2 spot (just behind “The Empire Strikes Back”) on the list of top-grossing 1980 movies, green-lighting “9 to 5” might now appear to be one of those surefire, no-brainer decisions made by Hollywood brass with absolute certainty of striking box-office gold. More than four decades after it defied skeptics, entertained millions, and hit the No.
Photo: Cover art for Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.Viewed with 20/20 hindsight, all of history appears inevitable simply because it went to the trouble of happening.
Riley, who had done so with “ Harper Valley PTA” in 1968).Īlso on Parton’s “9 to 5 and Odd Jobs” album was her cover of Woody Guthrie’s protest song “Deportee (Plan Wreck at Los Gatos).”Īlso today in labor history in 2009, newly-elected President Barack Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, making it easier for women and people of color to win pay discrimination suits. country singles chart and Billboard’s Hot 100 with the same single (the first being Jeannie C. With “9 to 5”, Parton became only the second woman to top both the U.S. Parton has stated in a number of interviews through the years that when she wrote the song, she devised the clacking typewriter rhythm running her acrylic fingernails back and forth against one another. It is one of the few Billboard chart songs to feature the clacking of a typewriter. The song-and film-are the same title as an organization,, founded in 1973 with the aim of bringing about better treatment for women in the workplace. For a time, the song became something of an anthem for office workers in the U.S., and in 2004, Parton’s song ranked number seventy-eight on American Film Institute‘s “100 years, 100 songs”. The song was released as a single in November 1980 and reached number one on both the Billboard Country Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 in January and February 1981, respectively. In addition to appearing on the film soundtrack, the song was the centerpiece of Parton’s 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs album, released in late 1980. The song was written and originally performed by Parton for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Parton in her film debut. 29, 1981, singer-songwriter Dolly Parton hits number one on the record charts with “9 to 5,” her anthem for working women (see video below).
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