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"The Sound of Sunshine" is a single by Michael Franti & Spearhead and also the title track from their album of the same name (2010). It was written by Franti, Jason Bowman and Carl Young and produced by Franti with additional production by Sly & Robbie. It was released as the album's second single on June 1, 2010 and was digitally released on ...
The music video peaked at number 5 on the VH1 Top 20 countdown and the single peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Franti's first Hot 100 chart entry. It also peaked at number 3 on Billboard Digital Songs, number 1 on Billboard R&B Songs, and number 3 on Billboard Modern Rock Songs.
Michael Franti & Spearhead released Stay Human in 2000 under their own label Boo Boo Wax in alignment with indie music label Six Degrees Records. The album's central theme was the unjust nature of the death penalty and other major themes included mass media monopolization , the prison-industrial complex and corporate globalization .
Stay Human is the third studio release by Michael Franti & Spearhead. [5] Many of the tracks on this album are fictional radio segments focusing on the case of "Sister Fatima" who is executed later in the album for murder.
And yet Franti himself has always remained on the mainstream's periphery. That's by design -- as The Sound of Sunshine clearly proves." [ 6 ] Metromix gave it a mixed review, "The title track, which kicks off the record and then is revisited in a reworked version at the end, is the perfect bookend for this 11-track set that should only expand ...
Michael Franti & Spearhead chronology; Stay Human (2001) ''Everyone Deserves Music'' (2003) Live in Sydney (2005) Professional ratings; Review scores; Source Rating ...
Yell Fire! is the fifth studio album by the reggae-influenced band Michael Franti and Spearhead.It was inspired by Michael Franti's trip to the Middle East, visiting Iraq, Israel, and the Palestinian territories.
All Rebel Rockers is the sixth studio album by Michael Franti & Spearhead released on September 9, 2008, on Boo Boo Wax and ANTI- Records.It peaked at number 37 on the U.S. Billboard 200, making it their most successful album.