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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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