Cheri was an R&B female duo who scored a major hit in the summer of '82 with "Murphy's Law".In spring 1983,they came back with a controversial single "Working Girl",which deals with prostitution.I think it's a great track,but unfortunately,it got ignored by radio stations.

OMG i FORGOT abotu Murphy's Law
I shall be recording these tunes to my mp3 player when I get home, thank you

Hell, it didn't get ignored down here. They played it in regular rotation with so many other hooker songs. The 70s and early 80s was a great era for hooker songs.....


Cheri - Working Girl

Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money
Donna Summer - Bad Girls

Rick James - PIMP the SIMP
Rick James - Money Talks
Rick James - Sexy Lady

LaBelle - Lady Marmalade

What People Do For Money - Divine Sounds

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - New York, New York (with the hooker ending)

The Crusaders - Street Life

Ashford and Simpson - Street Corner

Vanity 6 - Nasty Girl

Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter

The Girls - S-E-S-E-X


Them whores were workin' it back then!

vainandy said:

I gotta hear this one!

"She Works Hard For The Money" is not about prostitution

If you play it inbetween "Bad Girls" and "Lady Marmalade", it is.

Donna has done several songs about prostitution.It got to the point where I would hear a new song from her and wonder if she's talking about whores again.When I first heard "Love Is In Control",I assumed that Donna was singing...

"I guess I missed the target
caught up in a different nine to five"

I love this song about a prostitute named Maxine, by 80s New Zealand artist Sharon O'Neil .

Murphy's Jive Law was the one I was looking for

"They took my girlfriend's wig, and gave her a hat!"

SoulAlive said:

There was some other eighties Donna song I thought was about prostitution. I'm trying to think? Maybe it was "Cats Without Claws

Thanks for sharing. I've been a huge fan of "Murphy's Law" for years but never heard this one (and certainly never saw the video).
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