Jump to content

Walking on Sunshine (Eddy Grant song): Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
tidy up
unsourced genres/categories
Line 8: Line 8:
| Format = {{hlist |[[Gramophone record|7"]] (excluding North America) |[[12-inch single|12"]]}}
| Format = {{hlist |[[Gramophone record|7"]] (excluding North America) |[[12-inch single|12"]]}}
| Recorded =
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Genre = [[Post-disco]]<br/>[[Freestyle music|Freestyle]]<br/>[[Electro (music)|Electro]]
| Length = 3:44 <small>(7")</small><br />9:30 <small>(Vocal, 12")</small>
| 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>}}
| Label = {{hlist |Streetwise <small>(US)</small> |[[London Records|London]] <small>(UK)</small>}}
Line 66: Line 66:


[[Category:1982 singles]]
[[Category:1982 singles]]
[[Category:Boogie songs]]
[[Category:Freestyle music songs]]
[[Category:Billboard Dance Club Songs number-one singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Dance Club Songs number-one singles]]
[[Category:1979 songs]]
[[Category:1979 songs]]

Revision as of 03:08, 22 May 2016

"Walking on Sunshine"
Song
B-side
  • "Rockin' on Sunshine"
  • "Acappella Sunshine" (12" only)

"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. 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. The single, with vocals by Donnie Calvin, was number one on the Hot Dance Club Play charts for one week.[1] The single did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number sixty-three on the Hot Black Singles chart.[2] It also reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] 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

Chart performance and certifications

Preceded by U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
September 18, 1982 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 220.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 498.
  3. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ a b "Rockers Revenge – Awards at AllMusic". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  5. ^ "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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Walking_on_Sunshine_(Eddy_Grant_song)&oldid=721476307"