| Sun Glasses | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Skeeter Davis |
| Album: | Singin' In The Summer Sun |
| B-Side: | He Loved Me Too Little |
| Released: | 1965 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Chet Atkins |
| Prev Title: | I Can't Help It |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | I Can't See Me Without You |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
| Sunglasses | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tracey Ullman |
| Album: | You Caught Me Out |
| B-Side: | Candy |
| Released: | 1984 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Stiff |
| Producer: | Peter Collins |
| Prev Title: | My Guy's Mad at Me |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Helpless |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"Sun Glasses" is a song originally released by Skeeter Davis in 1965, which was written by John D. Loudermilk.[1] In 1984 Tracey Ullman released a version of the song titled "Sunglasses", which became an international hit.
Skeeter Davis's version reached No. 16 on Record Worlds Top Country Singles chart,[2] No. 19 on Cash Boxs Country Top 50,[3] and No. 30 on Billboards Hot Country Singles chart.[4]
In 1966, Davis was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female for her rendition of "Sun Glasses".[5]
| Chart (1965) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot Country Singles | 30 | |
| US Cash Box Country Top 50 | 19 | |
| US Record World Top Country Singles | 16 | |
| US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100[6] | 120 | |
| US Cash Box Looking Ahead[7] | 23 | |
| US Record World Singles Coming Up[8] | 23 |
In 1984 Tracey Ullman released a version of the song titled "Sunglasses".[9] Ullman's version spent 9 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 18,[10] while reaching No. 6 on Austria's Ö3 Hit wähl mit chart,[11] No. 13 on Sweden's Topplistan,[12] and No. 18 on the Irish Singles Chart.
Muriel Gray at Smash Hits said, "This is a completely undisguised Phil Spector/Ronettes/Shangri-Las ripoff, straight from any 'Best of the Sixties' album you care to pick up. So why is Tracey Ullman living in the past so fanatically? Presumably to make a great deal of money."[13]
| Chart (1984) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Austria (Ö3 Hit wähl mit) | 6 | |
| Flanders[14] | 25 | |
| Germany | 52 | |
| Netherlands (Nationale Hitparade)[15] | 29 | |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[16] | 32 | |
| Sweden (Topplistan) | 13 | |
| UK Singles Chart | 18 |