magazine, in a track-by-track review of the album, described the song as one of the three best songs on Arular and containing the best lyrics, citing its lyric "Like PLO we don't surrendo!" Day praised the use of the sample in the chorus, stating it brought the song "a real pop flavor that has crossover written in calligraphy. The beat, minimal like Missy and Lumidee, serves to spotlight her wordplay." Betty Clarke of The Guardian, noted the lyric "I [sic] bongo with my lingo/ Beat it like a wing yo [sic]/ Can't stereotype my thing yo", writing "a fractured backing of hip-hop beats and dancehall rhythms is peppered with poetic slang." Robert Christgau, writing in the Village Voice noted the references to violence in the song, saying it is "everywhere, dropped casually like a funk grenade or flaunted instructively as in the oft quoted "It's a bomb yo/So run yo/Put away your stupid gun yo." But not for a moment does the violence seem vindictive, sadistic, or pleasurable. It's a fact of life to be triumphed over, with beats and tunelets stolen or remembered or willed into existence." Ruth Jamieson of BBC called the song "achingly beautiful" with its "unsettling, unusual but ooh-so alluring vo-coded harmonies" singled out for praise. Music video The music video for "Sunshowers" was directed by Rajesh Touchriver and filmed in the jungles of South India. M.I.A. has frequently cited it as her favourite music video ever made. In one scene, M.I.A. is perched atop an elephant. The song faced censorship controversies on TV and radio, and was banned from MTV after M.I.A. refused to remove the lines: "You wanna go? You wanna win a war? Like PLO, I don't surrendo" for airplay. Song use The song's lyrics are sampled in the song "New Thing", released in 2011 by Rye Rye. Track listings and formatsCD single' "Sunshowers" – 3:16 "Fire, Fire" – 3:28 "Sunshowers" (Instrumental) – 3:15 "Sunshowers" (A cappella) – 2:52 The only difference the 12" single has is that tracks 2 and 3 are switched. Personnel Main Performer – Mathangi Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam Songwriting – Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, Ross Orton, Steve Mackey, August Darnell, Stony Jr. Browder Production - Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, Steve Mackey, Ross Orton, Anthony Whiting Vocals - Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, Nesreen Shah (chorus) Mixing – Steve Mackey, Ross Orton, Anthony Whiting Artwork – Mathangi Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam Source: Charts Weekly charts