Song · Diana Ross and Tame Impala
“Turn Up the Sunshine” by Diana Ross and Tame Impala
“Turn Up the Sunshine” by Diana Ross and Tame Impala appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2022. Its best result is #54 on the WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #293 indie & aaa song of 2022.
Diana Ross teaming up with Tame Impala for a Minions movie reads like a fever dream, but "Turn Up the Sunshine" is real: Decca put it out on May 19, 2022, as the lead single from the soundtrack to Minions: The Rise of Gru. Kevin Parker, the man behind Tame Impala, wrote it with Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew and Patrik Berger, and it was first recorded with Ross's 2021 album Thank You in mind.
What came out is a sugar rush of retro disco. Stereogum's Tom Breihan heard Antonoff and Parker chasing the euphoria of the records Ross made with Chic in 1980, and described a shiny dance-pop number with a utopian chorus and some nasty business down in the low end. Tyler Golsen called it "almost blindingly bright and exuberant".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 83 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 98 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 54 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022 | 88 |
Also listed as: Turn Up The Sunshine.
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