Sheena Easton - Days Like This

What this video is

Released in early 1989 as part of Sheena Easton's album The Lover In Me (MCA/Geffen, 1988), 'Days Like This' sits at the intersection of late-80s pop, R&B crossover, and the nascent New Jack Swing era. Easton had reinvented herself through her association with Prince in the mid-1980s, and this period of her career reflected an Americanised, R&B-forward artistic identity. The video's warm-toned, high-saturation…

Why it matters

Represents a key artefact of late-80s British-American pop crossover, documenting Sheena Easton's successful pivot from early-80s Scottish pop into R&B-inflected mainstream American pop. Directed by Brian Grant, one of the foundational architects of the MTV music video format, the clip exemplifies…

The director

British music video and television director and producer. Co-founded MGMM Productions in 1982 alongside Scott Millaney, Russell Mulcahy, and David Mallet — the UK's most successful music video production company of the 1980s. Directed over 200 music videos…