"Walking on Sunshine" is a song written by Kimberley Rew for British rock band Katrina and the Waves' 1983 album Walking on Sunshine. A rerecorded version was included on the band's 1985 album Katrina and the Waves and was released as its second single in April 1985. The song reached No. 4 in Australia, No. 9 in the United States and No. 8 in the United Kingdom. It was the Waves' first American top-40 hit and their biggest success in the UK until "Love Shine a Light" (1997), which won them the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 held in Dublin.