Gypsy Woman (Crystal Waters song)

"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"
"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)"
Single by Crystal Waters
from the album Surprise
B-side	"Tell Me"
Released	April 3, 1991
Genre	Garage house; deep house; dance-pop;
Length	3:48 (radio mix)
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Neal Conway; Crystal Waters;
Producer(s)	The Basement Boys
Crystal Waters singles chronology
Music video
	"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" on YouTube

"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" or "Gypsy Woman (La da dee la da da)" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Crystal Waters from her debut studio album, Surprise (1991). Written by Neal Conway and Waters, and produced by The Basement Boys, the song was released on April 3, 1991 by Mercury Records, as the lead single from the album. It is famous for its "la da dee, la da da" vocal refrain and its often-sampled keyboard riff, and is now widely regarded as one of the biggest classics of house music, being remixed several times since its release.

"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" topped the charts in Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100. The song also peaked within the top ten of the charts in at least eight countries, including Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and the top 20 of the charts in Australia and France. Its music video was directed by Mark Pellington. In 2020, 2022 and 2025, Slant Magazine, Rolling Stone and Billboard magazine ranked "Gypsy Woman" among the best dance songs of all time.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Hardy, Ernest (May 22, 1994). "Crystal Waters, "Storyteller"". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023. The singer best known for the 1991 dance-pop hit 'Gypsy Woman'.
^ "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time". Slant Magazine. June 15, 2020. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
^ Cite error: The named reference rollingstones was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Domanick, Andrea; Unterberger, Andrew; Leight, Elias; Renner Brown, Eric; Lipshutz, Jason; Lynch, Joe; Bein, Kat; Bein, Katie; Rodriguez, Krystal; Moayeri, Lily; Newman, Melinda; Smith, Thomas; McCarthy, Zei (March 28, 2025). "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2025.

[1] Hardy, Ernest (May 22, 1994). "Crystal Waters, "Storyteller"". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023. The singer best known for the 1991 dance-pop hit 'Gypsy Woman'.

[slantmagazine.com-2] "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time". Slant Magazine. June 15, 2020. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

[rollingstones-3] Cite error: The named reference rollingstones was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[billboard2025-4] Domanick, Andrea; Unterberger, Andrew; Leight, Elias; Renner Brown, Eric; Lipshutz, Jason; Lynch, Joe; Bein, Kat; Bein, Katie; Rodriguez, Krystal; Moayeri, Lily; Newman, Melinda; Smith, Thomas; McCarthy, Zei (March 28, 2025). "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2025.

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