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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Walking on Sunshine
| name = Walking on Sunshine
| Cover =
| cover =
| Caption =
| alt =
| Artist = [[Rockers Revenge]] featuring Donnie Calvin
| type = single
| artist = [[Rockers Revenge]] featuring Donnie Calvin
| B-side = {{hlist |"Rockin' on Sunshine" |"Acappella Sunshine" (12" only)}}
| album =
| B-side = {{hlist |"Rockin' on Sunshine" |"Acappella Sunshine" (12" only)}}
| Released = 1982
| released = 1982
| 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 =
| studio =
| Length = 3:44 <small>(7")</small><br />9:30 <small>(Vocal, 12")</small>
| venue =
| genre =
| 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>}}
| Writer = [[Eddy Grant]]
| writer = [[Eddy Grant]]
| Producer = [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]]
| producer = [[Arthur Baker (musician)|Arthur Baker]]
| Last single =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| This single = "'''Walking on Sunshine'''"<br />(1982)
| Next single = "The Harder They Come"<br />(1982)
| next_title = The Harder They Come
| next_year = 1982
}}
}}


Revision as of 19:26, 7 December 2018

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

"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, peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart[1] 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 charts for one week[2] and peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot Black 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

References

  1. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 220.
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 498.
  4. ^ "Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin – Walkin' on Sunshine" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. ^ "Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin – Walkin' on Sunshine" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  6. ^ "Rockers Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin – Walkin' on Sunshine". Top 40 Singles.
  7. ^ "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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