"Look Out Sunshine!" is a song by Scottish rock band the Fratellis and the second single from their second album Here We Stand. The song was released on 18 August 2008 and peaked within the UK Singles Chart top 100 at number 70, marking the band's seventh single to appear in the UK top 75, but it fell off the chart the next week. On the Scottish Singles and Albums Chart, "Look Out Sunshine!" became the band's first (and to date only) number-one single and sixth top 10 hit, spending seven weeks in the top 100.
| "Look Out Sunshine!" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by the Fratellis | ||||
| from the album Here We Stand | ||||
| Released | 18 August 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Studio | The Playground (Glasgow) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:53 | |||
| Label | Island Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jon Fratelli | |||
| Producer(s) | The Fratellis | |||
| The Fratellis singles chronology | ||||
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The money raised from the album went to the Teenage Cancer Trust to help build a new unit in Glasgow.[citation needed] The B-Side called "The Good Life" is bassist Barry Fratelli's first published song. The music video was uploaded to YouTube by Island Records on 22 July.
Critical reception
editAlex Fletcher of Digital Spy called it "a four-minute arm-swaying belter that The Kooks would have loved for their recent album".[1] AllMusic's Heather Phares put it alongside "Babydoll" as the album's "bright, lively songs" being "not as catchy as they could be."[2] Jon Young of Spin felt the track could "pass for early Bowie in bubblegum mode", but was critical of the "cautiously calculated" performance.[3] Martin Robinson of NME wrote that it was "basically [just] one big chorus, complete with a rabble-rousing key change for wedding discos."[4]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Look Out Sunshine!" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "B Movie Saga" | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Z Movie Saga" | 4:50 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Look Out Sunshine!" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "The Good Life" | 3:06 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Look Out Sunshine! (Live)" | 4:07 |
| 2. | "B Movie Saga" | 4:04 |
| 3. | "Z Movie Saga" | 4:50 |
| 4. | "The Good Life" | 3:06 |
This is listed on the iTunes Store as Look Out Sunshine! - EP.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Look Out Sunshine!" | 3:53 |
| 2. | "A Heady Tale (Live at T in the Park 2008)" | 5:09 |
| 3. | "Milk and Money (Live at T in the Park 2008)" | 5:31 |
| 4. | "Nobodys Favourite Actor" | 3:59 |
This is listed on the iTunes Store as Look Out Sunshine! - EP with faded artwork.
Charts
edit| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scotland (OCC)[5] | 1 |
| Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] | 75 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[7] | 70 |
References
edit- ^ Fletcher, Adam (6 June 2008). "The Fratellis: 'Here We Stand'". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Here We Stand - The Fratellis". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Young, Jon (15 June 2008). "The Fratellis, 'Here We Stand' (Cherrytree/Interscope)". Spin. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Robinson, Martin (5 June 2008). "The Fratellis - Here We Stand". NME. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Schweizer Airplay Charts 33/2008 - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 June 2018.