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"Walking in the Sunshine"
Single by Bad Manners
from the album Gosh It's... Bad Manners
B-side	"End of the World"
Released	18 September 1981 (1981-09-18)
Genre	Ska 2 tone
Length	3:26
Label	Magnet
Songwriter(s)	Bad Manners
Producer(s)	Roger Lomas
Bad Manners singles chronology
"Can Can" (1981) "Walking in the Sunshine" (1981) "Drowning" / "Got No Brains" (1982)

"Walking in the Sunshine" is a song by British 2-tone/ska band Bad Manners, released in September 1981 as the second single from their third album Gosh It's... Bad Manners. It peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

Reception

Reviewing the song for Record Mirror, Sunie Fletcher wrote "Buster and the boys pull themselves out of their role as a second-rate Madness, only to emerge as… would you believe a third-rate UB40? The exuberance of their previous works has vanished, leaving behind a listless, limber reggae item which seems to drift on for far more than its three minutes 26 seconds". However, Ian Birch for Smash Hits wrote "It's amazing how Bad Manners can look so slobby and make such a sophisticated single. This is a dapper pop song with an ambling reggae gait and some fine instrumental breaks".

Track listing

7": Magnet / MAG 197

1. "Walking in the Sunshine" – 3:26
2. "End of the World" – 2:57

12": Magnet / 12 MAG 197

1. "Walking in the Sunshine" (Extended Version) – 5:33
2. "End of the World" – 2:57
3. "Night Bus to Dalston" (Vocals Version) – 2:14

Charts

References

1. ^ "Bad Manners: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
2. "Singles". Record Mirror: 13. 26 September 1981. Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via flickr.com.
3. "Singles". Smash Hits. 1–14 October 1981. p. 18. Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via sites.google.com.
4. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Walkin' in the Sunshine". Irish Singles Chart.

• 1981 singles
• 1981 songs
• Magnet Records singles
• Bad Manners songs