You Brought the Sunshine

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You Brought the Sunshine
The Clark Sisters - You Brought the Sunshine (1981).jpg
Studio album by
The Clark Sisters
Released1981
Recorded1980–1981
Label Sound Of Gospel
Producer Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark, Bernard Mendelson, Jeffery Hunt, Armen Boladian (Exec.) [1]
The Clark Sisters chronology
Is My Living in Vain
(1980)		You Brought the Sunshine
(1981)		Sincerely
(1982)

You Brought the Sunshine is the eighth album released by The Clark Sisters in 1981. In 1983, the album peaked at number three on the US Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart, [2] before appearing on the 1983 and 1984 year-end charts. [3] [4]

Contents

The album contained the crossover hit single "You Brought the Sunshine (Into My Life)" which had sold over 200,000 units by November 2, 1985, [5] after peaking at number 16 on US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [6] and number 27 on Dance Club Songs [7] in 1983. In 2020, the song reached number 2 on the Gospel Digital Sales chart, [8] and a live recording of the song from the album Live – One Last Time (2007), peaked at number 11 on the Hot Gospel Songs chart. [9]

British musician Blood Orange interpolated the song "Center of Thy Will" on his critically acclaimed album Negro Swan (2018) and Beyoncé sampled "Center of Thy Will" on the song "Church Girl" from her Grammy Award-winning album Renaissance (2022).

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes [10]

All tracks are written by Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark.

Side one
No.TitleLead vocalist(s)Length
1."You Brought the Sunshine (Into My Life)"Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark, Karen Clark 5:36
2."Center of Thy Will" Dorinda Clark, Karen Clark4:14
3."Overdose of the Holy Ghost"Dorinda Clark4:11
4."Endow Me"Karen Clark6:00
Side two
No.TitleLead vocalist(s)Length
1."He Keeps Me Company"Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark5:40
2."Walking in the Spirit"Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark4:50
3."Crown Him Lord Of All" Jacky Clark, Elbernita "Twinkie" Clark4:49
4."Psalms 31" (featuring Mattie Moss Clark)Mattie Moss Clark4:18

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "The Clark Sisters – You Brought The Sunshine (1981, Vinyl)". Discogs . Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Best Selling Spiritual LPs" (PDF). Billboard . June 11, 1983. p. 37. Retrieved January 14, 2022– via worldradiohistory.com.
  3. 1 2 "Top Gospel Albums - Year End (1983)". Billboard.com . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Top Gospel Albums - Year End (1984)". Billboard.com . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ Chin, Brian (November 2, 1985). "danceTRAX". Billboard . p. 63. Retrieved April 22, 2020– via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "The Clark Sisters Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Clark Sisters Chart History: Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ "The Clark Sisters Chart History: Gospel Digital Sales". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ "History: Hot Gospel Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  10. ↑ You Brought the Sunshine (LP sleeve notes). The Clark Sisters. Sound of Gospel. 1981.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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