Donna Summer "She Works Hard For The Money" 1983

[areyoureadytojump]

I love the video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TKQcWEXSKU

Went to #3 on the Hot 100.

From the Gold album She Works Hard For The Money.

[Ezekiel 23:20–21]

Of her 80's songs, this is one of my favorites, though I prefer "This Time I Know It's For Real."

This one is a total classic though.

[Hervard]

Meh, I never liked this song. "This Time I Know It's For Real" is definitely worlds better, as is most of Summers' other songs.

[shocker]

eros said:

Of her 80's songs, this is one of my favorites, though I prefer "This Time I Know It's For Real."

This one is a total classic though.

I agree! "Money" is so-so; but her comeback 6 years later was much better.

"This Time I Know it's For Real" had a much brighter sound. I think it had to do with the Stock, Aiken, Waterman team producing it. They had a lot of good songs in the late '80s.

[johnm1120]

One of my favorites from her from the 80's.

[WotUNeed]

It's a good song but I prefer much of her other material.

[unicorns]

19forever said:

It's a good song but I prefer much of her other material.

[SAY IT RIGHT]

Why isnt Donna thought of in the same way as other 7o's and 80s divas? What happened? She had a ton of hits.

[Soulsista]

19forever said:

It's a good song but I prefer much of her other material.

[syrus]

Donna is a living legend.

[Bunifa Latifah Jackson]

syrus said:

Donna is a living legend.

PREACH! And she got better with time! Her voice is still PERFECT and she can deliver IMO even better than she used when she was younger.

I LOVE 'She works hard for the money', specially when done live. It ranks just below 'On the Radio' on my fav Donna Summer tracks

[tico]

Love this song. I saw the video just the other day on a video channel called Retro Jams.

[Glove Slap]

I remember a funny moment from The Simpsons that involved this song.

[horchata]

Dec 21, 2007 12:26:22 GMT -5 syrus said:

Donna is a living legend.

Definitely.

I like this, but this is a flash in the pan for me from her overall material (and even if we just want to only count her 80s stuff).

[Deleted]

This is one of her best 80s songs. The music video is notable for being the first video by an African-American female to be placed in heavy rotation by MTV.

"She Works Hard For The Money" spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Hot Black Singles chart in the summer of 1983.

[Sir Benji]

When I think of Donna Summer this is the first song that pops into my head. R.I.P.

[beach1]

I love the guitars in this. Definitely a favorite by her. R.I.P.

[Dammn Baby]

The title came to Donna when she was at a glitzy party and went to the bathroom where she found the attendant asleep at her post. She thought, "She works hard for the money," and then realized it would make a great song title.

[Juanca]

In terms of songs that I enjoy the most, this is not among my favorites... but I do have high regards for it in terms of lyrics, video and sound (use of rock-like guitars), and for being yet another song that showed Donna's versatility and ability to adapt from Disco to Pop in the 80s.
Oh! and Donna IS a LEGEND!! To me, one of the best female artists EVER

[HolidayGuy]

I like this one- always reminds me of my mom and my one sister. Mu mom used to say my sister worked hard for the money (like Donna in the video) when she was a waitress back in the day.

[Deleted]

I always liked this song :)

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

One of her best!

[Ling-Ling]

I like it. It's not one of her better songs IMO, but it's definitely one of her classics. Kinda undeniable on that front.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Great song!

[disman00911]

I though this song was cheesy when I was younger.  I always prefer her 70s disco hits and her 1989 hit "This Time I Know It's for Real" over this one.  However, this song has grown on me in recent years and I do appreciate it more nowadays.

can't find the music video so here's the lp version
www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ZSKE38lTU

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