"My baby takes the morning train
He works from 9 'til 5 and then
He takes another home again
To find me waiting for him."
He works from 9 'til 5 and then
He takes another home again
To find me waiting for him."
— Sheena Easton, "Morning Train (9 to 5)"
Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr on April 27, 1959, in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish Singer-Songwriter, actress and voice actress.
She scored a few hits in The '80s, most notably with "Morning Train (9 to 5)" and the eponymous main theme for the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, and collaborated several times with Prince. Her music was largely pop with bits of soft rock and New Wave floating around.
Since a role in Miami Vice, she's also branched off in acting and voice acting.
Discography:
- Take My Time (1980)
- You Could Have Been with Me (1981)
- Madness, Money & Music (1982)
- Best Kept Secret (1983)
- A Private Heaven (1984)
- Todo Me Recuerda a Ti (1984) - Spanish language release
- Do You (1985)
- No Sound But a Heart (1987)
- The Lover in Me (1988)
- What Comes Naturally (1991)
- No Strings (1993)
- My Cherie (1995)
- Freedom (1997)
- Home (1999)
- Fabulous (2000)
Selected filmography:
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) - appeared in the Title Sequence singing the main theme
- Miami Vice (1987) as Caitlin Davies
- Body Bags (1993, segment "Hair") as Megan
- Highlander (1993, episode "An Eye for an Eye") as Annie Devlin
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993, episode "Crystal Hawks") as Crystal Hawks
- TekWar (1994) as War Bride
- Gargoyles (1994-1997) as Robyn Canmore, Banshee, Molly, and Finella (voice)
- The Outer Limits (1996, episode "Falling Star") as Melissa McCammon
- Road Rovers (1996) as Groomer, Persia, and Mrs. British Prime Minister (voice)
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) as Sasha La Fleur (voice)
- The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries (1997) as Trixie (voice)
- The Wild Thornberrys (1999) as Mother Kangaroo (voice)
- The Legend of Tarzan (2001) as Dr. Robin Doyle (voice)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) Professor Fiona Pembrooke (voice)
- Young Blades (2005) as Queen Anne
- Phineas and Ferb (2009) as Doofenshmirtz's Date (voice)
Her career provides examples of:
- Defenestrate and Berate: "Almost Over You" is about the singer expressing her heartbreak for her man who was "painting the town" (committing adultery). The music video
has her playing the piano while also featuring some video games of the time, such as Sinistar (prominently displayed), implying that her boyfriend is a gamer. The climax of the video has her throwing an arcade machine out of the balcony. - Gothic Horror: The music video for "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" features a Frankenstein's Monster pretty clearly based off Boris Karloff, a Dracula recalling Bela Lugosi, a floating hand and a Igor as well as a couple of grave robbers.
- I Call Him "Mister Happy": "Sugar Walls" may be more a description than a name, but that still applies as a euphemism for a vagina.
- Let's Duet: She's had a few with Prince, most notably "The Arms of Orion" (on the album of 1989's Batman) and an uncredited appearance on "U Got the Look" as well as "We've Got Tonight" with Kenny Rogers in 1983.
- Title Sequence: Not only did she sing the main theme of For Your Eyes Only, but she is also, so far, the only singer in the film series to have appeared in a Bond title sequence (Madonna had a cameo in her own song's film, meanwhile).
- Title Theme Tune: "For Your Eyes Only" for the eponymous film.
- Train Song: "Morning Train (9 to 5)", about a woman who waits at home all day for her man (a train operator/driver) to come home from work.
- Truck Driver's Gear Change: "When He Shines" goes from E A D then spikes up to a G right after the "this tempermental man plays me along" verse before ending up as it began.
