Sun Is Shining (Axwell & Ingrosso song)

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"Sun Is Shining"
Sun Is Shining Axwell Ingrosso.jpg
Single by Axwell & Ingrosso
from the album More Than You Know
Released12 June 2015
Recorded2014
Genre
Length4:14
Label Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Axwell & Ingrosso singles chronology
"Can't Hold Us Down"
(2015)		"Sun Is Shining"
(2015)		"This Time"
(2015)
Music video
"Sun Is Shining" on YouTube

"Sun Is Shining" is a song by Swedish dance music duo Axwell & Ingrosso. The song was released in Sweden on 12 June 2015 as the fourth single from their debut studio album More Than You Know . The song was written by Sebastian Ingrosso, Salem Al Fakir, Axel Hedfors and Vincent Pontare. The song peaked at number 1 on the Swedish Singles Chart. The song features uncredited vocals from Al Fakir.

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Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Sun Is Shining" was first released onto YouTube on 12 June 2015 at a total length of four minutes and ten seconds. [2] The video was shot in Antwerp, Belgium. It shows people finding notes with the song's lyrics written on them, which are revealed to have been created by Axwell and Ingrosso themselves, who also spread the notes across the city by throwing them off roofs of buildings. At the end of the video a vortex sweeps all the notes into the shape of the duo's logo. As of February 2021, it has received more than 138 million views.

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Sun Is Shining"4:14
Digital download - Remixes
No.TitleLength
1."Sun Is Shining" (Marcus Schossow & Years Remix)6:01
2."Sun Is Shining" (R3hab Remix)3:41
3."Sun Is Shining" (M-22 Remix)6:03
4."Sun Is Shining" (W&W Remix)5:14

Commercial usage

The song was used in a 2015 summer swimwear commercial for Swedish clothing company H&M which featured models Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Natasha Poly, and Joan Smalls. [3]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [39] Gold30,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [40] Platinum90,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [41] Platinum50,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI) [42] Platinum30,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway) [43] 2× Platinum80,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [44] Gold10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [45] Gold20,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [46] 5× Platinum200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Sweden12 June 2015 [47] Digital download Def Jam Recordings

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