Sheena Easton's "Modern Girl"

**discokicks** · July 25th, 2010, 10:53 PM

I didn't know there was an extended mix of Modern Girl by Sheena Easton although I dare say that the mix is quite a disappointment. Too bad they didn't create something more like Teri DeSario's Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You. Did this get many spins on the dancefloors in 1980 - 81?

**feif** · July 26th, 2010, 02:30 AM

In the UK in 1980 it did get some disco action it charted in Record Mirror Magazine's 'Pop Dance' chart i.e pop/rock tunes that get heavily rotated in nightclubs but didnt make their main 'Club Chart'.
This is a pure pop song that had a subtle hint of disco it was kind of the signpost to the Stock/Aitken/Waterman sound that would've dominated the UK chart later in the decade.

**discokicks** · July 26th, 2010, 09:24 AM

Originally Written by feif

In the UK in 1980 it did get some disco action it charted in Record Mirror Magazine's 'Pop Dance' chart i.e pop/rock tunes that get heavily rotated in nightclubs but didnt make their main 'Club Chart'.
This is a pure pop song that had a subtle hint of disco it was kind of the signpost to the Stock/Aitken/Waterman sound that would've dominated the UK chart later in the decade.

Yes, I always regarded it as an album cut with a light dancey feel so I was surprised to see a 12" extended mix. There were quite a few songs like this at the start of the '80s...that subtle disco touch but back then, one dare not describe it that way.

**kdavid13** · July 26th, 2010, 11:22 AM

I've always loved this cut from the album. Nice to see it was extended it. I have never heard it anywhere though. So Sheena's string of dance/pop hits later in the decade didn't come "out of nowhere" after all !!