Johnson agreed to be photographed for the album's rear cover, standing in a diner with Summer, the two wearing matching waitress outfits. Summer quickly wrote down the title and presented it the next day at the house of her producer Omartian he helped her flesh out the words and music, to become the final song written for the album. Susan! She works hard for the money! This is it! This is it! I know this is it!" And I looked at her and my heart just filled up with compassion for this lady, and I thought to myself, "God, she works hard for the money, cooped up in this stinky little room all night." Then I thought about it, and I said, "She works hard for the money.
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First of all we walk in the room and we heard a TV set going, and I thought to myself "what kind of restaurant is this, that they would have a television in the ladies' room? This must be pretty posh." And so we peeked around the corner, and there was a little lady sitting there with her head tilted to the side and she was just gone-she was asleep. I was at Chasen's at a party for Julio Iglesias and I went to the ladies' room with my manager and there was a little woman. Summer herself described the scene in December 1986 on the television program You Write the Songs: Summer encountered a restroom attendant named Onetta Johnson who was exhausted from working long hours.
It was based on Summer's inspiration she had on the night of February 23–24, 1983, after the 25th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony when she attended an after-party at the West Hollywood restaurant Chasen's. Summer performed the song live as the opening of the 1984 Grammy Awards.Ĭo-written with Omartian, the song tells a story of a hard-working blue-collar woman. The single ended up as Billboard 's 15th-best performing song of 1983. It became a hit for Summer, 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 Billboard Dance Club Play chart. It was released as the lead single in 1983 from the album by Mercury Records. The song was written by Michael Omartian and Summer, and produced by the former. " She Works Hard for the Money" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her album She Works Hard for the Money (1983). For the parent album, see She Works Hard for the Money (album).įrom the album She Works Hard for the Money
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