Sunshine (Ricki-Lee Coulter song)

"Sunshine"
Single by Ricki-Lee Coulter
from the album Ricki-Lee
B-side "Gotta Know"
Released 26 September 2005
Format
Recorded 2005
Genre Pop
Length 3:02
Label Shock
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Jarrad Rogers
Ricki-Lee Coulter singles chronology
  • "Sunshine"
  • (2005)

"Sunshine" is a song by Australian recording artist Ricki-Lee Coulter, taken from her self-titled debut album Ricki-Lee. It was released both physically and digitally on 26 September 2005, as the second single from the album. "Sunshine" peaked at number eight on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments of 35,000 copies. The music video for the song was directed by Bart Borghesi.

Background and release

"Sunshine" was written by Zukhan Bey, Lukas Burton, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Kara DioGuardi, Norman Johnson, Barney Perkins, Gregory Perry and Jarrad Rogers, who also produced the song.[1][2] In an interview with The Age, Coulter said "Sunshine" is a "happy and in love song" with a motown feel.[3] "Sunshine" samples the 1971 song "Want Ads" by American R&B girl group Honey Cone.[3] Coulter said the sample gives the song "that happy 70s feel".[3]

"Sunshine" was released as a CD single and digital extended play (EP) on 26 September 2005, as the second single from Coulter's self-titled debut album, Ricki-Lee.[4][5] "Sunshine" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 14 on 3 October 2005.[6] It peaked at number eight in its fourth week on the chart.[6] "Sunshine" was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments of 35,000 copies.[7]

Music video

The music video for "Sunshine" was directed by Bart Borghesi.[8] It features Coulter singing in a house, which is 3D animated, surrounded by animated spotlights.

Track listing

  1. "Sunshine" – 3:02
  2. "Gotta Know" – 3:27
  3. "Sunshine" (Instrumental) – 3:02

Charts and certification

Weekly chart

Chart (2005) Peak
position
scope="row"Australia (ARIA)[6] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2005) Rank
ARIA Singles Chart[9] 80
Australian Artists Singles Chart[10] 20

Certification

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[7] Gold 35,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Australia[4][5] 26 September 2005 CD single, Digital EP Shock Records

References

  1. ↑ "BMI Repertoire Search – Sunshine". Broadcast Music, Inc. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Local Songwriters – Jarrad Rogers". Mushroom Music. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Life after Idol". The Age (Fairfax Media). 21 September 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Ricki-Lee – Sunshine (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Sunshine – EP by Ricki-Lee". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Australian-charts.com – Ricki-Lee – Sunshine". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Music Video Database – Bart Boghesi". Music VDB. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2005". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  10. ↑ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Australian Artist Singles 2005". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 28 September 2012.