| "Walking on Sunshine" | ||||
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| Single by Katrina and the Waves | ||||
| from the album Walking on Sunshine | ||||
| B-side | "Going to Liverpool" | |||
| Released | 15 April 1985[1] | |||
| Studio | Cambridge, England | |||
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| Length | 3:16 (original version) 3:59 (Re-recorded version) 3:47 (video version) | |||
| Label | Attic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kimberley Rew | |||
| Producer(s) | Katrina and the Waves, Pat Collier | |||
| Katrina and the Waves singles chronology | ||||
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| "Walking on Sunshine" on YouTube | ||||
"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. It was the Waves' first American top 40 hit, and their biggest success in the UK until "Love Shine a Light" (1997), which won them the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 held in Dublin.
- ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 13 April 1985. p. 16.
- ^ Perone, James E. (2018). Listen to New Wave Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre. Greenwood. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-4408-5968-7.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "Katrina & the Waves – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
It peaked at number 28 in England and number 25 in America (the highest chart placement up to that time by any ex-member of the Soft Boys), and yielded the Top Ten U.S./U.K. hit "Walking on Sunshine," one of the more memorable pop/rock songs of the decade.
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