Look Out Sunshine!
{{short description|2008 single by The Fratellis}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Look Out Sunshine!
| cover = Lookoutsunshine.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Fratellis
| album = Here We Stand
| released = 18 August 2008
| recorded = 2008
| studio = The Playground (Glasgow)
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = 3:53
| label = Island Records
| writer = Jon Fratelli
| producer = The Fratellis
| prev_title = Mistress Mabel
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = A Heady Tale
| next_year = 2008
}}
"Look Out Sunshine!" is a song by Scottish rock band the Fratellis and the second single from their second album Here We Stand. The song was released on 18 August 2008 and peaked within the UK Singles Chart top 100 at number 70, marking the band's seventh single to appear in the UK top 75, but it fell off the chart the next week. On the Scottish Singles and Albums Chart, "Look Out Sunshine!" became the band's first (and to date only) number-one single and sixth top 10 hit, spending seven weeks in the top 100.
The money raised from the album went to the Teenage Cancer Trust to help build a new unit in Glasgow.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} The B-Side called "The Good Life" is bassist Barry Fratelli's first published song. The music video was uploaded to YouTube by Island Records on 22 July.
Critical reception
Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy called it "a four-minute arm-swaying belter that The Kooks would have loved for their recent album".{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/album-reviews/a97735/the-fratellis-here-we-stand/|title=The Fratellis: 'Here We Stand'|last=Fletcher|first=Adam|website=Digital Spy|date=6 June 2008|access-date=2 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302220017/https://www.digitalspy.com/music/album-reviews/a97735/the-fratellis-here-we-stand/|archive-date=2 March 2024|url-status=live}} AllMusic's Heather Phares put it alongside "Babydoll" as the album's "bright, lively songs" being "not as catchy as they could be."{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/here-we-stand-mw0000787907|title=Here We Stand - The Fratellis|last=Phares|first=Heather|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217191126/https://www.allmusic.com/album/here-we-stand-mw0000787907|archive-date=17 December 2023|url-status=live}} Jon Young of Spin felt the track could "pass for early Bowie in bubblegum mode", but was critical of the "cautiously calculated" performance.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.spin.com/2008/06/fratellis-here-we-stand-cherrytreeinterscope/|title=The Fratellis, 'Here We Stand' (Cherrytree/Interscope)|last=Young|first=Jon|magazine=Spin|date=15 June 2008|access-date=2 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921123142/https://www.spin.com/2008/06/fratellis-here-we-stand-cherrytreeinterscope/|archive-date=21 September 2021|url-status=live}} Martin Robinson of NME wrote that it was "basically [just] one big chorus, complete with a rabble-rousing key change for wedding discos."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-the-fratellis-9730-329386|title=The Fratellis - Here We Stand|last=Robinson|first=Martin|magazine=NME|date=5 June 2008|access-date=2 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106155709/https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-the-fratellis-9730-329386|archive-date=6 November 2022|url-status=live}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = CD
| title1 = Look Out Sunshine!
| length1 = 3:53
| title2 = B Movie Saga
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = Z Movie Saga
| length3 = 4:50
}}
{{track listing
| headline = 7" Vinyl
| title1 = Look Out Sunshine!
| length1 = 3:53
| title2 = The Good Life
| length2 = 3:06
}}
{{track listing
| headline = iTunes Download
| title1 = Look Out Sunshine! (Live)
| length1 = 4:07
| title2 = B Movie Saga
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = Z Movie Saga
| length3 = 4:50
| title4 = The Good Life
| length4 = 3:06
}}
This is listed on the iTunes Store as Look Out Sunshine! - EP.
{{track listing
| headline = iTunes Download
| title1 = Look Out Sunshine!
| length1 = 3:53
| title2 = A Heady Tale (Live at T in the Park 2008)
| length2 = 5:09
| title3 = Milk and Money (Live at T in the Park 2008)
| length3 = 5:31
| title4 = Nobodys Favourite Actor
| length4 = 3:59
}}
This is listed on the iTunes Store as Look Out Sunshine! - EP with faded artwork.
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2008) !scope="col"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Scotland|1|date=20080830|rowheader=true|access-date=27 June 2018}} |
| scope="row"| Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/airplay/33-2008|title=Schweizer Airplay Charts 33/2008 - hitparade.ch|publisher=hitparade.ch|access-date=2 March 2022}}
| 75 |
|---|
| {{singlechart|UK|70|date=20080830|rowheader=true|access-date=27 June 2018}} |
References
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Category:Island Records singles