She Works Hard for the Money
Donna Summer | Artist Essentials
First released: 1983 (year verified)
Original 1983 full album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The clipped rhythm and firm refrain bring a direct, forceful vocal setting.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1983 (year verified)
UMe dates the original album to 1983 and separates its title track from appended bonus editions.
Recording: Original 1983 full album recording
Credit: Donna Summer
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: She Works Hard for the Money
UMe - original She Works Hard for the Money album and bonus editions
UMe explicitly dates the original nine-song album to 1983, identifies Musical Youth on Unconditional Love, and separates both selected originals from appended club mixes and instrumentals. The 2023 expansion does not date the originals. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
The selected original 1983 album production is separate from bonus club and instrumental editions in UMe's program. The actual annual entry identifies no edition, so its link to the full original cut remains provisional.
UMe - original She Works Hard for the Money album and bonus editions
UMe explicitly dates the original nine-song album to 1983, identifies Musical Youth on Unconditional Love, and separates both selected originals from appended club mixes and instrumentals. The 2023 expansion does not date the originals. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
About Donna Summer
Donna Summer was a Boston-born singer and songwriter whose early church singing and European musical-theater work preceded her recording career. In Munich she developed a partnership with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, combining expressive vocals with extended disco arrangements and electronic rhythms. Her late-1970s records also drew on rock, soul and orchestral pop. Subsequent albums explored new wave, R&B and contemporary dance production, with studio work continuing through Crayons in 2008.
Artist background sources
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Donna Summer induction essay by Harry Weinger
Career history supporting the Boston and church background, European musical theater, Munich partnership, stylistic range and later recording work through Crayons. No song-inspiration, sales-total, chart-record or present-day claim is made. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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