Sheena Easton - The Lover In Me (Arsenio Hall Show '89)

[@TASconfidential]

Voice: ✅ Beauty: ✅ Outfit: ✅ Background singers: ✅ Band: ✅ She DID that!! ALL of it!!!

[@michaelschwab9806]

No auto tune here little girl singers today..this is how a woman represents!

[@sampagan8809]

Exactly

[@justsaying5245]

Prince really made a star with this one. Sheena is amazing. Here in 2024.

[@raymoles]

The official video of this song is the sexiest of all time.

[@kidkong637]

Absolutely!

[@kidkong637]

Copy that! ❤

[@josephblow5946]

The vocal ability, musicianship, and HAIR was no doubt the best in the 80's.

[@paulonunes2002]

In the 80s Sheena was that girfriend every man dreams about ❤️😘👍😃

[@andymerritt8145]

You got that right

[@ivonefigueroaurquizo4066]

This is the real talent and pride of the 80's.

[@aquajosh]

She BODIED the hell out of this song!

[@keithfloydjr4014]

YES she did..boomin!

[@drummingdanny84]

(as Gene Wood, whispering) The password is BODIED. (Ding) 💡😉👌🏾

[@geoffreyr2356]

Ms. Easton had my admiration when she first hit the scene with Morning Train and For Your Eyes Only. Over the years she showed that she had great vocal presence and could handle many different genres with ease and grace. I was blown out of the water when I heard this song and quickly ran to Tower Records and bought the cassette single! Listen to her No Strings CD to get a true sense of her vocal talent. Thanks for posting!

[@judysmith-randle1558]

One more time ..this is how you do a live performance boys and girls...class dismissed. Pure talent..live music..solid back ground singers..skilled musicians. Thank you..Miss Sheena.

[@Itstonytime77]

Sheena has always been the real deal one of the best singers of the 90s! And she’s still can sing and perform!

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

5th most successful female in usa in the 80s and that is something to be very proud of. Amazing singer.

[@talkditingsdem5799]

L.A. and Babyface never stop with the hits. Amazing performance.

[@Cz007_]

I'm a bit too young to know much about her (I'm 43 years old), but if i could take a time machine back and see her perform this in her prime, I sooo would!!

[@fantasyguru26]

She has a pretty extensive discography going back to the early 80's.

[@marco_m_]

I'm 42 years old and I found her about 6 years I think, thanks to the series "the outher limits" where she performed the role of a musician. she's amazing, I feel she same as you.

[@patrickmiller1834]

Hey kids this is how you do live. Flawless and the backups can’t miss with Nicki Howard there

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

Nicki Harris

[@chrismitsos6817]

Vocals are live !

[@curtismichael4703]

Her Bally days! She looks and sounds fantastic.

[@eltiochusma]

She was selling those gym memberships!!!!

[@Cutay7BOOTAY]

Chuckii Booker on the keys! He went on to be the music director for Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation Tour. He is also the godson of Barry White. Love this performance!

[@leongirl]

I didn’t realize that was Chuckii Booker! I love his song “Turned Away”

[@AlexanderNevermind888]

Wow! I was wondering who that was. Chuckii Booker also wrote and produced some of the group, Troop, greatest songs.

[@bankerguy66]

Sheena sang the hell out of this song, live! ❤

[@jaygarret2377]

Modern artists take note… pure talent effortless performance ✊🏾

[@ocw164]

What a voice she once had !!

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

agreed,that's how good she was,its 34 years ago. Super 👊🏼, right up there.

[@pgfinna]

I did NOT expect her to be this good live

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

I did,she can sing...

[@t8rtaught]

Sheena, the ladies on background vocals & the whole band, all on point!

[@astrearcenciel]

Whaou first time i saw her on live used to dance on her song. Quelle voix quelle corps ❤❤❤

[@mathewhorodner2000]

This was one of my favorite songs when it first came out when I was in fifth grade. :) Now, I'm 42 and still enjoy the song! :) Sheena and her intense eyes :)

[@shamondavis406]

Matthew Horodner I strongly agree with you!! I have this classic song on my playlist 😃❤️❤️

[@tiffanypetra8365]

@@shamondavis406 same here long live Babyface

[@richyz01]

That is a live performance big time!😍

[@OrdinaryG33K-SF]

Top Quality Talent, man! Sheena's vocal talent is UNDENIABLE, the song is awesome (great melody, funky groove), and Sheena has a great "Camera Face": Her facial expressions while performing translate REALLY well on camera: The knowing glances, the eye pops, she can really convey the meaning of a line with those expressive eyes! Great backing band, too!

[@BlytheWorld1972]

All amazing but she just cant let herself go with the dancing ...

[@geoffedwards2802]

Great live version of a great song. And Sheena is definitely not difficult to look at.

[@-.Steven]

My favorite version of this song. Thanks Sheena! And thanks Arsinio! Soo Doo Wap! ❤

[@christophertracy7136]

Prince did 2 duets with Sheena Easton - U got the Look and the Arms of Orion! She's no lip syncer!

[@timothyleebrown1593]

She KILLED it!!!!! BEAUTIFUL

[@daveydcxcix]

Bravo she ate up each and every single note! ❤

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

Absolutely

[@leejeffers1240]

An amazing live performance. Sheena was rocking it!

[@markberryhill2715]

Smoke show! Taylor Swift...eat your heart out,you ain't got nothing on this Scottish hottie!

[@gtripmusic2906]

Taylor is a billionaire and a song writer. Babyface wrote this song

[@markberryhill2715]

@@gtripmusic2906 I was just being silly,I'm a fan of both,but do wish Taylor would let someone help her out with the songwriting chores. It's time for a new look. (Or sound)

[@jamesb821]

Love this tune, should’ve been a No.1 great vocalist

[@tamishaboddie2793]

Sheena's vocals were always on point!

[@doperasinger]

That was on POINT!! Used to love this song!

[@mjc3502]

Wow. Great live vocals.

[@sampagan8809]

She could sing and so classy doing it. 💥👏

[@julissalopez4549]

One of the great singers at that time, now they can't song like that.

[@babarockyofthebronx22]

Sheena Easton Looks "BEAUTIFUL" 💯💯💯💯💯

[@LouiseO78]

She's a true beauty❤

[@-.Steven]

Sheena! ❤ And that killer Bass! Sho Doo Wop!!

[@BadTV1993]

this was one of the first & only women I saw as a kid and said to myself "damn that lady is fine!

[@AmaZment717]

Oh yea this most definitely has that Babyface sound to it…this was the jam…Sheena rocked it…Arsenio had some good performances!!

[@oubrioko]

The background vocalists did a nice job capturing the _Karyn White_ feel of the record

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

Now that's how you sing a song.

[@Classyzl3wx]

So underrated she was a dime 😍

[@kylewinward8847]

I don't believe she was underrated. She was up their with other popular singers of the era such as Belinda Carlisle. And of course she sung For Your Eyes Only for the James Bond soundtrack. I always looked forward to seeing her music videos while at the Army post main exchange and elsewhere. It was fun to be out and about and see music videos at TV stores. Good times!

[@ARlANACAREY]

im 18 and this is one of my fav songs ever lol

[@danielcabral5177]

Absolutely one of my favourites ones, as well. Lol

[@WalkerOne]

Crazy the live version sounds better than the recorded version. She was 42 years old heer

[@Butterfly22593]

She was 30 here

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

29 here,i think, maybe wrong but who cares,she was on point.❤❤❤🎉😂😂😮

[@init_1]

That bassist, awesome!

[@alexanderdiaz1]

Go, Sheena!!! Hey! I just spotted Nikki Harris doing backup. The one in the middle. Madonna's famously backup singer. Go, Nikki?

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

Yes! Niki is an excellent singer - think she trained as a jazz singer

[@TASconfidential]

Ya know, I was around 12 when the Arsenio Hall Show was in its Prime. And all the kids parents would fuss at us for sneaking at night watching it (because we had class in the morning). Eventually our parents gave up on the fight….. I have no regrets from the sleep I lost…. Arsenio has one of the greatest late night shows of all time. Period.

[@danielavaca4414]

A real singer

[@bufjayup7774]

Wow....Sheena in her prime. Holy hell

[@-.Steven]

3:29 Sheena's vocals (talent and beauty) are better than the billion dollar marketing phenomenon of today!!!!!!

[@aceshabazz1937]

She killed this

[@sonicyouth5150]

This is live! Whoa!

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

No lip syncing...not half naked, just talent...take notes!

[@moniet7559]

that's the era when bands played live and singers weren't lip syncing when they came to perform on late night tv shows

[@silke9479]

This era is over, it will never happen again! No one can give everything anymore!

[@timnop]

All my friends get annoyed at how much I talk about Sheena Easton

[@marco_m_]

OMG this is the best, I love Sheena 😘😘😘

[@trytoplaypiano]

Awesome voice, beautiful lady.

[@LarryeWhite61]

Oh may the days and nights of Ms Sheena always keep guys a dreamin

[@mauricioherrera9275]

Siempre serás la más hermosa ❤

[@kazzleerx9913]

Con ese cabello rizado se ve adorable,.

[@dreamernv]

no play back she is great !!!

[@sugazeee]

I was watching and singing, up after midnight dancing.

[@jaydee4646]

VOCALS!!!

[@jakee778]

the bass player 🔥

[@DouglasBrown-wb5bb]

❤❤❤

[@2011Antidote]

So pretty....

[@gtripmusic2906]

This version is a half-step higher than the studio version

[@j3fflb]

Luv me sum Sheena Easton!

[@buicklincoln]

So fine!

[@arronstone177]

A lot of singers now couldn’t even sing half those notes with some ‘help’.

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

Exactly,she sang that from start to finish,like the record,she didn't miss one note.✌🏽

[@jdfodio]

She didn't need verbal "help", but she has "help" to get fuller hair. 😉

[@Bassic778]

The bass player is killing on a Ken Smith!!!!! I remember being BLOWN AWAY BY THE BASS TONE when I saw this on TV!!! Is that "Ready" Freddie Washington on bass? Sounds soooo much better than the synth bass on the studio version!!!

[@Odawg96]

As quiet as it’s kept, Sheena was one of the best pure female vocalists of the 80s…one of those rare singers who did everything well. The problem for her, though, was that she wasn’t someone who could be put in a box and categorized, and the industry never knows what to do with folks like that. Boz Scaggs is another artist like that. Initially, she had the country-pop thing going on; then sort of a new wave; then she hooked up with Prince; and then it was on to L.A. and Babyface for this. They had her dressing like Pebbles’ little sister…and it wasn’t a bad look. She kicked ass, though, regardless of what genre she was working in.

[@silke9479]

The industry can never handle people who are too good! Not manipulable....

[@EFunkRock]

Is that one of Madonna’s backup singers in the middle of the background singers?

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

Yes,that's Nicki Harris.👍🏼

[@EFunkRock]

@@jamesdavidkmoss awesome. Thx!!

[@salvadormartinez9320]

Wow

[@the_personal_patriot_talkshow]

FINE WOMAN WITH AMAZING VOCALS WAS IN LOVE WITH YA AS A TEENAGER GIRL AH THE ROAD NOT TRAVELED ;D :) Lovely lady we love you!

[@diaquitaquita8984]

🔥

[@melville1017]

0:34 Body and personality is just brutal.

[@furpal40]

One good looking woman.

[@MR-fx9gg]

Pitch Perfect

[@SellingLAandMiami]

That’s how you sing. Take note. The real deal with all the goodies. That face, body, personality and hopefully me. Ok to dream

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

Sheena was the girl in 1989!

[@wrestlingwithjay3770]

80's

[@Dooseydoose]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@joancarlos9453]

🌹🌹🌹😍

[@coos-m3f]

🤩👏👏👏

[@gtripmusic2906]

5 string bass and a real drummer in this version

[@luisrenejuarezestevez175]

Yo ame a Sheena Easton

[@Outre7]

Forgot how good she was ..

[@Truplaya4reel]

She was soooo hot 🥵

[@tedkay3750]

another BABY FACE SMASH!!!

[@firouz256]

Fun fact: She worked with LA Reid, BabyFace and Daryl two years before Whitney. That might explain the atrocious treatment she got from Arsenio and Whitney on the Arsenio Show! Disgusting passive aggressive behavior - with Whitney sitting on Arsenios lap with her back to Sheena at the end of the show! By the way you can clearly hear Nikki Harris on the background who later toured with Madonna!

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

You are absolutely right,I said the same thing.

[@eduardogillo3538]

arianna grande of the 80"S

[@libitard]

really singling the song...not lip syncing.