Beautiful Day (Thank You For Sunshine)

Album: single release only (2023)
Charted: 63
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Songfacts®:

  • Lord I thank you for sunshine, I thank you for rain
    Thank you for joy, Thank you for pain
    It's a beautiful day-ay-ay-ay


    Back in 2017, 10-year-old Rushawn Ewears had everything going against him. In a family with little money and struggling with his studies, he was determined to learn how to read so he could write and sing his own songs.

    One lunchtime, a teacher brought him in front of his class at the Top Hill Primary School in St. Elizabeth. Rushawn sang "Beautiful Day," a song originally recorded by Jamaican Gospel singer Jermaine Edwards for his 2014 Don't Count Me Out album. One of the teachers recorded his performance.

    Fast forward six years, when Rushawn's rendition of "Beautiful Day" began making rounds on social media. Tens of millions of people worldwide watched the video on TikTok and Instagram, with many millions of views across different remixes on YouTube.

    "That day, after school, I didn't have anything to do, and I was walking and singing. One of my teachers brought me in front (of) the whole staff, and I sang the song, and it went viral," Rushawn told The Gleaner.
  • Multiple covers and remixes have been recorded. South African singer David "The Kiffness" Scott added his own Reggae twist to Rushawn's rendition, which made it skyrocket even more.
  • Rushawn and Jermaine signed a Sony Music UK license agreement with all the masters belonging to them in early 2023. This meant Rushawn received royalties for the use of his voice in the remixes posted online.
  • Robots + Humans, a division of Sony Music UK, released a remix of the upbeat song on January 20, 2023. This version, which features fresh bars from UK rapper Prinz, entered the UK singles chart at #63.

Comments: 1

  • Dorrian Crowther from West BundabergI love this song!
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