Walkin' on the Sun

1997 single by Smash Mouth
the song by Smash Mouth

"Walkin' on the Sun" is a song by American rock band Smash Mouth from their first album, Fush Yu Mang (1997). Released as their debut single in June 1997, the song was Smash Mouth's first major single, reaching No. (Number) 1 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. It was also a success abroad, peaking at No. 3 in Canada and Iceland, No. 5 in Italy and Spain, and No. 7 in Australia, where it is certified platinum for shipments exceeding 70,000 units.

The song's accompanying music video, directed by McG, begins with each band member, one at a time, walking down a dark alley. Then, the band performs in a room while scenes of Steve Harwell pushing a remote control makes two girls appear under a glass dome. Afterwards, the band performs on a beach while beachgoers dance around them. The scene then changes to the band performing in front of the two same girls in an area full of flashing bright lights. A drag race is then shown in the street where a yellow hot rod races against an orange hot rod which the band is in. However, in the middle of the race, the orange hot rod implicitly crashes, and the race attendees and female race judge rush over to the scene. The band still performs while lying on the ground despite the crash. The video ends with them leaning close to the camera.

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s). (Reference(s))United StatesJune 30, 1997Modern rock radioInterscopeAugust 26, 1997Contemporary hit radioUnited KingdomOctober 13, 1997CD, cassetteJapanSeptember 23, 1998CD

The song is a playable track in the video game Rock Band 3 and was featured in the movies An American Werewolf in Paris (1997), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), the television film Shredderman Rules (2007) and in the UK trailer for What Just Happened (2008). It was also featured in early television advertisements to promote the Fox series Firefly in 2002. The television series ER featured the song during the opening scene of Season 4 Episode 13 "Carter's Choice", when Dr. Carter was arriving at work in the snow. The song is included in "Weird Al" Yankovic's medley "Polka Power!" from his 1999 album Running With Scissors. Neil Cicierega sampled the song in "Daft Mouth" from the 2014 mashup album Mouth Sounds.