Gabrielle - Don’t Need The Sun To Shine (To Make Me Smile) - (Live in 2002) TopPop

“Don’t Need the Sun to Shine (to Make Me Smile)“ is a song by English singer Gabrielle. It was written by Gabrielle and Jonathan Shorten for her greatest hits compilation Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2001), spanning her first three albums. Produced by Shorten, the song served as the album’s lead single and peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her tenth top-ten hit in the United Kingdom. Outside the UK, it reached the top 20 in Denmark, New Zealand, and the Netherlands it reached no 7 in the Tipparade on 15 December 2001. Louise Gabrielle Bobb (born 19 July 1969), known professionally as Gabrielle, is a British singer and songwriter. Bobb was born in Hackney, London. She released her debut single “Dreams“ in 1993 and it topped the UK Singles Chart the same year. Her other singles include “Going Nowhere“, “Give Me a Little More Time“, “Walk On By“ and “If You Ever“ – a duet with East 17. After a few quiescent years Gabrielle made a comeback with “Rise“, which became her second UK number one in 2000. The Rise album reached the top spot on the UK Albums Chart, where it stayed for three weeks. “Out of Reach“ from the soundtrack to the film Bridget Jones’s Diary reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 was released in 2001. This performance was recorded live at the Edison Gala on March 7, 2003 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 2002-03-07 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.