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Sunshine on Leith (song)

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The Best Of album, due for release in the UK on May 13, features 20 songs drawn from the duo's 15-year career, including Sunshine On Leith, their famous anthem which is regularly played at
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tune", "genuinely reaches," describing the track as a "'I'm in love and happy to ever have been born' tearjerker".
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commented that the song, which he thought to be "a cross between a
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In June 2018, "Sunshine on Leith" was voted the UK's favourite
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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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Index


Single
the Proclaimers
Sunshine on Leith
Genre
Rock
Label
Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Pete Wingfield
The Proclaimers
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
I'm on My Way
ballad
folk rock
the Proclaimers
Sunshine on Leith
Easter Road Stadium
Hibernian F.C.
Chicago Reader
hymn
Eagles
football anthem
Steve Lamacq
BBC Radio 6
BBC Radio 4
Soul Music
UK Singles
OCC

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