Everybody Loves the Sunshine
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Everybody Loves the Sunshine is a studio album by Roy Ayers released under the Roy Ayers Ubiquity umbrella. It was released through Polydor Records in 1976. It peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2016, Pitchfork placed the title track at number 72 on the "200 Best Songs of the 1970s" list. The song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" has been covered by artists including D'Angelo, Takuya Kuroda, the Robert Glasper Experiment, and others. It has been sampled nearly 200 times by artists including Tupac Shakur, Mary J. Blige, and Dr. Dre.
Infobox
Released
May 12, 1976
Studio
Electric Lady (New York); Larrabee (West Hollywood)
Genre
R&Bsouljazz
Length
39:25
Label
Polydor
Producer
Roy Ayers, Maurice Green
Tables
Professional ratings
Source
Source
Review scores
Source
Review scores
Rating
AllMusic
AllMusic
Review scores
AllMusic
Review scores
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
· Charts
US Billboard 200
US Billboard 200
Chart
US Billboard 200
Peakposition
51
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
Chart
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)
Peakposition
10
| Chart | Peakposition |
| US Billboard 200 | 51 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 10 |
References
- AllMusichttps://www.allmusic.com/album/everybody-loves-the-sunshine-mw0000099169
- Billboardhttps://www.billboard.com/artist/roy-ayers/chart-history/tlp/
- Pitchforkhttps://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9935-the-200-best-songs-of-the-1970s/?page=7
- Nextbophttps://nextbop.com/blog/everybodylovesthesunshineacriticalanalysisofcovers
- The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/arts/music/roy-ayers-dead.html
- Roy Ayers, Dave Simpson (interviewer), "How we made Roy Ayers' Everybody Loves the Sunshine", The Guardian June 19, 2017https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/19/how-we-made-roy-ayers-everybody-loves-the-sunshine
- Billboardhttps://www.billboard.com/artist/roy-ayers/chart-history/blp/