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Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money

3/9/2015

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"She Works Hard for the Money" is a 1983 song by American singer Donna Summer. It was the first single released from the album of the same name.

Summer performed the song live at the beginning of the 1984 Grammy Awards. Summer was nominated for but did not win in the category of Best Pop Vocal Performance Female. Summer's Grammy performance was released on the 1994 video cassette Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I.

Built on a rock-dance fusion, the song became a hit for Summer and one of the singer's signature songs, reaching no. 1 for a three-week stay atop the R&B chart (her first since 1979), number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and no. 3 on the dance chart.

The music video for the song, directed by Brian Grant, debuted on MTV and became the first video by an African American female artist to be placed in "heavy rotation" (a term used by MTV at the time to indicate a frequently-aired video). The video shows a woman, working as a waitress in a diner, who is burdened with many situations in her life such as work and raising two unruly children. It is also seen that she has abandoned her hopes of being a ballerina. Summer appears as an observer through a kitchen window, a woman who assists the fallen-down protagonist of the video, and, at the end, a leader of a troupe of women, in various work uniforms, who have taken to the streets to signify their independence and gain recognition for their "hard work". The protagonist is also seen dancing in the street with them.
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Dean
3/9/2015 03:58:54 pm

She works hard for the money ~ such of great track and great message with a fantastic vocals from one of the best female voices from Pop Music !

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EDGAR ANTONIO
6/22/2015 11:14:54 am

FANATICO A ESTOS RECUERDO DE MUSICA

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Scott Wm Simpson
2/19/2018 03:56:38 pm

She Works Hard for the Money, one of Donna Summer's most successful hit recordings. It ain't disco. The best thing about this song, other than its message, is that she sings it FULL VOICE as if she wants you to really hear the message and have it sink in.... You'd better treat women right. I miss her terribly. The saddest thing is I knowing I will never hear her voice LIVE in this life again. The angels had to step up their game when she arrived because she could easily overpower them with those might lungs. Watching (and hearing) her slowly lower her microphone to the floor while holding out a BIG, LONG note in an outdoor amphitheater... and the suddenly realizing her voice is no longer carried or amplified through the sound system but it is her OWN VOICE filling the space. When she let go of the note, you could have heard a pin drop (or at least you could hear the gentle waves in the harbor behind her). The audience was frozen, jaws dropped open, in disbelief and wonder. Donna looked almost frightened by the silence. Then someone started clapping, and within seconds everyone was on their feet clapping and screaming and cheering, and adoring her. I turned to my friend and I asked, "Did that really just happen?" YES, my friend replied. Donna Summer caused time to stand still for just a moment so her voice could feel this theater and our hearts. She is legend for all time, my dear friend, and I love and miss her so.

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