Automatically Sunshine

"Automatically Sunshine"
Single by The Supremes
from the album Floy Joy
B-side	"Precious Little Things"
Released	1972
Recorded	1972, Hitsville U.S.A.
Genre	Pop, soul
Label	Motown
Writer(s)	Smokey Robinson
Producer(s)	Smokey Robinson
The Supremes singles chronology
"Floy Joy" (1972) "Automatically Sunshine" (1972) "Without the One You Love" (1972) Floy Joy track listing 9 tracks Side one "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" "Floy Joy" "A Heart Like Mine" "Over and Over" "Precious Little Things" Side two "Now The Bitter, Now The Sweet" "Automatically Sunshine" "The Wisdom of Time" "Oh Be My Love"

"Automatically Sunshine" is a single written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single by Motown singing group The Supremes as the second single from their popular album Floy Joy in 1972.

The single featured Jean Terrell and original Supreme Mary Wilson sharing lead vocals on the song. Floy Joy was one of the group's final albums recorded at Motown's famed Detroit studio, Hitsville U.S.A.. On The US, soul chart "Automatically Sunshine" went to number twenty-one, and was the Supremes' final top 40 U.S. hit for four years peaking at number thirty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 ^[1] while it became the group's third consecutive top ten single on the UK Singles Chart peaking at number ten.

Chart positions

Chart (1972)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	37
U.K. Singles	10
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	17
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	21

Personnel

• Lead vocals by Mary Wilson and Jean Terrell
• Background vocals by Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong
• Additional vocals by The Andantes
• Produced and written by Smokey Robinson
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 558.