My song today is ‘Walking on Sunshine’. This song was written by Kimberley Rew for ‘Katrina and the Waves’ 1983 eponymous debut full-length album. The re-recorded version was the album's second single and reached Number 4 in Australia, Number 9 in the United States, and Number 8 in the United Kingdom. It was the Waves' first US top 40 hit, and their biggest success in the United Kingdom until ‘Love Shines a Light’ in 1997. Originally conceived of as a ballad, Katrina Leskanich decided to belt the song out as a more upbeat song.
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The image instantly created by the title of this song perfectly matches the words of the song. The repeated chorus line: “I’m walking on sunshine, and don’t it feel so good?” sums up the message of the song.
Love knows no reason. It is born in heaven and resides in a halo of hope. It lives in truth and light, it sets no limitation as to how far it can take togetherness, and there is no boundary to the prospects of positivity and possibility. Love has but one purpose, and that is for two romantics to remain happy as one.
When you are in love, you are 'walking on sunshine'.
Love and peace
Bill xxx