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"Walking on Sunshine" is a song written by Kimberley Rew for British rock band Katrina and the Waves' 1983 eponymous debut full-length album. The rerecorded version was at first released on the band's 1985 self-titled album as the album's second single and reached No. 4 in Australia, No. 9 in the United States and No. 8 in the United Kingdom.
Consequently, although they were based in England, Katrina and the Waves' first album Walking on Sunshine was released only in Canada. [1] The album garnered enough critical attention and radio play (especially for the title track) to merit a Canadian tour.
Walking on Sunshine is a 2014 British romantic jukebox musical comedy-drama film directed by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini. The film features covers of songs from the 1980s and was released on 27 June 2014. It is also a debut role for singer-songwriter Leona Lewis.
The label wanted to make some of the songs more single-worthy, particularly "Going Down to Liverpool" and "Walking on Sunshine", so the band did some recording and mixing in London with producer Pat Collier, who had worked on their first two albums. "We did loads of versions [of "Walking on Sunshine"]," Collier said in 2017.
Walking on Sunshine is the debut studio album by English new wave band Katrina and the Waves, released on December 1, 1983, by Attic Records.The album was only officially released in Canada, but now appears worldwide on the 2003 compilation The Original Recordings 1983–1984.
Glee cast mash up of "Walking on Sunshine" and Beyoncé "Halo" (2010) "Walking on Sunshine" has also been featured several times on American Idol, X Factor and The Voice. "Walking on Sunshine" continues to be one of the most popular songs from the 1980s with over 700 million streams on Spotify, [11] and over 6 million monthly listeners.
Walking on Sunshine may refer to: Walking on Sunshine (Eddy Grant album), 1978 "Walking on Sunshine" (Eddy Grant song), a hit for Rockers Revenge in 1982;
The group's initial entry on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, "Walking on Sunshine" (an Eddy Grant composition, featuring vocals by Donnie Calvin) hit #1 on the U.S. dance chart in 1982. The track reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1982. [ 4 ]