"Sun Is Shining" is a song by Swedish dance music duo

Axwell & Ingrosso Axwell & Ingrosso (stylised as Axwell Λ Ingrosso) is a Swedish DJ duo consisting of Swedish House Mafia members Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso. They made their debut performance at the 2014 Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City in June. ...

. The song was released in Sweden on 12 June 2015 as the fourth single from their debut studio album '' More Than You Know''. The song was written by

Sebastian Ingrosso Sebastian Carmine Ingrosso (born 20 April 1983) is a Swedish DJ and record producer. He is a member of Swedish House Mafia, together with Axwell and Steve Angello. Career 1999–2007: Career beginnings Sebastian Ingrosso entered the music indu ...

Salem Al Fakir Lars Salem Al Fakir (; born 27 October 1981) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He regularly collaborates with Vincent Pontare as the songwriting and production duo Vargas and Lagola. Together, they have worked with ma ...

, Axel Hedfors and

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. The song peaked at number 1 on the

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. The song features uncredited vocals from Al Fakir.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Sun Is Shining" was first released onto

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on 12 June 2015 at a total length of four minutes and ten seconds. The video was shot in

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. It shows people finding notes with the song's lyrics written on them, which are revealed to have been created by Axwell and Ingrosso themselves, who also spread the notes across the city by throwing them off roofs of buildings. At the end of the video a vortex sweeps all the notes into the shape of the duo's logo. As of February 2021, it has received more than 138 million views.

Track listing

Commercial usage

The song was used in a 201
summer swimwear commercial for Swedish clothing company H&M
which featured models

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, and

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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