“Pocketful of Sunshine”
is a tune carried out by British singer and songwriter Natasha Bedingfield, launched because the second single from her second North American studio album, of the identical title (2008). Bedingfield co-wrote the tune along with American songwriter Danielle Brisebois and American musician and songwriter John Shanks; Shanks additionally produced the monitor in addition to acting on many of the devices current. Epic Information serviced the tune to mainstream radios on 11 February 2008 in the US. It acquired a global launch in spring 2011 to advertise the discharge of Strip Me Away (2011).
Bedingfield famous “Pocketful of Sunshine” as her favourite, stating that it facilities on escaping from one’s troubles. It adapts dance-pop and grownup up to date kinds, differing from her earlier recordings. Lyrically, the tune discusses escapism and discovering a peaceable place in troublesome conditions. The message is amplified by the melancholic tone of the lyrics mixing with the exuberance displayed in Bedingfield’s voice. “Pocketful of Sunshine” was properly acquired by up to date music critics; nearly all of them named it as one of many album’s highlights. A number of critics additionally praised it as a shiny and full of life summer season tune.
“Pocketful of Sunshine” skilled industrial success in North America, peaking at quantity 5 in the US on the Billboard Sizzling 100. The tune was licensed double platinum by the Recording Trade Affiliation of America (RIAA) and bought three million downloads, turning into her most profitable single there. It additionally charted in Canada, peaking at #3 and receiving the platinum certification. It nevertheless didn’t replicate the success in North America because it charted reasonably in a number of nations, reaching the highest thirty in worldwide territories.
The music video for”Pocketful of Sunshine” was launched in spring 2008 and options Bedingfield escaping from a nerve-racking state of affairs and dancing on a roof with different background dancers. The video additionally portrays scenes of different folks escaping their troubles, coming to Bedingfield for consolation. The only has been used broadly within the media, being featured in films and tv sequence like Straightforward A, Degrassi: The Subsequent Technology and The Ugly Fact.
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