The 5 O’Clock Shadow

The 5 O’Clock Shadow

The song was performed by the original artist on Saturday Night Live in 1984. The video for the song was directed by a 23 year old Timothy Hutton, who had just won an Oscar for Ordinary People. He cast a Czechoslovakian model named Paulina Porizkova as the female lead in the video.

The Shadow artist is a native Virginian but she is often associated with Boston, where her music career started. The original band also originated in Boston but the bands singer/rhythm guitarist/songwriter lived in Baltimore until age 16.