Gypsy Woman

"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" (also released as "Gypsy Woman (La da dee la da da)") is a house music song by American singer Crystal Waters. It was written by Neal Conway, Nathaniel S. Hardy, Jr. and Waters and is 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 that is similar to gospel music. Slant Magazine ranked the song 48th in its 100 Greatest Dance Songs list, adding: ""Gypsy Woman" sets its portrait of a crusty, haphazardly made-up bag lady begging dementedly on street corners to the Basement Boys's unforgivingly brutish, mongoloid thump". It peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at number two in the UK Singles Chart, and it went to number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs. When the song was descending the charts, it appeared on the benefit album Red Hot + Dance in a new incarnation mixed by Joey Negro, who took the song into a new musical direction. Retitled "Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)", the song was the highest-debuting single for a new act in the UK Singles Chart at that time - its debut at 3 was later eclipsed by Gabrielle's "Dreams" entering at two, and then by Whigfield's "Saturday Night" entering at 1. In 1991, the song was spoofed in the memorable sketch "My Songs Are Mindless" performed by Kim Wayans on In Living Color, where series regular Wayans portrayed Waters referencing TV shows. Wayans skewered the song's simple rhythm and melody by singing "Hey look, there's Fred and the Flintstones/I got a song now, that's a song now/Yabba dabba doo, yabba dabba doo/Yabba dabba doo, yabba dabba doo...." The clip from the comedy show would sometimes show up mixed into Waters' own version at gay clubs with video screens. The song is played in a fashion show at the end of the King of the Hill episode "Husky Bobby". "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" is also featured in the video game Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party on the Wii. The song's elements were used as the basis for 2 Eivissa's 1997 single "Oh La La La," which itself became a international hit.[2] Drum & Bass producer DJ Ron sampled and remixed in the track called "La Da Dee" on the La Da Dee single in 2003.[3] The song was sampled by Styles P in 2004 on the song "Favorite Drug" from his album Time is Money, and later by T.I. on his 2006 single "Why You Wanna." At the end of the song "Bums" by Mr. Hyde and Necro, there is a quick sample of Waters saying, "Homeless... She's Homeless." In 2006, it was remixed by Sami Dee & Freddy Jones and re-released as "Gypsy Woman 2006 (La-Da-Dee)" on the record label Absolute Sound France. The 12-inch (30 cm) vinyl included two remixes, as well as the a cappella vocal. The Big Room Anthem remix was featured on the 2007 Ministry of Sound Annual. In 2007, Montefiori Cocktail released an instrumental version of "Gypsy Woman". In summer 2008, Sam Sparro recorded a cover of the song in London with his touring band. He had been performing the song in his live show during hit UK/European tour since the spring. In January 2009, UK DJ Timmy Vegas released a song "Another Dimension" with Bad Lay-Dee which contains the organ sample of "Gypsy Woman", as well as a sample from Beastie Boys' "Intergalactic". The latter sample is routed through a vocoder-like instrument, which is also driven by chords of the "Gypsy Woman" organ sample. In February 2011, Japanese singer YU-A released a cover of "Gypsy Woman" on her album 2 Girls. "Walking" by Mary Mary on their album Something Big contains a sample of "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" by Crystal Waters. Alexandra Burke sampled the song in her album track "Oh La La" taken from her second album Heartbreak On Hold. MK1, a hip-hop duet, did this song, along with "Pass Out" by Tinie Tempah on week 3 of the ninth series of The X Factor. Alicia Keys used big portions of "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" and renamed the track to "Brand New Me (Part 2)" and released the track in January 2013. Swedish DJ Ted Nilsson's latest single "Homeless" feature the vocals of "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)". The song also features British DJs Cjay Swayne and Errol Reid. The song was released on Spinnin' Records's Spinnin' Deep imprint. Two versions of the song were recorded: the Day Mix and the Nite Mix and were both released on July 22, 2013.

She wakes up early every morning Just to do her hair now Because she cares you all Her day wouldn't be right Without her make up She's never out of make up She's just like you and me But she's homeless, she's homeless As she stands there singing for money. La da dee la do dow La da dee la do dow In my sleep I see her begging, Reaching, please Although the fault is not mine I ask God why, God why She's just like you and me But she's homeless, she's homeless And she stands there singing for money La da dee la do dow La da dee la do dow La da dee la do dow La da dee la do dow She's just like you and me As she stands there singing for money La da dee la do dow La da dee la do dow La da dee la do dow La da dee la do dow Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh La da dee la do dow La da dee la do dow