"Oh Sheila" is a 1985 single by Ready for the World. The song went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the Hot Black Singles and the Hot Dance Club Play charts. It was the first of two chart toppers for the band on the Billboard R&B chart, preceding their 1986 number-one R&B hit, "Love You Down". The song is commonly misattributed to Prince, due to similarity to his vocal and musical style, as well as the belief that the song's lyrics allude to frequent Prince collaborator Sheila E. | The Co

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September 21, 1985: "Oh Sheila" by Ready For The World hits #1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart for 2 weeks, also topping the Hot 100 and Hot Dance Club Play charts for 1 week on October 12, 1985. Written by Melvin Riley, Jr., Gordon Strozier and Gerald Valentine, it is the biggest hit for the R&B/Funk band from Flint, MI. The band get their start in 1982 when they are discovered by local radio personality The Electrifying Mojo from WJLB in Detroit. Many misconstrue the song as being about sin