Sunshine (Ricki-Lee Coulter song) explained

Sunshine
Cover:SunshineRL.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Ricki-Lee Coulter
Album:Ricki-Lee
B-Side:Gotta Know
Label:Shock
Producer:
  • Jarrad Rogers
  • Lukas Burton
Prev Title:Hell No!
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Breathe
Next Year:2006

"Sunshine" is a song by Australian singer Ricki-Lee Coulter from her self-titled debut album, Ricki-Lee (2005). 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 Australian 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 Kara DioGuardi, Lukas Burton, Zukhan Bey, Norman Johnson, Gregory Perry, Ricki-Lee Coulter and Jarrad Rogers. It was co-produced by Rogers and Burton. In an interview with The Age, Coulter said "Sunshine" is a "happy and in love song" with a motown feel.[1] "Sunshine" contains elements of the 1971 song "Want Ads" by American R&B girl group Honey Cone.[1] Coulter said the sample gives the song "that happy 70s feel".[1]

"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.[2] "Sunshine" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 14 on 3 October 2005. It peaked at number eight in its fourth week on the chart. "Sunshine" was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments of 35,000 copies.

Music video

The music video for "Sunshine" was directed by Bart Borghesi and filmed in Melbourne.[3] 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

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Ricki-Lee: The Singles.[5]

Locations

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)Rank
Australia (ARIA)[6] 80
Australian Artists (ARIA)[7] 20

Notes and References

  1. News: Life after Idol. The Age. 21 September 2005. 28 September 2012.
  2. Web site: Sunshine – EP by Ricki-Lee. 26 September 2005 . iTunes Store. Apple. 28 September 2012.
  3. Web site: Music Video Database – Bart Boghesi. Music VDB. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315170121/http://www.musicvdb.com/index-person/bart-borghesi/. live. 15 March 2012.
  4. Sunshine. Ricki-Lee Coulter. 2005. Australian CD single liner notes. Shock Records, Public Opinion Music. PUBLIC004.
  5. Ricki-Lee: The Singles. Ricki-Lee Coulter. 2008. Australian CD album liner notes. Public Opinion Music. 11. PUBLIC020.
  6. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2005. ARIA. 17 April 2021.
  7. Web site: ARIA Top 20 Australian Singles for 2005. ARIA. 17 April 2021.