In 2001 Mike Peters was commissioned to write some songs for a Welsh TV show called Fun In The Sun, A Place In The Sunshine is one of the tracks that were recorded in October 2001
Over the weekend 6th/7th October 2001 during the Poppy Fields sessions at Kinmel Hall, North Wales. Mike wrote and recorded a set of songs he had been commissioned to record for a BBC Wales TV series called Fun In the Sun. The production company had been pressurising Mike to deliver and he had no option but to write, record and create the project in one marathon stint. The other members of the band had gone back to their homes that weekend so James Kershaw the drummer of the Black Swans came in and performed all the drum parts with Mike recording everything else. The Fun In The Sun TV series was screened in January 2002
Fun In The Sun recording session details
Running length 1:41
Written by Mike Peters
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Produced by Mike Peters
Recorded at Kinmel Hall, St George, Abergele, Wales
Mixed by Mike Peters and Mark Warden
Mastered by Mark Warden
Album appearance and discography of studio release

All the following are Worldwide releases, except where stated
2012 : The Alarm – In The Poppy Fields Collected Works,
Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C060
This song appears on disc 4 of this special 5 CD box set
This is the original 2001 recording
Lyrics
Here they come from all over town
Here they come from other streets of their lives
Here they come the mothers and daughters
Here they come the fathers and the sons
A place in the sunshine
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
A place in the sunshine
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Here they come in all different colours
Here they come in all kinds of shapes and sizes
A place in the sunshine
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
A place in the sunshine
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh
(Page updated 18/02/2022)
