Sunshine After the Rain#Berri Version

{{Infobox song

| name = Sunshine After the Rain

| cover = Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After the Rain.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Elkie Brooks

| album = Two Days Away

| B-side = "Spiritland"

| released = 1977

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| length = 3:23

| label = A&M

| writer = Ellie Greenwich

| producer = Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

| prev_title = Saved

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Do Right Woman, Do Right Man

| next_year = 1977

}}

Brooks' version was released as a single in 1977 and reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. The song appears as the fourth track on her 1977 album Two Days Away.

• UK 7-inch single

1. "Sunshine After the Rain" – 3:23
2. "Spiritland" – 3:19

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{{Infobox song

| name = The Sunshine After the Rain

| cover = Berri-Sunshine_After_the_Rain.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Berri

| album = About Time

| released =

• 14 November 1994 (as New Atlantic/U4EA featuring Berri){{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=12 November 1994}}
• 21 August 1995 (as Berri){{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=19 August 1995}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

• Eurodance
• dance-pop{{cite magazine|author=Grandmaster Mark|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/36513142153/in/album-72157686857470374|title=Bangin' Choons|work=Smash Hits|date=2 August 1995|page=55|access-date=7 February 2025}}

| length = 3:28

| label = Ffrreedom

| writer = Ellie Greenwich

| producer =

• Richard Lloyd
• Neil Bowser

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Shine Like a Star

| next_year = 1995

}}

In 1994, English singer Berri recorded her version which interpolates only the chorus throughout. It also contains an interpolation of "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer.

"The Sunshine After the Rain" was released twice. During its first release, it was credited as "New Atlantic/U4EA featuring Berri" and reached number 26 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1994. A re-release in 1995 fared somewhat better, peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart in September, this time credited solely as Berri. The re-release also became a hit in Australia, peaking at number 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart, and in Iceland and Ireland, reaching number 11 in both countries.

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine complimented songs like "Sunshine After the Rain" as "such juicy European morsels", adding that it "[has] the infectious hooks and tidy production required for a successful crossover to top 40 waters."{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|title=Dance Trax: Multi-Artist Sets Have Multifaceted Effects|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-01-27.pdf|magazine=Billboard|date=27 January 1996|page=25|accessdate=21 November 2022|author-link=Larry Flick}} James Hamilton from Music Week's RM Dance Update described it as a "smashbound fluttery galloping anthemic raver full of girl chorused infectious optimism".{{cite magazine|first=James|last=Hamilton|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-22.pdf#page=38|title=DJ directory|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=22 October 1994|page=10|access-date=16 June 2025|author-link=James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} In 1995, he named it a "plaintive anthemic galloping remake".{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |title= DJ directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 19 August 1995 |page= 35 |access-date= 11 May 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-08-19.pdf |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} Grandmaster Mark from Smash Hits gave the song a score of four out of five, writing, "This is a high energy, N-Trance/Time Frequency-style groove spoilt only by weak vocals. A memorable dance-pop tune that deserves to be huge."

• 1994 CD single as New Atlantic/U4EA featuring Berri

1. "The Sunshine After the Rain" (Two Cowboys 7" edit) — 3:31
2. "The Sunshine After the Rain" (New Atlantic mix) — 6:31
3. "The Sunshine After the Rain" (original U4EA breakbeat mix) — 5:24
4. "The Sunshine After the Rain" (Two Cowboys 12" mix) — 4:29
5. "The Sunshine After the Rain" (Tall Paul remix) — 6:34

• 1995 CD single as Berri

1. "The Sunshine After the Rain" (Two Cowboys club edit) — 3:30
2. "The Sunshine After the Rain" (Two Cowboys club mix) — 4:27
3. "The Sunshine After the Rain" (Dancin' Divaz club mix) — 8:00
4. "The Sunshine After the Rain" (Dancin' Divaz rhythm mix) — 6:31

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Berri|title=Sunshine After the Rain|award=Silver|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|id=6378-675-1|access-date=18 January 2021}}

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In 1995, DJ Paul Elstak produced a happy hardcore track titled "Rainbow in the Sky". The "K&A Blast" versions very closely resemble the Berri version of "Sunshine After the Rain". "Rainbow in the Sky" was released in the UK on 12" vinyl and CD.{{Discogs release|161433|type=single|name=DJ Paul Elstak - Rainbow in the Sky}} The "Rainbow in the Sky" CD single also contained Paul Elstak's single, "Luv U More".

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.lyrics.com/track/34156833/Elkie+Brooks/Sunshine+After+the+Rain Lyrics of this song]
• {{YouTube|7IFO8IeMzAM|Ellie Greenwich - Sunshine After the Rain}}

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