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3	->''I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh),\
4	I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh),\
5	I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh),\
6	And don't it feel good (HEY!) Alright now,\
7	And don't it feel good (HEY!) Alright now,\
8	All right now yeah! (HEY!).''
9	-->"Walking on Sunshine"
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11	Katrina and the Waves were an English [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]][=/=]Rock band active between 1981-1999, known for writing the song "Walking on Sunshine" and winning the 1997 Eurovision song contest. Its members were: vocalist and guitarist Katrina Leskanich, guitarist [[GenderBlenderName Kimberley Rew]], bassist Vince de la Cruz and drummer Alex Cooper. In a similar story to Music/ThePretenders, the band was British but with an American lead singer.
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13	They recorded a bunch of albums, but the only song that everybody knows is their upbeat 1985 hit single "Walking on Sunshine". They had a few more singles chart, technically saving them from being a OneHitWonder, but nobody remembers them. They suddenly became big again when their song "Love Shine a Light" won the 1997 Series/EurovisionSongContest and became their biggest hit in the UK, but dissolved a few years later.
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15	Apart from the fact that "Walking on Sunshine" is [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Philip J. Fry]]'s favourite song, and also the theme of ''Radio/TheStephanieMillerShow'', there really isn't anything else to say about them. The lead singer, Katrina Leskanich, has a solo career and performs a mix of Waves and her own material in concert though for legal reasons she can't be billed as the band.
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17	!!'''Tropes''':
18	* ArtistAndTheBand: The band’s name comes from the lead singer.
19	* BadToTheBone: Wanna underscore your scene with a song about feeling good, but Music/JamesBrown is too obvious? Cue up "Walking on Sunshine"! The song earns over $200,000 annually in royalties for this exact reason.
20	* GenderBlenderName: who names a ''guy'' Kimberley?
21	* LyricalDissonance: "Walking on Sunshine" is actually a plea to a lover to return, and even reads as a borderline ObsessionSong, though the [[ChorusOnlySong chorus]] covers it up a bit.
22	* MaleBandFemaleSinger: Katrina, the lead singer, is the only female member.
23	* [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]]
24	* OdeToIntoxication: "Red Wine and Whiskey."
25	* RereleaseTheSong: Despite being a British band with an American lead singer, the only place they could initially get a recording contract was in Canada, on a small label that had released music by Rew's previous band, the Soft Boys. After their first two albums gained notice there, Capitol Records signed the band, and their first major-label album was made up of re-recorded or remixed versions of songs off the two Canadian releases.

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