"Sunny" is a song by

Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959), known professionally as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then ...

, released as a single in December 1995. It was released by

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to try to cash in on Morrissey's ''

Southpaw Grammar ''Southpaw Grammar'' is the fifth studio album by English alternative rock singer Morrissey, released on 28 August 1995 by record labels RCA in the UK and Reprise in the US. The album charted at number 4 in the UK and number 66 in the US, but r ...

'' album that had been released that year by

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and consisted of three songs that Morrissey had recorded while under contract to EMI. "Sunny" had initially been planned to appear on the "Boxers" single released in January 1995, and "Black-Eyed Susan" had at one point been allocated to be the B-side of " The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" in 1994.

Track listings

7" (Parlophone R6243)

Cassette (Parlophone TCR6243)

CD (Parlophone CDR6243)

Reception

Jack Rabid of AllMusic described Sunny as "pleasant, breezy, jovial, and winsome, but the melody is not memorable." He expressed a preference for the B-sides: "As has been the case for Morrissey's whole career, the B-sides overshadow the A-side."

Musicians

*Morrissey – voice *Alain Whyte – guitar *Boz Boorer – guitar *Jonny Bridgwood – bass guitar *Woodie Taylor – drums

Live performances

The song was performed live by Morrissey between 1995 and 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sunny (Morrissey Song) Morrissey songs 1995 singles Songs written by Morrissey Songs written by Alain Whyte