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“Everyday Sunshine” by Fishbone

From the album The Reality of My Surroundings (1991)

“Everyday Sunshine” by Fishbone appears on 24 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1991 on the album The Reality of My Surroundings. Its best result is #42 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,178 alternative song of all time.

24countdowns
6stations
#42best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2026years charted

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"Everyday Sunshine" was the second single from Fishbone's third album, The Reality of My Surroundings, out on Columbia in 1991, and it lets the sun in without losing an ounce of bounce. Christopher Dowd wrote it, words and music, and the band co-produced with David Kahne, with Michael Brauer handling the mix.

It's a loose-limbed, feel-good strut that sounds like the whole band grinning. The video plays the contrast for all it's worth, starting with Fishbone tearing through the song in a grim industrial bunker before bursting out into a sunlit field. The title stuck, too: years later it became the name of the documentary Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 491 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 499 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 598 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 598 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 598 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 598 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1419 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 598 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1309 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 598 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 597 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1303 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1235 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1246 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1277 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1329 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1381 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1441 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 718 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 770 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 485 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 616 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2025 42 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 463 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

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