donnasummer2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Summer in 2011]] On June 6, 2011, Summer was a guest judge on the show ''[[Platinum Hit]]'', in an episode entitled "Dance Floor Royalty". In July of that same year, Summer was working at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles with her nephew, the rapper and producer O'Mega Red. Together they worked on a track titled "Angel".<ref>{{cite web |title=Angel (feat. Donna Summer) |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/3XEL8kLgyYOPQ0WXWsFXjX?si=d3c15ba2b60d4893 |website=Spotify |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref> On December 11, 2012, after four prior nominations, Summer was posthumously announced to be one of the 2013 inductees to the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]],<ref name="rockhall">{{cite news|url=http://rockhall.com/pressroom/announcements/2013-inductees/|title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2013 Inductees|work=Rockhall.com|publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|date=December 11, 2012|access-date=December 11, 2012|archive-date=December 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214014529/http://rockhall.com/pressroom/announcements/2013-inductees/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was inducted on April 18, 2013, at Los Angeles' [[Nokia Theatre L.A. Live|Nokia Theater]].<ref name="rockhall"/> A [[remix album]] titled ''[[Love to Love You Donna]]'', containing new remixes of some of Summer's classics, was released in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/love-to-love-you-donna/711598547|title=iTunes – Music – Love To Love You Donna by Donna Summer|publisher=iTunes|date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> "[[MacArthur Park (song)|MacArthur Park]]" was remixed by [[Laidback Luke]] for the remix collection; it was also remixed by [[Ralphi Rosario]], which version was released to dance clubs all over America and successfully peaked at No. 1, giving Summer her first posthumous number-one single, and her sixteenth number-one on the charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/163401-donna-summers-macarthur-park-2013-remix-1-a.html |title=Donna Summer's 'Macarthur Park 2013' Remix #1 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs Chart – #AltSounds |publisher=Hangout.altsounds.com |date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=August 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720151423/http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/163401-donna-summers-macarthur-park-2013-remix-1-a.html |archive-date=July 20, 2014 }}</ref> In 2021, Summer's estate released a reedited version of her ninth studio album ''[[I'm a Rainbow]]'', subtitled ''Recovered & Recoloured''. The new edition is reduced to 10 tracks (15 on vinyl and streaming releases), with each song remixed by contemporary producers and remixers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Donna Summer / I'm A Rainbow: Recovered & Recoloured – SuperDeluxeEdition|date=June 25, 2021 |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/donna-summer-im-a-rainbow-recovered-recoloured/|access-date=2021-07-20|language=en-US}}</ref> Her [[Donna Summer (album)|self-titled album]] was re-released in 2022 by Summer's estate subtitled as ''40th Anniversary Edition''. In 2023, Summer's ''She Works Hard For The Money'' album was re-released with additional mixes to commemorate the album's 40th Anniversary. That same year, a documentary revolving around Summer and her career, ''[[Love to Love You, Donna Summer]]'', directed by her daughter, [[Brooklyn Sudano]] and [[Roger Ross Williams]] had its world premiere at the [[73rd Berlin International Film Festival]] in February 2023, and was released in May 2023, on [[HBO]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/donna-summer-documentary-polygram-entertainment-chief-david-blackman-interview-news-1234892669/|title=Polygram Entertainment Launches Donna Summer Doc Project, With Singer's Daughter Brooklyn Sudano And Oscar Winner Roger Ross Williams Directing|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matthew|last=Carey|date=December 16, 2021|access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/donna-summer-documentary-disney-animation-berlinale-special-1235506284/|title=Donna Summer Documentary, Disney Animation Celebration Complete Berlinale Special Lineup|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|date=January 30, 2023|access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/ca/media-release/hbo-0/hbo-original-documentary-love-love-you-donna-summer-debuts-may-2023|title=HBO Original Documentary LOVE TO LOVE YOU, DONNA SUMMER Debuts May 2023|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]|date=February 3, 2023|access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref>
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