We 'll Sing in the Sunshine - wikipedia We 'll Sing in the Sunshine `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' Single by Gale Garnett from the album My Kind of Folk Songs B - side `` Prism Song '' Released July 1964 Recorded 1964 Genre Folk Label RCA Victor Songwriter ( s ) Gale Garnett Producer ( s ) Andy Wiswell `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' is a 1964 hit song written and recorded by Gale Garnett which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending 17 October 1964. The song also enjoyed success on easy listening and country music radio stations, spending seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Easy Listening chart and number 42 on the country chart. The Cash Box Top 100 ranked `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' at number one for the week of 31 October 1964, and it also reached number one in Garnett 's native New Zealand that November. : in Australia `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' afforded Garnett a Top Ten hit with a # 10 peak in October 1964. Garnett 's sole Top 40 hit, `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1965. Contents 1 Cover versions 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Cover versions In the UK, `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' was covered by The Lancastrians in a version produced by Shel Talmy and featuring guitar work from both Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan. It charted at number 44 in the UK in December 1964. Mark Wynter had a non-charting UK single release of `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' in 1966. `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' was a minor C&W hit in 1970 for Lawanda Lindsey, reaching number 63, serving as the title cut for an album as it did in 1978 for Helen Reddy. Reddy 's version, produced by Kim Fowley, was issued as a single and reached # 12 on the Easy Listening chart. See also List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1964 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1985 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard. p. 135. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 99. Jump up ^ `` overzeal.co.uk ''. overzeal.co.uk. Retrieved 2012 - 03 - 14. External links Song lyrics Helen Reddy Studio albums I Do n't Know How to Love Him Helen Reddy I Am Woman Long Hard Climb Love Song for Jeffrey Free and Easy No Way to Treat a Lady Music, Music Ear Candy We 'll Sing in the Sunshine Reddy Take What You Find Play Me Out Imagination Feel So Young Center Stage The Best Christmas Ever Live albums Live in London Compilations Helen Reddy 's Greatest Hits All - Time Greatest Hits The Best of Helen Reddy I Am Woman : The Essential Helen Reddy Collection Absolutely the Best of Helen Reddy The Woman I Am : The Definitive Collection Rarities from the Capitol Vaults Singles `` One Way Ticket '' `` I Do n't Know How to Love Him '' `` Crazy Love '' `` I Am Woman '' `` Peaceful '' `` Delta Dawn '' `` Leave Me Alone ( Ruby Red Dress ) '' `` Keep On Singing '' `` You and Me Against the World '' `` Angie Baby '' `` Emotion '' `` Ai n't No Way to Treat a Lady '' `` Somewhere in the Night '' `` I Ca n't Hear You No More '' `` You 're My World '' `` Candle on the Water '' `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' Related articles Discography Toni Lamond Tony Sheldon `` Voices That Care '' Book : Helen Reddy Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=We%27ll_Sing_in_the_Sunshine&oldid=796176211 '' Categories : 1964 songs 1964 singles Gale Garnett songs Dick and Dee Dee songs Helen Reddy songs LaWanda Lindsey songs Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2010 Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 19 August 2017, at 00 : 56. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the song we'll sing in the sunshine
Answer: Gale Garnett