Modern Girl (Sheena Easton song)

"Modern Girl"
Single by Sheena Easton
from the album Take My Time
B-side	Paradox
Released	29 February 1980 (Scotland) 25 January 1981 (U.S.)
Format	7"
Recorded	1979
Genre	Pop
Length	3:35
Label	EMI
Writer(s)	Frank Musker, Dominic Bugatti
Producer	Christopher Neil
Certification	Silver[1]
Sheena Easton singles chronology
"Modern Girl" (1980) "9 to 5" (1980)

"Modern Girl" is the debut single by Scottish pop singer Sheena Easton. The song was originally released in February 1980. It made a lowly #56 in the charts before being re-released to top ten success in August of the same year.^[2] It also became a top 20 hit in the US.

Background

Exposure on the BBC television production The Big Time not only resulted in a record deal with EMI, but also pushed Easton's 1980 debut singles, "Modern Girl" and " 9 to 5," into the UK top ten, making her the first female artist to appear twice in the same top ten. Her debut LP followed in 1981, while "9 to 5" was reissued in America under the title "Morning Train" to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton's recent hit of the same name; regardless, the single topped the U.S. pop charts, with "Modern Girl" cracking the Top 20 a month later.

In 1997 Easton re-recorded this song for her album Freedom for the Japanese market and released it as the first single.^[3]

Charts

Chart (1980/1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	18
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	13
UK Singles Chart	8
Ireland Singles Chart [4]	10
Canada Singles Chart	19
Japan Oricon Singles Chart	18

Cover versions

Mona Carita recorded "Modern Girl" in Finnish as "Nykyaikainen" as the title cut for her 1981 album.

"Modern Girl" was covered by Japanese pop group Sonia on their 1995 album, Tenchi Muyo!. This version used the chorus and the first verse, but changed the second and third verses to Japanese lyrics.

"Modern Girl" was covered by the UK's Camera Obscura for the Q Magazine disc, Q Covered the Eighties in 2005.

Game Appearance

"Modern Girl" is included in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova

References

1. ^ BPI - - search Sheena Easton (UK certification and release date
2. ^ Chartstats - "Modern Girl, UK Chart details
3. ^ Freedom at Allmusic
4. ^ Irish singles charts - Sheena Easton