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I used to listen to Kasey Kasem religiously when I was a teenager.Donna Summer said she was staying in a hotel while on tour and she happened to see one of the housekeepers sleeping on the job.She thought to herself,this poor woman works so hard,and the rest is history.

Everybody in my neighborhood growing up thought the song was about hookers.All the kids would run around saying, "Hey you,your mother works hard for the money !" What jerks.

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This song was based on a true-to-life experience. Donna Summer was in Chasens restaurant in Los Angeles. She went to the bathroom and saw the attendant taking a nap with a small TV on. Donna startled the woman from her nap, and the woman told Donna she worked 2 jobs and was really tired. Donna thought to herself, "Wow, she really works hard for her money." Later that night while at home thinking about her, Summer wrote the song in about 20 minutes.

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