Automatically Sunshine

Album: Floy Joy (1972)
Charted: 10 37
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Songfacts®:

  • Like their previous hit "Floy Joy," this song was written by William "Smokey" Robinson and Mary Wilson shared the lead vocals with Jean Terrell.
  • This song was the Supremes' final Top 40 Pop hit until 1976 when their hit "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" was released. In addition, it was the Supremes' final Top 10 hit in the UK.
  • Although Cindy Birdsong is featured on this song, it was released after her departure from the group to begin a family. She returned more than a year later. >>>
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    Jerro - New Alexandria, PA, for all above

Comments: 2

  • Chris from Berlin We got married to this song. The lyrics are lovely: simple but ful of meaning für us.
  • Ted from Phoenix, AzThis is one of my favorite Supremes tracks, and I believe that it should have been bigger than it actually was. It was also one of the few songs that charted in 1972 that you could really dance to.
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