1983 Donna Summer – She Works Hard For The Money (US:#3 UK:#25)
“She Works Hard for the Money” is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her 1983 eleventh studio album of the same name. Written by Michael Omartian and Summer, the song was released as the lead single from the She Works Hard for the Money album on May 1983, by Mercury Records.
It became a hit for Summer and is one of her signature songs, reaching number one for a three-week stay atop the Billboard R&B singles chart (her first since 1979), number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and number three on the Dance Club Play chart. The single ended up as Billboard’s fifteenth-best performing song of 1983.[3] Summer performed the song live as the opening of the 1984 Grammy Awards.
Album
She Works Hard for the Money is the eleventh studio album by Donna Summer, released in 1983. It was her most successful album of the decade, and its title track became one of the biggest hits of her career. After emerging on Casablanca Records as the foremost female star of the disco era of the […]
Musicians
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Mike Baird |
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Synthesizer | Michael Omartian |
| Sax | Gary Herbig |
| Trombone | Charlie Loper |
| Trombone | Dick Hyde |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Percussion | Lenny Castro |
| Vocals | Donna Summer |
Produced By
Michael Omartian
Songwriters
Michael Omartian
Donna Summer
Charts
US:#3
UK:#25