"9 to 5" (or "Morning Train") is a popular song written by British songwriter Florrie Palmer and recorded by Scottish singer Sheena Easton in 1980, becoming her biggest hit. It peaked at number three in the United Kingdom in August 1980 and was certified gold.[3] In February 1981, it was released in the United States and Canada under the title "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton's recent hit "9 to 5". It reached number one in both countries, becoming Easton's only chart-topper in those nations.
Easton had released one single prior to "9 to 5": "Modern Girl". This had failed to chart highly, but after exposure on the BBC documentary, The Big Time: Pop Singer, both "9 to 5" and "Modern Girl" were propelled into the top ten at the same time, making her the third female artist (after Ruby Murray and Shirley Bassey) to achieve this feat.[4] "9 to 5" became a top three hit and was one of the best-selling singles of the year.[5]
Early in 1981, EMI Records decided to launch Easton in the US and released "9 to 5" as her debut single. The title of the song was changed to "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" to avoid confusion with the Dolly Partonsong of the same name, which charted nearly simultaneously with Easton's record.[6] Easton's song went to #1 on both the U.S. pop and adult contemporary charts; it remained at the top for two weeks on Billboard's pop chart. On Billboard's 1981 year-end charts, it came in as the twelfth-biggest pop and thirteenth-biggest AC hit of the year 1981. It also topped the RPM magazine pop and AC charts in Canada, reigning over the former for two weeks in May 1981, while also reaching the summit in New Zealand, before being replaced by Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart".
Easton re-recorded the song ("El Primer Tren") for her Spanish-language album Todo Me Recuerda a Tí, in 1983 for the Latin markets.
Swedish-born Norwegian singer Elisabeth Andreassencovered the song in Swedish, as "Han pendlar varje dag" ("He commutes every day") with the new lyrics by Olle Bergman, on her 1981 albumAngel of the Morning.[25] This version also stayed at Svensktoppen for 9 weeks during the period 21 February-18 April 1982, with a chart peak of #4.[26]
Also in 1981, the Bulgarian-French singer Sylvie Vartan recorded a French cover of the song entitled "L'amour, c'est comme une cigarette" ("Love is like a cigarette"), with lyrics entirely unrelated to the Easton original.
In 1981, the Czech singer Helena Vondráčková recorded a cover called "Nač vlastně v půli vzdávat mač" ("Why actually give up a match in the middle?"). The Czech text was written by Zdeněk Borovec.
St. Vincent recorded a cover with different lyrics on her 2021 album, Daddy's Home, titled My Baby Wants a Baby. The album release credits Annie Clark and Florrie Palmer for writing.
In popular culture
It was revealed in the documentary John Peel's Record Box that British radio DJ John Peel loved the record so much that he kept two copies of it in a small wooden box of his 142 favourite singles.[28]
It was referenced in a Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch, with Pamela Stephenson playing a housewife who sings the song while cleaning the house. Her husband, played by Rowan Atkinson returns home, and corrects the wording, beginning by pointing out that he travels to work by bus, not by train, to which Stephenson sings the lines again incorporating the corrected statements.
The song was featured twice in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld. It first appeared in a scene from the season 8 episode "The Bizarro Jerry"', in a montage of Kramer's "work" experience.[29] Its second appearance was in the season 9 episode "The Butter Shave", where George Costanza pretends to be handicapped at work.[30][6]
The song features in the 2004 movie EuroTrip: the character of Scotty is forced to sing it in a Manchester United backer's bar.
The beginning of the song is sung by one of the characters in the NBC series Will & Grace in season 8, episode 16, “Grace Expectations”.
The song’s melody is interpolated heavily in ‘My Baby Wants A Baby’, on St. Vincent's sixth studio album, Daddy’s Home, and Florrie Palmer is credited as a co-writer.
The song is featured in the NBC series Good Girls in season 3, episode 4, "The Eye in Survivor".
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^Breihan, Tom (4 May 2020). "The Number Ones: Sheena Easton's "Morning Train (Nine to Five)"". Stereogum. Retrieved 10 October 2022. The song has a clomping, graceless music-hall beat...
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Morning Train redirects here For the 1963 song see Moving Peter Paul and Mary album 9 to 5 or Morning Train is a popular song written by British songwriter Florrie Palmer and recorded by Scottish singer Sheena Easton in 1980 becoming her biggest hit It peaked at number three in the United Kingdom in August 1980 and was certified gold 3 In February 1981 it was released in the United States and Canada under the title Morning Train Nine to Five to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton s recent hit 9 to 5 It reached number one in both countries becoming Easton s only chart topper in those nations 9 to 5 UK single sleeveSingle by Sheena Eastonfrom the album Take My TimeB side Moody My Love ReleasedMay 1980 1980 05 UK February 1981 1981 02 US Recorded1980GenrePop 1 music hall 2 Length3 20LabelEMI original RT Industries current Songwriter s Florrie PalmerProducer s Christopher NeilSheena Easton singles chronology Modern Girl 1980 9 to 5 1980 One Man Woman 1980 Alternative cover artUS single sleeveEaston had released one single prior to 9 to 5 Modern Girl This had failed to chart highly but after exposure on the BBC documentary The Big Time Pop Singer both 9 to 5 and Modern Girl were propelled into the top ten at the same time making her the third female artist after Ruby Murray and Shirley Bassey to achieve this feat 4 9 to 5 became a top three hit and was one of the best selling singles of the year 5 Early in 1981 EMI Records decided to launch Easton in the US and released 9 to 5 as her debut single The title of the song was changed to Morning Train Nine to Five to avoid confusion with the Dolly Parton song of the same name which charted nearly simultaneously with Easton s record 6 Easton s song went to 1 on both the U S pop and adult contemporary charts it remained at the top for two weeks on Billboard s pop chart On Billboard s 1981 year end charts it came in as the twelfth biggest pop and thirteenth biggest AC hit of the year 1981 It also topped the RPM magazine pop and AC charts in Canada reigning over the former for two weeks in May 1981 while also reaching the summit in New Zealand before being replaced by Joy Division s Love Will Tear Us Apart The song is about a woman who waits at home all day for her man to come home from work 6 The music video was filmed on the Bluebell Railway a heritage line running between East and West Sussex in England The video stars London and South Western Railway No 488 a preserved LSWR 0415 Class locomotive Contents 1 Chart performance 1 1 Weekly charts 1 2 Year end charts 2 Other versions 3 In popular culture 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksChart performance EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1980 81 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 7 1Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 8 8Canada Top Singles RPM 1Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 9 1France IFOP 10 4Ireland IRMA 11 2Netherlands Dutch Top 40 12 14New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 13 1South Africa Springbok Radio 14 11Spain AFYVE 15 21Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 16 3UK Singles The Official Charts Company 3US Billboard Hot 100 17 1US Radio amp Records CHR Pop Airplay Chart 18 3US Billboard Adult Contemporary 1US Cash Box Top 100 19 1Chart 2008 PeakpositionJapan Japan Hot 100 98 Year end charts Edit Chart 1980 RankUK 20 9Chart 1981 RankAustralia Kent Music Report 7 7Canada 21 14New Zealand 22 12U S Billboard 23 12U S Cash Box 24 24Other versions EditEaston re recorded the song El Primer Tren for her Spanish language album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti in 1983 for the Latin markets Swedish born Norwegian singer Elisabeth Andreassen covered the song in Swedish as Han pendlar varje dag He commutes every day with the new lyrics by Olle Bergman on her 1981 album Angel of the Morning 25 This version also stayed at Svensktoppen for 9 weeks during the period 21 February 18 April 1982 with a chart peak of 4 26 Also in 1981 the Bulgarian French singer Sylvie Vartan recorded a French cover of the song entitled L amour c est comme une cigarette Love is like a cigarette with lyrics entirely unrelated to the Easton original In 1981 the Czech singer Helena Vondrackova recorded a cover called Nac vlastne v puli vzdavat mac Why actually give up a match in the middle The Czech text was written by Zdenek Borovec Idols South Africa winner Anke Pietrangeli covered the song on her album Tribute to the Great Female Vocalists in 2009 27 St Vincent recorded a cover with different lyrics on her 2021 album Daddy s Home titled My Baby Wants a Baby The album release credits Annie Clark and Florrie Palmer for writing In popular culture EditIt was revealed in the documentary John Peel s Record Box that British radio DJ John Peel loved the record so much that he kept two copies of it in a small wooden box of his 142 favourite singles 28 It was referenced in a Not the Nine O Clock News sketch with Pamela Stephenson playing a housewife who sings the song while cleaning the house Her husband played by Rowan Atkinson returns home and corrects the wording beginning by pointing out that he travels to work by bus not by train to which Stephenson sings the lines again incorporating the corrected statements The song was featured twice in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld It first appeared in a scene from the season 8 episode The Bizarro Jerry in a montage of Kramer s work experience 29 Its second appearance was in the season 9 episode The Butter Shave where George Costanza pretends to be handicapped at work 30 6 In 2001 it was featured in the South Park season 5 episode 13 Kenny Dies The song features in the 2004 movie EuroTrip the character of Scotty is forced to sing it in a Manchester United backer s bar The beginning of the song is sung by one of the characters in the NBC series Will amp Grace in season 8 episode 16 Grace Expectations The song s melody is interpolated heavily in My Baby Wants A Baby on St Vincent s sixth studio album Daddy s Home and Florrie Palmer is credited as a co writer The song is featured in the NBC series Good Girls in season 3 episode 4 The Eye in Survivor See also EditCashbox Top 100 number one singles of 1981 List of Billboard Hot 100 number one singles of 1981 List of train songsReferences Edit Breihan Tom 4 May 2020 The Number Ones Sheena Easton s Morning Train Nine to Five Stereogum Retrieved 10 October 2022 Morning Train sounds like somebody s halfway effective attempt at replicating old American pop music Breihan Tom 4 May 2020 The Number Ones Sheena Easton s Morning Train Nine to Five Stereogum Retrieved 10 October 2022 The song has a clomping graceless music hall beat BPI search Sheena Easton Certification and UK release date Archived 11 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Biography Sheena Easton The Official Website Sheena Easton Archived from the original on 28 January 2019 Retrieved 16 October 2016 Official Charts Company Archived from the original on 5 April 2015 Retrieved 29 April 2009 a b c Breihan Tom 4 May 2020 The Number Ones Sheena Easton s Morning Train Nine To Five Stereogum Retrieved 4 May 2020 a b National Top 100 Singles for 1981 Kent Music Report 4 January 1982 p 7 Retrieved 11 January 2022 via Imgur Sheena Easton 9 to 5 Morning Train in Dutch Ultratop 50 Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada gc ca 20 June 1981 Retrieved 28 May 2020 Toutes les Chansons N 1 des Annees 70 in French InfoDisc 24 July 1981 Retrieved 22 December 2019 Irish Singles Chart Search for song Irish Recorded Music Association Archived from the original on 2 June 2009 Retrieved 6 July 2011 Nederlandse Top 40 Sheena Easton in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Sheena Easton 9 to 5 Morning Train Top 40 Singles SA Charts 1965 March 1989 Retrieved 1 September 2018 Salaverri Fernando September 2005 Solo exitos ano a ano 1959 2002 1st ed Spain Fundacion Autor SGAE ISBN 84 8048 639 2 Sheena Easton 9 to 5 Morning Train Swiss Singles Chart Joel Whitburn s Top Pop Singles 1955 1990 ISBN 0 89820 089 X Sheena Easton Cash Box Top 100 5 16 81 Tropicalglen com 16 May 1981 Archived from the original on 10 May 2017 Retrieved 16 October 2016 UK Singles of the Year PDF Record Mirror London Spotlight Publications 27 December 1980 p 30 Retrieved 13 June 2016 Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada gc ca Retrieved 16 October 2016 Top Selling Singles of 1981 The Official New Zealand Music Chart Nztop40 co nz 31 December 1981 Retrieved 16 October 2016 Top 100 Hits of 1981 Top 100 Songs of 1981 Musicoutfitters com Retrieved 16 October 2016 The CASH BOX Year End Charts 1981 Angel of the morning Svensk mediedatabas Smdb kb se Retrieved 16 October 2016 Svensktoppen TXT Sr se 1982 Retrieved 16 October 2016 Niel Bekker Anke Tribute to the Great Female Vocalists Channel24 co za Retrieved 16 October 2016 Barnes Anthony 30 October 2005 Revealed John Peel s 142 favourite records The Independent Archived from the original on 13 August 2017 Retrieved 27 June 2008 Trinacria Joe 13 April 2017 The Songs That Should Win SEPTA s Commute Playlist Contest Philadelphia Retrieved 4 May 2020 Tracy Liz Ten Best Seinfeld Musical Moments New Times Broward Palm Beach Retrieved 4 May 2020 External links EditListen to 9 to 5 Morning Train on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 9 to 5 Sheena Easton song amp oldid 1134494746, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
