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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Walking on Sunshine
| name = Walking on Sunshine
| Cover =
| cover =
| Caption =
| alt =
| type = single
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| Artist = [[Rockers Revenge]] featuring Donnie Calvin
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| artist = [[Eddy Grant]]
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| B-side = "Acappella Sunshine", "Rockin' on Sunshine"
| Released = 1982
| album =
| B-side = Sunshine Jam<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/4336nl|title = Eddy Grant - Walking on Sunshine}}</ref>
| Format = [[12-inch single|12"]], [[Gramophone record|7"]]
| Recorded =
| released = 1979
| recorded = 1979
| Genre = [[Post-disco]]<br/>[[Freestyle music|Freestyle]]<br/>[[Electro (music)|Electro]]
| studio =
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| Length = 9:30 <small>(Vocal, 12")</small>
| venue =
| Label = [[Streetwise (record label)|Streetwise]] <small>([[United States|US]] SWRL 2203)</small>
| genre = {{hlist|[[Disco]]<ref name="Soul Tracks">{{Cite web|url=https://www.soultracks.com/eddy_grant|title=Eddy Grant|author=Oliver, Peggy|publisher=Soul Tracks|accessdate=April 3, 2024}}</ref>|[[funk]]<ref name="Soul Tracks" /><ref name="Greene2">{{cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Jo-Ann |title=AllMusic Review by Jo-Ann Greene |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/walking-on-sunshine-mw0000312118 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=17 November 2020}}</ref>}}
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| Writer = [[Eddy Grant]]
| length = 5:20
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| Producer = [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]]
| label = Ice Records
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| Certification =
| Last single =
| writer = Eddy Grant
| producer = Eddy Grant
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| This single = '''"Walking on Sunshine"'''<br />(1982)
| prev_title = Living on the Front Line
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| Next single = "The Harder They Come"<br />(1982)
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = My Turn to Love You
| next_year = 1980
}}
}}
"'''Walking on Sunshine'''" is a song by [[Eddy Grant]], and the title track of his [[Walking on Sunshine (Eddy Grant album)|third studio album]]. It was released as a single in 1979. Grant's original version was not a hit, but the song was remade three years later by [[Rockers Revenge]], a studio project assembled by producer [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]], which became the hit version.


==Rockers Revenge version==
'''Walking on Sunshine''' is a song by [[Eddy Grant]], originally released as a single and the title track of his 1979 album ''[[Walking on Sunshine (Eddy Grant album)|Walking on Sunshine]]''. Grant's original version was not a hit, but the song was remade three years later by [[Rockers Revenge]], a studio project assembled by producer [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]]. The single, with vocals by [[Donnie Calvin]], was number one on the dance charts for one week.<ref name="whitburn220">{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=220}}</ref> The single did not chart on the [[Hot 100]], but did peak at number sixty-three on the soul singles chart.<ref name="whitburn498">{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=498}}</ref> It also reached number 4 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/Artist/19718/ROCKERS-REVENGE-FEATURING-DONNIE-CALVIN Rockers Revenge on the UK Singles Chart]</ref>
{{Infobox song
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| name = Walking on Sunshine
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
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| artist = [[Rockers Revenge]] featuring Donnie Calvin
| album =
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| B-side = {{hlist |"Rockin' on Sunshine" |"Acappella Sunshine" (12" only)}}
| released = 1982
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Post-disco]]
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| length = 3:44 <small>(7")</small><br />9:30 <small>(Vocal, 12")</small>
| label = {{hlist |Streetwise <small>(US)</small> |[[London Records|London]] <small>(UK)</small>}}
| writer = [[Eddy Grant]]
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| producer = [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]]
| chronology = [[Rockers Revenge]]
| prev_title = Sunshine Partytime
| prev_year = 1982
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| next_title = The Harder They Come
| next_year = 1982
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}}

[[Rockers Revenge]] released their version as a single in 1982, with vocals by [[Donnie Calvin]]. It peaked at number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="UKsingles" /> and reached the top thirty in Belgium, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The single did not chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], but was number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] chart for one week<ref name="whitburn220">{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=220}}</ref> and also peaked at number 63 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Black Singles]] chart.<ref name="whitburn498">{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=498}}</ref> The song's bassline would later be sampled in [[Eleanor (singer)|Eleanor]]'s 1988 song "[[Adventure (Eleanor song)|Adventure]]", itself a number-one Dance Club Play hit in 1988.


== Personnel ==
===Personnel===
* [[Fred Zarr]] – bass guitar, keyboard instrument
* [[Fred Zarr]] – bass guitar, keyboard instrument
* [[Donnie Calvin]] – vocals
* [[Donnie Calvin]] – vocals
* Bashiri Johnson – percussion
* Bashiri Johnson – percussion
* [[John Benitez]] and [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]] – mixers
* [[Jellybean Benitez]] and [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]] – mixers


==Chart performance==
===Chart performance and certifications===
====Weekly charts====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! Chart (1982)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
{{singlechart |Flanders |19 |artist=Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin |song=Walkin' on Sunshine}}
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! style="text-align:center;"|Chart (1982/1983)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br/>position<ref>http://archive.is/20120530085356/http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=9905</ref><ref name="whitburn498"/><ref name="whitburn220"/>
|-
|-
{{singlechart |Dutch100 |20 |artist=Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin |song=Walkin' on Sunshine}}
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|-
{{singlechart |New Zealand |30 |artist=Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin |song=Walkin' on Sunshine}}
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|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Dance Club Play]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
|-
{{singlechart |UK |4 |artist=Rocker's Revenge |song=Walking on Sunshine |date=1982-09-18 |refname=UKsingles}}
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|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Black Singles]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 63
|-
|-
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|''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]]<ref name="whitburn220" />
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
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|''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Black Singles]]<ref name="whitburn498" />
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|style="text-align:center;" |63
|}
|}


====Certifications====
{{s-start}}
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{{Certification Table Top}}
{{succession box
{{Certification Table Entry |region=United Kingdom |artist=Rockers Revenge |type=single |award=Silver |relyear=1982 |certyear=1982}}
| before = "[[Situation (song)|Situation]]" by [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Play|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]] [[number-one dance hits of 1982 (USA)|number-one single]]
| years = September 18, 1982
| after = "[[Love Come Down]]" by [[Evelyn King (singer)|Evelyn King]]
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}}
{{s-end}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 12:20, 3 April 2024

"Walking on Sunshine"
Single by Eddy Grant
B-sideSunshine Jam[1]
Released1979
Recorded1979
Genre
Length5:20
LabelIce Records
Songwriter(s)Eddy Grant
Producer(s)Eddy Grant
Eddy Grant singles chronology
"Living on the Front Line"
(1979) 		"Walking on Sunshine"
(1979) 		"My Turn to Love You"
(1980)

"Walking on Sunshine" is a song by Eddy Grant, and the title track of his third studio album. It was released as a single in 1979. Grant's original version was not a hit, but the song was remade three years later by Rockers Revenge, a studio project assembled by producer Arthur Baker, which became the hit version.

Rockers Revenge version

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"Walking on Sunshine"
Single by Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin
B-side
  • "Rockin' on Sunshine"
  • "Acappella Sunshine" (12" only)
Released1982
GenrePost-disco
Length3:44 (7")
9:30 (Vocal, 12")
Label
Songwriter(s)Eddy Grant
Producer(s)Arthur Baker
Rockers Revenge singles chronology
"Sunshine Partytime"
(1982) 		"Walking on Sunshine"
(1982) 		"The Harder They Come"
(1982)

Rockers Revenge released their version as a single in 1982, with vocals by Donnie Calvin. It peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart[4] and reached the top thirty in Belgium, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The single did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but was number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week[5] and also peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.[6] The song's bassline would later be sampled in Eleanor's 1988 song "Adventure", itself a number-one Dance Club Play hit in 1988.

Personnel

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Chart performance and certifications

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1982) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 19
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9] 30
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 4
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[5] 1
Billboard Hot Black Singles[6] 63

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[10] Silver 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Eddy Grant - Walking on Sunshine".
  2. ^ a b Oliver, Peggy. "Eddy Grant". Soul Tracks. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Greene, Jo-Ann. "AllMusic Review by Jo-Ann Greene". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 220.
  6. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 498.
  7. ^ "Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin – Walkin' on Sunshine" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ^ "Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin – Walkin' on Sunshine" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. ^ "Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin – Walkin' on Sunshine". Top 40 Singles.
  10. ^ "British single certifications – Rockers Revenge". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Rockers Revenge in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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