Automatically Sunshine Explained

Automatically Sunshine
Cover:The Supremes - Automatically Sunshine (Italy).png
Type:single
Artist:The Supremes
Album:Floy Joy
B-Side:Precious Little Things
Released:April 11, 1972
Recorded:1972, Hitsville U.S.A.
Genre:Pop, soul
Length:2:41 (single/album version)
Label:Motown
Producer:Smokey Robinson
Prev Title:Floy Joy
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:Without the One You Love
Next Year:1972

"Automatically Sunshine" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single by Motown singing group The Supremes as the second single from their popular album Floy Joy in 1972.

The single featured Jean Terrell and original Supreme Mary Wilson sharing lead vocals on the song. Floy Joy was one of the group's final albums recorded at Motown's famed Detroit studio, Hitsville U.S.A. On the US soul chart, "Automatically Sunshine" reached number twenty-one and was the Supremes' final top 40 US hit for four years peaking at number thirty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100,[1] while it became the group's third consecutive top-ten single on the UK Singles Chart peaking at number ten.

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Bangkok (Billboard)[2] 3
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Iceland (Íslenski Listinn)[3] 10
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US Cashbox Top 100[4] 37
US Cashbox R&B[5] 31
US Record World Singles[6] 47

Personnel

References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 558.
  2. Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD. Billboard. 56. 2 September 1972 .
  3. News: Alþýðublaðið - 186. Tölublað (22.08.1972). Alþýðublaðið. 6. is. 22 August 1970. 8 January 2021.
  4. Web site: CASH BOX Top 100 Singles. Cashbox. June 17, 1972. 5 January 2021.
  5. Web site: The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations. Cashbox. February 19, 1972. 5 January 2021.
  6. THE SINGLES CHART: Week of June 24, 1972. Record World. worldradiohistory.com. June 24, 1972. 29 January 2021.