Out now: Expanded digital edition of Donna Summer’s 'She Works Hard For The Money'

Mercury/UMe has released a digital-only 40th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of Donna Summer’s solo album, She Works Hard For The Money. Originally released June 13, 1983, it followed her chart-topping disco and dance hits of the 1970s.

The Deluxe Edition features the original 9-song She Works Hard For The Money album plus four bonus tracks consisting of two club mixes and two instrumental tracks (full track listing below). These bonus tracks have not previously been available for digital download or streaming. Listen to or purchase Donna Summer’s She Works Hard For The Money – Deluxe Edition HERE.

This special 40th-anniversary edition of She Works Hard For The Money coincides with Women’s History Month (March) and will kick off UMe’s multi-year celebration of what would have been Summer’s upcoming 75th birthday (New Year’s Eve, 2023). The deluxe edition album also complements the upcoming release of the HBO Original documentary Love To Love You, Donna Summer. The forthcoming documentary is directed by Oscar® and Emmy®-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (“Life Animated,” HBO’s “The Apollo”) and Brooklyn Sudano, daughter of Donna Summer.

Love To Love You, Donna Summer premiered internationally last month at the Berlinale (The Berlin Film Festival) and will premiere in the US at SXSW on March 11 before the film officially debuts on HBO/HBO Max in May 2023. For more information, please click HERE.

She Works Hard For The Money's video makes its official debut on video platforms worldwide now in a remastered version. Watch HERE.

Meanwhile, “Unconditional Love” has Summer singing along with featured guests Musical Youth, the young British/Jamaican vocal group best known for their 1982 international No. 1 hit, “Pass The Dutchie.” Produced and arranged by Michael Omartian (Whitney Houston, Christopher Cross, Loggins and Messina), She Works Hard For The Money was recorded in a trio of locations in California, including Lion Share Recording in Los Angeles, Hollywood Sound Recorders in Hollywood, and Rhema Studio in Beverly Hills. For her part, Summer wrote or co-wrote all nine tracks on the core album, most of them with Omartian.

She Works Hard For The Money has been certified gold by the RIAA. The album peaked at No. 9 on the US Billboard 200 and reached the Top 10 in Sweden, Finland, and the Netherlands. The title track and aforementioned lead single, “She Works Hard For The Money,” was an international Top 10 smash hit and made an incredible chart impact upon its release in the United States, ultimately reaching No. 1 on the US R&B chart, No. 3 on the Hot 100, and No. 3 on US Club Play. The album’s next single, “Unconditional Love,” climbed to No. 9 on US R&B and No. 43 on the Hot 100, and it also reached No. 14 on the UK Singles chart. The album’s other two singles were “Stop, Look And Listen” and “Love Has A Mind Of Its Own.”

“She Works Hard For The Money” garnered Summer a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, while “He’s A Rebel” won her a GRAMMY® for Best Inspirational Performance. In addition, fans of the worldwide-popular Netflix series Stranger Things will recognize “I Do Believe (I Fell In Love)” from its prominent use in the series in 2017.

Track listing:

1. She Works Hard For The Money
2. Stop, Look And Listen
3. He’s A Rebel
4. Woman
5. Unconditional Love (feat. Musical Youth)
6. Love Has A Mind Of Its Own
7. Tokyo
8. People, People
9. I Do Believe (I Feel In Love)
10. She Works Hard For The Money / Club Mix [Bonus Track]
11. She Works Hard For The Money / Instrumental [Bonus Track]
12. Unconditional Love (Feat. Musical Youth) / Club Mix [Bonus Track]
13. Unconditional Love (Feat. Musical Youth) / Instrumental [Bonus Track]