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Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers
Sunshine on Leith is an album by The Proclaimers, released in 1988. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “I'm On My Way”, on 1 list with a best position of #90.
Sunshine on Leith, the Proclaimers' second album, came out on Chrysalis in September 1988, and it's the sound of Craig and Charlie Reid, twin brothers from Scotland, refusing to sand the burr off their voices for anybody. A year after "Letter from America" first got them noticed, the duo bolted folk rock to pop hooks and a stubborn streak of country and punk, and sang the lot in accents thick enough to stand a spoon in.
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" stomps like a two-man marching band, and it went to number one in Australia, New Zealand and Iceland. The title track is a slow, swelling ballad that Hibernian football fans have since claimed as their anthem, and "Cap in Hand" found a second life in 2014 around the Scottish independence referendum. Australia took the whole album to heart: it reached number two there and ranked as the 12th best seller of 1989, and sales worldwide passed 2 million.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Sunshine on Leith on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'm On My Way | 1 | #90 | – | 1989 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.