Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)

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"Don't Need the Sun to Shine (to Make Me Smile)"
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Single by Gabrielle
from the album Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Released22 October 2001 (2001-10-22)
Length3:28
Label Go! Beat
Songwriter(s)
  • Gabrielle
  • Jonathan Shorten
Producer(s) Jonathan Shorten
Gabrielle singles chronology
"Out of Reach"
(2001)
"Don't Need the Sun to Shine (to Make Me Smile)"
(2001)
"Stay the Same"
(2004)

"Don't Need the Sun to Shine (to Make Me Smile)" is a song by English singer Gabrielle. It was written by Gabrielle and Jonathan Shorten for her greatest hits compilation Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2001), spanning her first three albums. Produced by Shorten, the song served as the album's lead single and peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her tenth top-ten hit in the United Kingdom. Outside the UK, it reached the top 20 in Denmark, New Zealand, and Portugal.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD1 (GOBCD47) [1]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (album version)3:28
2."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (E-Smoove remix)5:31
3."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (Dimitri & Tom remix)5:15
4."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (Agent Sumo remix)5:37
5."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (enhanced video) 
UK CD2 (GOLCD47) [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (album version)3:28
2."Out of Reach" (acoustic version)4:21
3."Rise" (live version)5:15
UK cassette single (GOBMC47) [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (album version)3:28
2."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (E-Smoove 7-inch edit)3:19
UK 12-inch single (GOBX47) [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (Agent Sumo remix)7:02
2."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (E-Smoove remix)7:43
European maxi-CD single (570 664-2) [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)"3:28
2."Out of Reach" (acoustic version)3:08
3."Rise" (acoustic version)3:51
4."Dreams" (original unreleased version)6:21
5."Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)" (CD ROM video) 

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom22 October 2001
  • CD
  • cassette
Go! Beat [19]
12 November 200112-inch vinyl [20]
Australia14 January 2002CD [21]

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