Turn Up the Sunshine

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"Turn Up the Sunshine"
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Single by Diana Ross featuring Tame Impala
from the album Minions: The Rise of Gru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
ReleasedMay 19, 2022 (2022-05-19)
Genre
Length3:49
Label Decca
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jack Antonoff [4]
Diana Ross singles chronology
"I Still Believe"
(2021)
"Turn Up the Sunshine"
(2022)
Tame Impala singles chronology
"The Boat I Row"
(2022)
"Turn Up the Sunshine"
(2022)
"New Gold"
(2022)

"Turn Up the Sunshine" is a song recorded by American singer Diana Ross featuring Australian musician Tame Impala from the soundtrack to the animated film Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022). The song was written by Jack Antonoff, Kevin Parker (Tame Impala), Sam Dew and Patrik Berger. [5] The song was originally recorded for Ross' studio album Thank You (2021). [2]

Contents

It was released on May 19, 2022 by Decca Records as the lead single from the soundtrack album for the film. [6]

Critical reception

Tyler Golsen in his review called the song "almost blindingly bright and exuberant", which groovy disco thump radiates summer energy. [2] Tom Breihan of Stereogum wrote that "Turn Up the Sunshine" sounds like Antonoff and Parker are trying to recreate the euphoria of the music that Diana Ross and Chic recorded together in 1980, and that it is "a big, shiny dance-pop track with a utopian chorus and some nasty low-end work". [3]

Track listing

Digital download and streaming
  1. "Turn Up the Sunshine" – 3:49
Digital download and streaming [7]
  1. "Turn Up the Sunshine" (Pnau Remix) – 3:40

Personnel

Musicians
Technical

Charts

Chart performance for "Turn Up the Sunshine"
Chart (2022)Peak
position
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [8] 57
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [9] 59
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [10] 19

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