Midnight Mixtape: Sunshine

Sunshine & Daylight

On the midnight mixtape, Nick Bright was joined by Nat Jamieson to look at listener selections (22/06/2023) with Songs that reference sunshine and daylight!

Songs in contention

• Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky
• Natasha Beddingfield - Pocketful of sunshine
• Fresh Prince - Summertime
• Elbow - One day like this
• ELO - Mr Blue Sky
• Gabrielle - Sunshine
• Katrina & the waves - Walking on sunshine
• Beatles - Good day Sunshine
• Zoe - Sunshine on a rainy day
• Lorde - Solar Power
• Scooter - Endless Summer
• Iron Maiden - The Longest Day
• Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
• Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
• Morecambe & Wise - Bring me sunshine
• Elkie Brooks - Sunshine after the rain
• Berri - Sunshine after the rain
• Aha - Summer's moved on
• John Denver - Sunshine on my shoulders
• Nina Simone - Feeling good

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
2. Zoe - Sunshine on a rainy day
3. Gabrielle - Sunshine 
4. Iron Maiden - The Longest Day 
5. Aha - Summer's moved on
6. Katrina & the waves - Walking on sunshine
[Side 2]
7. Fresh Prince - Summertime
8. Elbow - One day like this
9. Elkie Brooks - Sunshine after the rain
10. Lorde - Solar Power
11. Morecambe & Wise - Bring me sunshine
12. John Denver - Sunshine on my shoulders
Hidden: Nina Simone - Feeling good

Long Twitter List

Aha - Living Daylights
Aha - The Sun Always Shines on TV
Aha - Summer's moved on
Air - Le soleil est près de moi
Al Berry - Morning Sun
Alarm - Rain in the Summertime
Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky
Ambrose & Orchestra - The sun has got his hat on
Beatles - Good day Sunshine
Beatles/Steve Harley - Here comes the sun
Beautiful South - Everybody's talkin
Belle & Sebastian - Song for sunshine
Berri/Elkie Brooks - Sunshine after the rain
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Bob Marley - Sun is shining
Bon Jovi - 99 in the shade
Boo Radleys - Wake up Boo
Bruce Sprinsteen - Waitin on a sunny day
Chuck Prophet - Summertime Thing 
Cosmic Rough Riders - Glastonbury Revisited
Cream - Sunshine of your Love
Crosby Stils Nash - Daylight again
Cure/Junkie XL - Dave Douglas - Follow the Sun
Davina and The Vagabonds - Sunshine
Depeche Mode - The sun and the rainfall
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
Doors - Waiting for the Sun
Eilidh Patterson - Sunshine
ELO - Mr Blue Sky
Faith No More - Land of sunshine
Family - My friend the sun
Finley Quaye - Sunday shining
Fleet Foxes – Sun Giant
Fresh Prince - Summertime
Gabrielle - Sunshine
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Harry Belafonte - Day-O, Banana Boat Song
Harper's Bizarre - Come to the sunshine
Hawkwind - Hurry on Sundown
Iron Maiden - The Longest Day
Jacksons - Blame It On the Boogie
John Denver - Sunshine On My Shoulders 
Katrina & the Waves - Walking on sunshine
Laid Back - Sunshine Reggae
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Lilac Time - Lost Girl In The Midnight Sun
Louis Armstrong - Wonderful world
Madness - Shut up
Manic Street Preachers - You Stole The Sun From My Heart
Maze - Joy and Pain
Michael Franti and Spearhead - The Sound of Sunshine 
Mylo - Sunworshipper
New Order - True Faith
Nik Kershaw - I won't let the sun go down on me
Nina Simone - Feeling good
Noah and the whale - 5 years time
Oasis - Rock'n'roll star
Polyphonic Spree - Light and day
Primal Scream - Higher than the sun
Prince - Play the sunshine
Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
Queens of the Stone Age - My god is the sun
Riverias - California Sun
Rockers Revenge - Walking on sunshine
Serge Gainsbourg - Sous le Soleil Exactement
Skerryvore - Waiting on the Sun
Snow Patrol - Crack The Shutters
Soul II Soul - Keep on movin'
Space - Dark Clouds
Stevie Wonder - You are the sunshine of my life
Stranglers - Always the sun
Sublime - Summertime
Super Furry Animals - Hello Sunshine
Terry Jacks - Seasons in the sun
Texas - GoodThey might be giants - Why does the sunshine
They might be giants - Why does the sun shine?
Van Morrison - Brand New Day
Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun
Violent Femmes - Blister by the sun
Zoe - Sunshine on a rainy day
Maurice Jarre - The Longest Day
Morecambe & Wise - Bring me sunshine
Elaine Paige (Cats) - Memory (Daylight)
Fifth Dimension (Hair) - Let the sunshine in