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An Entity of Type : wsb:Classic_Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • Walking On Sunshine
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  • Gramophone record
  • Radio Disney
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  • eng
subject
  • Hollywood Records singles
  • 2005 singles
  • 1997 singles
  • 1985 singles
  • 1983 songs
  • 78violet songs
  • Singles certified gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association
  • Katrina and the Waves songs
  • Songs written by Kimberley Rew
abstract
  • %22Walking on Sunshine%22 is a song written by Kimberley Rew for Katrina and the Waves' 1983 eponymous debut full-length album. The re-recorded version was at first released on the band's 1985 self-titled album as the album's second single (see 1985 in music) and reached No. 4 in Australia, No. 9 in the United States, and No. 8 in the United Kingdom. It was the Waves' first U.S. top 40 hit, and their biggest success in the UK until %22Love Shine a Light%22 (1997). Conceived of as a ballad, Katrina decided to belt the song out.Royalties from airplay and advertisements of %22Walking on Sunshine%22 have been extremely high. Katrina and the Waves kept the publishing rights and the royalties that typically go to the songwriter have been divided among the band members. Estimates are the song has earned $1 million per year for the ten years ending in 2010. According to a former employee of EMI, %22Walking on Sunshine was the crown jewel in EMI's catalog,%22 and that it was one of EMI's biggest earners from advertisers.2010 was the 25th anniversary of the release of %22Walking on Sunshine%22 and a series of back-catalog re-releases and a re-recorded version of the track were released at the time. A free download of one of the tracks from Kimberley Rew's solo album Bible of Bop was given away in March 2010 from the band's website.In August 2015, the song was acquired by BMG Rights Management for £10 million, along with all the other songs written by Kimberley Rew and Katrina and the Waves.
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  • Kimberley Rew
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  • 5714ded725ac0d8aee473cbc
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  • USCA28500452
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  • Matthew Gerrard
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  • 183587
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  • 1567209
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wsb:gain
wsb:goEar_page
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  • english
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  • K Multitracks (moggs)/Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine.mogg
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  • K Multitracks/Katrina And The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
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wsb:record_label
  • Capitol Records
  • Hollywood Records
  • Attic Records
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  • 1996
  • 2005
  • Cambridge Studios, England 1983, 1985
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  • Walking On Sunshine
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  • TRAVMND128F4275780
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