Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves song)
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| Single by Katrina and the Waves | |||||||||
| from the album Walking on Sunshine (later version appeared on Katrina and the Waves) |
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| Format | Gramophone | ||||||||
| Recorded | Cambridge Studios, England 1983, 1985 | ||||||||
| Genre | Pop rock | ||||||||
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| Writer(s) | Kimberley Rew | ||||||||
| Producer(s) | Pat Collier | ||||||||
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| Single by Dolly Parton | ||||
| from the album Treasures | ||||
| Released | 1 January 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Length | 3:12 | |||
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| Writer(s) | Kimberley Rew | |||
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| Promotional material by Aly & AJ from the album Into the Rush and Herbie: Fully Loaded | |
| Released | June 22, 2005 |
| Format | Radio Disney single |
| Recorded | 2005 |
| Genre | Pop rock |
| Length | 3:54 |
| Label | Hollywood |
| Writer(s) | Kimberley Rew |
| Producer(s) | Matthew Gerrard |
"Walking on Sunshine" is a song written by Kimberley Rew for Katrina and the Waves' 1983 eponymous debut full-length album. The re-recorded 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 U.S. top 40 hit, and their biggest success in the United Kingdom until "Love Shine a Light" (1997). Conceived of as a ballad, Katrina decided to belt the song out.
Royalties from airplay and advertisements of "Walking on Sunshine" have been extremely high. Katrina and the Waves kept the publishing rights and the royalties that typically go to the songwriter have been divided among the band members. Estimates are the song has earned $1 million per year for the ten years ending in 2010. According to a former employee of EMI, "Walking on Sunshine was the crown jewel in EMI's catalog," and that it was one of EMI's biggest earners from advertisers.
2010 was the 25th anniversary of the release of "Walking on Sunshine" and a series of back-catalog re-releases and a re-recorded version of the track were released at the time. A free download of one of the tracks from Kimberley Rew's solo album Bible of Bop was given away in March 2010 from the band's website.
In August 2015, the song was acquired by BMG Rights Management for £10 million, along with all the other songs written by Kimberley Rew and Katrina and the Waves.
The music video opens with a Docklands alley, the Waves huddling whilst Katrina dances about above them. The video proceeds to depict the band performing live at a United Kingdom concert. Katrina herself is either with or not with them, but either dancing in a disused Docklands warehouse, or walking through Hyde Park on a cloudy day, past a churchyard, Tower Bridge, and the south bank of the Thames. She catches up with the others and feeds ducks (one of them eats the leftovers, referring to the Waves). The four all repair to a backstage dressing room and prepare for a concert.
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