"Automatically Sunshine" is a song written by

Smokey Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he ...

and released as a single by

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singing group

The Supremes The Supremes were an American girl group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959 as the Primettes. A premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful Amer ...

as the second single from their popular album '' Floy Joy'' in 1972. The single featured Jean Terrell and original Supreme Mary Wilson sharing lead vocals on the song. ''Floy Joy'' was one of the group's final albums recorded at Motown's famed

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studio, Hitsville U.S.A. On the US soul chart, "Automatically Sunshine" reached number twenty-one and was the Supremes' final top 40 US hit for four years peaking at number thirty-seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while it became the group's third consecutive top-ten single on the UK Singles Chart peaking at number ten.

Charts

Personnel

*Lead vocals by Mary Wilson and Jean Terrell *Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Jean Terrell and Cindy Birdsong *Additional vocals by

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*Produced and written by

*Instrumentation by

The Funk Brothers The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972. Its members are considered among the most successful groups of stud ...

References

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