Sunshine | |
Cover: | RyeRye-Sunshine.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Rye Rye featuring M.I.A. |
Album: | Go! Pop! Bang! |
Released: | October 5, 2010 |
Recorded: | 2008 |
Genre: | Electronic |
Length: | 3:22 |
Label: | N.E.E.T. Recordings, Interscope Records |
Producer: | M.I.A. |
Prev Title: | Bang |
Prev Year: | 2009 |
Next Title: | Never Will Be Mine |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Sunshine (The Remixes) | |
Type: | ep |
Artist: | Rye Rye featuring M.I.A. |
Released: | November 2, 2010 (digital) November 22, 2010 (physical) |
Genre: | Electronic |
Label: |
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Producer: | M.I.A. |
"Sunshine" is a song and single by rapper/dancer Rye Rye featuring M.I.A. It was recorded in 2008 and released in 2010 and serves as the first single from her debut album Go! Pop! Bang! (2012).[1] The release on N.E.E.T. Recordings (via Interscope Records) was followed by an extended play of remixes, including work by The Cataracs, 12th Planet, MSTRKRFT, and L.A. Riots. The song also appeared in the episode "While You Weren't Sleeping" of the TV series Gossip Girl.[2] and The Bling Ring.
'The clip celebrates Rye Rye's urban upbringing, with b-girl dance moves, double dutching, and pick-up games. The video is the second video of Rye Rye's to feature M.I.A., after her debut video "Bang". Contrary to sources' claims, the video was not shot in Rye Rye's hometown of Baltimore instead the video was shot by director Jess Holzworth, in the Greenpoint area of Brooklyn, NY.[3]