Dolly Parton and Melissa Etheridge - Nine To Five (9 To 5)

Dolly Parton & Melissa Etheridge sing Dolly's selfwritten smash hit "9 To 5". Charted #1 on Billboard's Hot Country singles, Hot 100 and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and also #1 on Canadian RPM Country Tracks and Canadian RPM Top Singles.
Lyric:
Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
And yawn and stratch and try to come to life
Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumping
Out on the street the traffic starts jumping
With folks like me on the job from nine to five
Working nine to five what a way to make a living
Barely getting by it's all taking and no giving
They just use your mind and they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it
Nine to five for service and devotion
You would think that I would deserve a fair promotion
Want to move ahead but the boss won't seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is out to get me
They let you dream just to watch 'em shatter
You're just a step on the bossman's ladder
But you got dreams he'll never take away
In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship will come in
Then the tide's goin' to turn and it's all goin' to roll your away
Working nine to five what a way to make a living
Barely getting by it's all taking and no giving
They just use your mind and they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it
Nine to five yeah they got you where they want to
There's a better life and you think about it don't you
It's a rich man's game no matter what they call it
And you spend your life puttin' money in his wallet
Working nine to five...
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[@fopod49]

For two drastically different vocalists, they have wonderful harmony together

[@sixsentsoldiers]

Are they that different? Soul, blues, country, it's all what we love about Rock n Roll.

[@miguelmarquez4192]

I know what you mean. Alot of what you hear is a lifetime of dolly harmonizing with her sisters since childhood and in her career shes always harmonized around anyone she performed with and even harmonizes with herself when she performs she will go up or down a third and play around with the original melody. Shes a master at harmony thats for sure...and melissas an awesome musician so it all just works.

[@jayb.5017]

Putting a bluesy spin on this just works so well.

[@jonnyjazzz]

I've replayed the first 20 seconds about a hundred times. Such a genuine and treasurable moment.

[@jdbonderman7342]

Same, Melissa Etheridge is genuinely star struck and it's adorable.

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1980 {December 19th} the movie 'Nine to Five' opened in theaters across the U.S.A. and Canada... One month earlier on November 23rd Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on February 15th, 1981 it peaked at #1 {for 2 non-consecutive weeks} and spent exact a half-year on the Top 100 {26 weeks}... The record it preceded and succeeded at #1 was "I Love A Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbit... Nominated for an Academy Award for 'Best Original Song' {the winner was "Fame", from the movie of the same name}...

[@sherrijones929]

This song says it all! The movie was hysterical!!! These two are havin' some good fun up there! Yeahhhhh!!!

[@Sh00zy]

Wow Two Academy award winners for best original song. They are great together !!!!

[@busternelson1]

Two awesome singers

[@HelgaKury]

REAL MUSICIANS always Sound great!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@michaelfolemsbee1910]

Well, you get after it!!

[@tykorn131]

That was awesome two of my fav artists together

[@sixsentsoldiers]

An original album by these w would be fabulous.

[@peterwolff7376]

super duet...

[@ALNWSPR]

Just a great harmony duo the both of them make together...

[@jillhensley4919]

Love Dolly!

[@julianneheindorf5757]

Too bad the show was not posted in full length, capturing all the funny comments. In the original show between two songs, there is a man in the audience who hollors "Dolly, I love you" to which she replies from the stage "Thank you, but I told you to wait in the truck". Her quick witted reply has everyone on stage and in the audience roaring with laughter. She had other funny remarks, but I can't remember them.

[@BrentinMosher]

I remember the show too. She told Melissa she had nice boobs, she said she got the riff from 9 to 5 from scratching her nails together, she said she sings to the drag queens in her audiences by replacing "Jolene" with "Drag Queen"

[@jansmith6229]

"Get after it."

[@ChuckHoustonVideo]

A hell of a version of song. 2 awesome country Ladies are rocking the world. Keep on running girls. Show us some more songs. O.K.?! May God bless and protect you and your loved ones. Crazy Chuck's back in town.

[@Skidsandmudflup]

i love dolly

[@caldarinavyfleet]

Come from The Orville 2x12. This song is awesome!

[@sylviaramos6582]

thanks for posting this...two great singers

[@germainflorent4365]

What to say ? just a big THANK for sharing. Well done !

[@Nitrorider100]

Ein super Song. Beste Unterhaltung! :-))

[@dodo-lz2ml]

Perfect

[@MrThomy2010]

Melli, what a sound. perfekt

[@nickyferguson9063]

I dont like it....I love it! legend! :)

[@amberoseyoumans]

I love this.

[@Morgana3781]

Oh, manbehindthescreen, (I love Scrat!) - bringing these two together - super wonderful combination - Thank you for putting them on here! ~~ will he EVER get that acorn?

[@dianadavis2928]

Great tune!

[@rolandaelijah7298]

Love this!

[@hanne9170]

This is my life. I hate this 9-5 shit. Let’s blow it all up!

[@leswehman11]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jerrypaugh3133]

This so cool

[@gailjestus5734]

💝💝💝

[@Abraham-vo1jy]

Here from American dad the episode was "Bush comes to dinner"

[@s16razor68]

l like it:)

[@deanmartell5726]

sexy Dolly and lady lovin" Melissa......Go head Ladies jam on! I luv it. DM

[@atylu2999]

Dolly’s like 80 lol

[@evelynlandry9814]

We are in the midst of elections I wish the common people like me are considered I relate to this song.

[@frankmachotka3488]

I can't get enough of Dolly Parton I love you. Dolly Parton she's the best singer in the world 🌏 and the. Melissa. I don't like I like her because criticize dolly. If I finally I kick her off the street

[@amberoseyoumans]

This. 3

[@user-vx3iz6kp9u]

who's Melissa? I live in Korea and don't know about her. the voice is soooo good.

[@Bwahahahaha1]

What....did....I.....just....hear.....

[@skaggulkbergstrom2019]

N i n e T o F i v e ......

[@katbowl9971]

Awesomeness.

[@gailjestus5734]

Don't they do the same thing in Dolly Wood/ working 9to5 and than some?

[@mariannesandvik3549]

stairway to haevenvoice

[@TheSynergyChannel]

[@hereof69]

Marloes חחח מספרת. פת.

[@hereof69]

תתגתדתדתמדצדמסצ

[@eloytoltec]

9to5 who works such short hours? it has only gotten worse.

[@jasonirelan4487]

Are there any Joes around, Joes Around?

[@harrymcphee4583]

Dolly didn’t even play her guitar the whole song

[@iseekknowledge8293]

Tempo is too slow

[@cindyking3824]

Iseekknowledge city of angels

[@rafaelgomez1989]

Iseekknowledge AGREE..and too bad 'Cause the vocal pipes are there !!!

[@realdiamondshow]

Sound critics everywhere. How you armchair sound-critics and band critics think you could do better than the pros us just stupidity. I bet none of you could even wire the rig up or play any instrument , lol! With you limited understanding try to grasp that what you are hearing on this video is not what the audience will be hearing at this live performance...all instruments will be recorded on a seperated digital multi-track desk.....then remixed in a studio by another techie ...specifically for the video....... in no way has this got anything to do with what the audience heard, or what the musos played.

[@chellbelle43]

John Hylton Why are you trying to ruin a good moment? Let it go man..the musice was good ..Love both ladies..leave the technical out of this

[@realdiamondshow]

Michelle Gillespie maybe my technical stuff confused you ....I AGREE with you! The ladies are great....and some clowns are commenting...critical about the ladies... you dont seem to ubderstand my point... It is a technical issue that is at fault , is whaI am saying...the ladies are great!

[@shanegrim5421]

Terrible version