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Walking on Sunshine (Eddy Grant song)

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"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.