"I Live for the Sun" is a 1965

1965 in music

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 single performed by American pop band The Sunrays

The Sunrays

The Sunrays were an American band from Pacific Palisades, California.-Career:Their first job as the Renegades was at the Seaside Session at Palisades Park in Pacific Palisade...

. It reached #51 on the Billboard Hot 100

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, #20 on the Australian Singles Chart

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 and was also a Top 20 hit in the UK. It was included on their 1966 studio album, Andrea

Andrea (Sunrays album)

Andrea is the one and only album released by The Sunrays. The album was released in 1966 under Tower Records. The album included the bands three hits, "I Live for the Sun", "Andrea", and "Still".-Side 1:#"Andrea" – 2:12...

, under Tower Records

Tower Records

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. The song gained popularity through the television appearances the group made on a teenage soap opera of the mid-'60s titled Never Too Young

Never Too Young

Never Too Young is an American teen soap opera that aired on ABC from September 27, 1965 to June 24, 1966 and was the first soap opera geared towards a teen audience.-Synopsis:...

. The song's success was argubably as a result of positive public response to the group's alternative musical fare and fresh new sound.

Origin and recording

Band member Eddy Medora on the origin of the song: "I had a song called, 'Run Run Run' and Ricky called me up to come over and finish it. And I didn't come over. And 'Run Run Run' is the same hook as 'I Live for the Sun'. And Rick finished it, basically he wrote 'I Live for the Sun' with the idea of 'Run Run Run'." The track has an approximate duration of two minutes and twenty five seconds.

Steve O'Reilly played lead guitar & sang (loved blues) with our band, at the time called Larry Tremaine & The Renegades prior to The Sunrays. Larry left the band in 1963 and Steve left the band when "I Live for the Sun" began to break saying "I don't wanna be in the group anymore, I think I can make it on my own." Larry Tremaine went on to be a HOT top 40 DJ and TV host of the nationally syndicated dance show "CASINO ROYALE DANCE PARTY" from KCOP-TV Channel 13, Los Angeles,CA..

Glenn Campbell

Glenn Campbell

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 played Guitar on this song."

Chart positions

Chart	Position
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	20
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	51