"One Sunny Day" was taken from the soundtrack of the film, "Quicksilver", starring Kevin Bacon. It was a lighthearted-action-romance -comedy-drama that was not well received in theatres nor in the home video market. Part of the reason can be found in the lengthy description I gave it above- it wasn't sure what type of film it wanted to be, so the director kept adding elements of different genres until they just gave up and released it. To date, it has only earned nearly 8-million dollars of its 10-million-dollar budget. Kevin Bacon has called the movie "the lowest point of my career". Ouch.
One thing is certain, the blame can't fall on the music! The main theme was performed by Roger Daltrey with Giorgio Moroder at the mixing desk; Peter Frampton contributed as well. An early version of "The Motown Song", which was a major hit single in 1991 for Rod Stewart was also included (performed by Larry McNally). But we're here for the album's centerpiece, the impossibly upbeat "One Sunny Day" (also called "Dueling Bikes" as it was used in that scene in the movie). The song failed to perform in the USA, although the video DID get aired a few times on MTV. Considering it was released following Ray Parker's smash hit "Ghostbusters" and Helen Terry's stint as co-vocalist with Culture Club, it should have been successful- at the very least get a 12" release.
An oversight I tried to correct with this version. Although a promo 12" did get distributed it only featured the album version. The 7" was an edit of the same. But the climate in America (the only country where this single was released) was all about rock-pop and dance clubs; even Bruce Springsteen was getting 12" remixes of his pure-bred rock & roll hits. I hoped to make something that would have been heard back then- and I think I may have succeeded. Enjoy!

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