Chuck Findley, Donna Summer, Gary Grant, Greg Phillinganes, Jay Graydon, Jerry Hey, Lenny Castro, Marty Walsh, Michael Omartian, Mike Baird, Nathan East, Ray Parker Jr
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 1970s, Summer in 1980 had sued for release from Casablanca to sign with David Geffen as the inaugural artist for his Geffen label where her recordings were a comparatively modest success: also Summer and David Geffen developed a contentious relationship evidenced by Summer’s 1981 album I’m a Rainbow being shelved and the singer being forced by Geffen to leave her longtime producer Giorgio Moroder to record the 1982 album Donna Summer with Quincy Jones. Recent litigation had determined that Summer still owed Casablanca Records an album. Donna decided to go with Michael Omartian as producer to fulfill the contract. PolyGram issued these tracks on the Mercury label as She Works Hard For the Money with the title cut issued as advance single on May 10, 1983: the “She Works Hard For the Money” single became Summer’s biggest hit since 1979 with a #3 peak on the Hot 100 in Billboard where it also spent three weeks at #1 on the R&B chart with this success impelling its parent album, released June 13, 1983, to #9.Themify Builder Placeholder
Tracks
1 She Works Hard For The Money (Michael Omartian; Donna Summer) 5:20
2 He’s A Rebel (Jay Graydon, Michael Omartian, Donna Summer) 5:53
3 Unconditional Love (Jay Graydon, Michael Omartian, Donna Summer) 4:24
4 I Do Believe I Fell In Love (Donna Summer) 4:20
5 Stop, Look & Listen (Michael Omartian; Greg Phillinganes; Donna Summer) 4:43
6 Tokyo (Michael Omartian; Bruce Sudano; Donna Summer) 4:17
7 People, People (Michael Omartian; Bruce Sudano; Donna Summer) 4:20
8 Love Has A Mind Of Its Own (Michael Omartian; Bruce Sudano; Donna Summer) 4:08
9 Woman (Michael Omartian; Bruce Sudano; Donna Summer; Jay Graydon) 4:34
Musicians
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Mike Baird |
| Guitar | Ray Parker Jr |
| Piano | Michael Omartian |
| Synthesizer | Michael Omartian |
| Trombone | Charlie Loper |
| Trombone | Dick Hyde |
| Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Gary Grant |
| Percussion | Lenny Castro |
| Background Vocals | Dara Bernard |
| Background Vocals | Mary Bernard |
| Background Vocals | Matthew Ward |
| Background Vocals | Roberta Kelly |
| Vocals | Donna Summer |
Other Musicians
1 She Works Hard For The Money
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Sax | Gary Herbig |
2 He’s A Rebel
3 Unconditional Love
4 I Do Believe I Fell In Love
5 Stop, Look & Listen
6 Tokyo
| Guitar | Marty Walsh |
| Sax | Gary Herbig |
7 People, People
8 Love Has A Mind Of Its Own
| Guitar | Jay Graydon |
| Vocals | Matthew Ward |
9 Woman
Liner Notes
Producer – Michael Omartian
Arranged By – Michael Omartian
Concertmaster – Assa Drori
Coordinator (Production) – Yvonne Garcia
Engineer (Assisstant) – Larry Fergusson, Ross Pallone
Mastered By – Bernie Grundmanm Steve Hall
Mixed By – John Guess
Recorded By – John Guess
Art Direction, Design – Christopher Whorf
Photography – Harry Langdon
Mastered At Future Disc
Mastered At A&M Mastering Studios
Mixed At Lion Share Recording Studios
Mixed At Hollywood Sound Recorders
Mixed At Rhema Studios
Recorded At Lion Share Recording Studios
Recorded At Hollywood Sound Recorders
Recorded At Rhema Studios
Copyright Phonogram International
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.
Laurent Biehly on Facebook
December 8, 2016 @ 08:09
Don’t understand why no hard rock band ever covered “She Works Hard For The Money”.
Jan Lücker on Facebook
December 8, 2016 @ 08:14
Interesting idea 😀
Adam
February 16, 2026 @ 09:38
if you can find Kim Carnes’ version of ‘You Are Everything’
that’s the nearest full length version with a rock arrangement you can hear
as the Judas Priest / PWL produced cover is still only snippets
oh
and some people are calling some mashups ‘soul metal’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEfIRWf6Zlc
but
it just proves genre’s are for record shop staff
as
well
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