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She always had a full face of makeup and black clothes and she'd be singing these gospel songs. My sister worked in the hotel and I'd walk past this woman around once a week, and she looked fine. It's about a woman who stood in front of the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Connecticut Avenue. When it comes to the song itself, the lyrics came straight out of reality. In a 2016 interview, Waters expanded on the story behind the lyrics for the song: she used to stand downtown on the corners, and she was dressed in all black," she told the Glitterbox Radio Show in 2017. "I said to myself there must be someone singing it, and I thought of this woman. It was the song's heavy bass line that inspired her to riff "la da dee la da da" overtop of the rhythm, but she had trouble coming up with lyrics to match those short syllables. Waters began working on the song after receiving beats from her producers she was supposed to write lyrics over.
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It was released as the first single from her 1991 debut album, Surprise. The song includes the chorus of "La da dee, la da da" and a much-sampled organ refrain.
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The song is about a homeless woman who wears make-up and thinks of herself as beautiful despite busking on a street corner. and was originally written for the American singer Ultra Naté, but when Waters recorded a demo herself, the production company drew up a recording contract for her on the spot and never passed the song to its intended vocalist. "Gypsy Woman" was written by Waters with Neal Conway and Nathaniel S. Crystal brings a background of jazz and blues to her music, which blended well with our various ideas." The first two songs she wrote were " Makin' Happy" and "Gypsy Woman". Thomas Davis from the Basement Boys told in an 1991 interview, "It was a great combination of influences. They wanted her to write some house songs for them while keeping her jazz influences. At a conference in Washington, D.C., she met the house-music production team Basement Boys. She went to the studio, got a job, and became a writer and backup singer. A workmate's cousin owned a recording studio and Waters found out that it was looking for backup singers. government, in the computer division, issuing arrest warrants.
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At age eleven, she began writing poetry and was inducted into the Poetry Society of America when she was 14, the youngest person ever to receive that honor.Īfter studying business and computer science at university, she worked for the Washington, D.C. Waters' father was a jazz musician and her uncle was the lead saxophonist with MFSB. Her great aunt, Ethel Waters, was a famous singer and actor in the 1940s. Ĭrystal Waters grew up in a very musical family. In 2020, Slant Magazine ranked the song number 10 in their list of The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time. The song also peaked within the top ten of the charts in at least eight countries, including Germany, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top 20 of the charts in Australia and France. Outside of the United States, "Gypsy Woman" topped the charts in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and on the Eurochart Hot 100. "Gypsy Woman" was a commercial success upon release, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.
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The song is also widely regarded as one of the biggest classics of house music and has been remixed several times. It is famous for its "la da dee, la dee da" refrain and its often-sampled keyboard riff. Hardy Jr., the song was released on Apas the lead single from the album. Written by Neal Conway, Waters and Nathaniel S. " Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" (also released as " Gypsy Woman (La da dee la da da)") is a song by American singer Crystal Waters from her debut album, Surprise (1991). "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" on YouTube