Everybody Loves the Sunshine

Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Studio album by Roy Ayers
Released	1976
Studio	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, New York; Larrabee Sound Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	R&B, soul, jazz
Length	39:25
Label	Polydor
Producer	Roy Ayers, Maurice Green
Roy Ayers chronology
Mystic Voyage (1975) Everybody Loves the Sunshine (1976) Vibrations (1976)

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Everybody Loves the Sunshine is a studio album by Roy Ayers released under the Roy Ayers Ubiquity umbrella. It was released through Polydor Records in 1976. It peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2016, Pitchfork placed the title track at number 72 on the "200 Best Songs of the 1970s" list.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hey Uh What You Say Come On"	Roy Ayers, Williams Allen	3:45
2.	"The Golden Rod"	Roy Ayers	3:03
3.	"Keep On Walking"	Gino Vannelli	3:45
4.	"You and Me My Love"	Roy Ayers, Chano O'Ferral	3:11
5.	"The Third Eye"	Roy Ayers	6:21
6.	"It Ain't Your Sign It's Your Mind"	Roy Ayers	3:28
7.	"People and the World"	Roy Ayers	4:48
8.	"Everybody Loves the Sunshine"	Roy Ayers	3:59
9.	"Tongue Power"	Roy Ayers, Chano O'Ferral	3:02
10.	"Lonesome Cowboy"	Roy Ayers	4:03

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Roy Ayers – vibraphone, lead vocals, electric piano, synthesizer (ARP, String Ensemble), percussion, background vocals
• Philip Woo – piano, electric piano, synthesizer (ARP, String Ensemble)
• Chano O'Ferral – congas, percussion, lead vocals
• Ronald "Head" Drayton – guitar
• John "Shaun" Solomon – electric bass
• Doug Rhodes – drums
• Chicas – lead vocals, background vocals

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200	51
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	10

External links

• Everybody Loves the Sunshine at Discogs (list of releases)