Friday 3/3/23 9pm ET: Feature LP: Donna Summer – She Works Hard For The Money (1983)

She Works Hard for the Money is the eleventh studio album by Donna Summer, released on June 13, 1983 by Mercury Records. It was her most successful album of the decade, peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 and its title track became one of the biggest hits of her career and her biggest hit of the decade, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. (40th Anniversary)

  1. “She Works Hard for the Money” 5:19
  2. “Stop, Look and Listen” 5:52
  3. “He’s a Rebel” 4:22
  4. “Woman” 4:19
  5. “Unconditional Love” 4:42
  6. “Love Has a Mind of Its Own” 4:16
  7. “Tokyo” 4:15
  8. “People, People” 4:09
  9. “I Do Believe (I Fell in Love)” 4:52
  10. “She Works Hard for the Money” (Club Mix)
  11. “She Works Hard for the Money” (Instrumental)
  12. “Unconditional Love” (Club Max)
  13. “Unconditional Love” (Instrumental)

Donna Summer – vocals
Musical Youth – vocals (5)
Matthew Ward – vocals (6, 7), backing vocals
Dara Lynn Bernard, Mary Ellen Bernard, Roberta Kelly and Pamela Quinlan – backing vocals
Michael Omartian – pianos, synthesizers, guitars (2), Simmons drums (2, 5), drum programming (2), accordion (9)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming
Marty Walsh – guitars (1, 7, 8), guitar solo (4)
Ray Parker Jr. – rhythm guitars (4)
Jay Graydon – guitars (6, 9)
Nathan East – bass guitar
Mike Baird – drums
John Gilston – Simmons drum programming
Lenny Castro – congas
Gary Herbig – saxophone (1, 7)
Dick Hyde – horns
Charlie Loper – horns
Chuck Findley – horns
Gary Grant – horns
Jerry Hey – horns
Assa Drori – concertmaster