The Sheilas
Encyclopedia
The Sheilas are a pop girl group
who found fame with Stock Aitken Waterman
, after they were featured in an advertising campaign
for the car insurance company Sheilas' Wheels
.
The Sheilas are Emma Robbins, Carly Romain and Cathi Ogden. Their name comes from the female orientated insurance company Sheilas' Wheels
; which in turn takes its name from Sheila
, the Australian slang word for women. The group took the Sheila name, even though only Ogden is Australian.
They released their debut single on September 24, 2007 called "(I'm So) Happy Happy (You're Mine)
". The single was written and produced by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
for SAW
Productions. It was unsuccessful, peaking at #91 in the UK charts. The trio has also recorded at least three more tracks with SAW.
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
who found fame with Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
, after they were featured in an advertising campaign
Advertising campaign
An advertising campaign is a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme which make up an integrated marketing communication...
for the car insurance company Sheilas' Wheels
Sheilas' Wheels
Sheilas' Wheels is a UK car insurance brand that targets its insurance products to women, although it also sells to men. The brand was launched in October 2005 by Peter Wood, and is part of Esure, the insurance group he founded with HBOS in 1999...
.
The Sheilas are Emma Robbins, Carly Romain and Cathi Ogden. Their name comes from the female orientated insurance company Sheilas' Wheels
Sheilas' Wheels
Sheilas' Wheels is a UK car insurance brand that targets its insurance products to women, although it also sells to men. The brand was launched in October 2005 by Peter Wood, and is part of Esure, the insurance group he founded with HBOS in 1999...
; which in turn takes its name from Sheila
Sheila
Sheila is a common given name for a female, derived from the Gaelic name Síle/Sìle, which is believed to be a Gaelic form of Julia or Cecilia. Like "Cecil" or "Cecilia", the name means "blind", from the Latin word caecus...
, the Australian slang word for women. The group took the Sheila name, even though only Ogden is Australian.
They released their debut single on September 24, 2007 called "(I'm So) Happy Happy (You're Mine)
(I'm So) Happy Happy (You're Mine)
" Happy Happy " is the only single from the girl group, The Sheilas, released on 17 and 24 September , 2007.The Sheila's are a novelty group, famous for promoting Sheila's Wheels, who advertised for ITV Weather...
". The single was written and produced by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman
Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...
for SAW
Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
Productions. It was unsuccessful, peaking at #91 in the UK charts. The trio has also recorded at least three more tracks with SAW.
Singles
- "(I'm So) Happy Happy (You're Mine)(I'm So) Happy Happy (You're Mine)" Happy Happy " is the only single from the girl group, The Sheilas, released on 17 and 24 September , 2007.The Sheila's are a novelty group, famous for promoting Sheila's Wheels, who advertised for ITV Weather...
" (Download September 17 2007, CD September 24, 2007).