Walking on Sunshine

Rockers Revenge cut the track in New York in 1982, with Arthur Baker producing and arranging, John “Jellybean” Benitez handling mixing, and Donnie Calvin on featured vocals. Contemporary accounts place the recording across Intergalactic Studios in Manhattan and Blank Tape Studio, with the project drawing on the Paradise Garage club scene. The single turned Eddy Grant’s song into a major club record and became Rockers Revenge’s breakthrough release. It reached No. 1 on the U.S. dance chart and No. 4 in the UK, establishing the project as a key early-1980s street-dance crossover act. The track remains a classic of early 1980s club culture and a signature Arthur Baker production. It has stayed in rotation through reissues, remixes, and DJ culture, keeping Donnie Calvin’s version of the song widely recognized.