KATRINA AND THE WAVES: Walking on Sunshine 7" MARVELOUS SONG! Check both songs + video!

Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Label:
Capitol Records
Catalog#:CL 354
Format:Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Country:UK
Released:1985
Genre:Rock
Style:Pop Rock
Tracklist
A Walking On Sunshine 4:00
B Going Down To Liverpool 4:30

Producer - Katrina And The Waves , Pat Collier

"Walking on Sunshine" is a song written by Kimberley Rew for Katrina and the Waves' 1983 eponymous debut full-length album. A rerecorded version was released on the band's 1985 self-titled album as the album's second single (see 1985 in music) and reached #4 in Australia and #9 in the United States, as well as #8 in the United Kingdom. It is the Waves' first U.S. top 40 hit, and their biggest success in the UK until "Love Shine a Light" (1997). Conceived of as a ballad, Katrina decided the better part of valor was to belt the song out.[1]
2010 is 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 are being released.
Royalties from airplay and advertisements of "Walking on Sunshine" has 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, though Katrina Leskanich was fired from the band in 1998. Estimates are that 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.

The music video depicts the band performing live at a London concert. Katrina herself is either with or not with them, but either dancing in her apartment, or walking through Hyde Park on a cloudy day, past an English prison, the Tower Bridge, a cliff and Old St. Paul's. She catches up with the others and feeds ducks (one of them eats the leftovers, referring to the Waves). Katrina returns home and cleans her face using cotton.

Covers
The song was covered by Jeffries Fan Club on their debut album Feelin' Sorry...For All the Hearts We've Broken in 1997. In 2007, pop group Girl Authority covered the song on Road Trip. The song was also recorded by Dolly Parton on her 1996 cover album Treasures. In 2009, the song was also featured in a mash-up with "Halo" (Beyoncé), on the TV Show Glee.
Argentine singer-songwriter Diego Torres recorded a version of the song with lyrics in Spanish named Por la vereda del sol for his album Tratar de Estar Mejor

Matthew Gerrard produced a cover of "Walking on Sunshine" for American pop rock duo Aly & AJ's debut album, Into the Rush. The song was released as the album's fourth single on June 22, 2005 (see 2005 in music). It was also used to promote the film Herbie: Fully Loaded, and makes an appearance on the movie soundtrack. The single's video features Aly & AJ performing, and is intercut with clips from the film Herbie: Fully Loaded. The song was shortened down to one minute and 55 seconds (1:55), as it is used for the video. This song was also featured in the 2010 film Ramona and Beezus.

The song is very popular in commercials and advertisers typically pay $150,000 to $200,000 per year to use the song.[4] It has also been featured in several movies, including American Psycho (2000), High Fidelity (2000), Ask Max (1986), The Secret of My Success (1987), Daddy Day Care (2003), Bean (1997), Look Who's Talking (1989), Moon (2009), and Into the Wild Green Yonder. It was played in the five-minute trailer for Bye Bye Love (1995). It has been played on the TV shows Gilmore Girls, "Rendezvous", Sports Night, and the Drew Carey Show. In television, it is the favorite song sung by Fry in Futurama and appeared as part of a mash-up with Beyoncé's song "Halo" in the Glee episode "Vitamin D". The song is also featured in the video game series Lego Rock Band, Singstar and Band Hero.