Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows

"Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows"
Single by Lesley Gore
from the album Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts
B-side	"You've Come Back" (from Girl Talk)
Released	1965
Genre	Sunshine pop
Length	1:37
Label	Mercury
Writer(s)	Marvin Hamlisch, Howard Liebling
Producer(s)	Quincy Jones
Lesley Gore singles chronology
"All of My Life" (1965) "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" (1965) "My Town, My Guy and Me" (1965)

"Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" is a popular song sung by Lesley Gore. It was originally released on Gore's 1963 album Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts.^[1] The song, composed by Marvin Hamlisch,^[2] was released as a single in conjunction with being sung by Lesley Gore in the 1965 film, Ski Party.^[3] It was arranged by Claus Ogerman and produced by Quincy Jones.^[4][5] The tune peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[2]

Popular culture

In film

• The song's movie debut was in the 1965 film, Ski Party
• It was used in the 2009 film, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

In music

• Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their 1965 album, Chipmunks à Go-Go.
• Dusty Springfield never recorded the song for an album, but performed it just once on TV on October 2, 1965 in the UK on BBC1's The Billy Cotton Band Show.

In advertisements and television

• The song appeared in The Simpsons episode, "Marge on the Lam" (4 November 1993).
• It was used in campaign ads for Target department stores in Australia.
• It was used in the background for an episode of American Idol.
• The song played over the closing credits of Mad Men episode 2.3, "The Benefactor" (2008)^[6][7]
• The song was used in "Super Happy Fun Time Mode" trailer of Serious Sam HD game remakes.^[8]

In sports

• The song is frequently played at Safeco Field, while Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez is making his final warm-up pitches on the mound.

Online

• The song appears commonly in British independent webseries Eddsworld as character Tord's least favorite song.

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