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Ain't No Sunshine

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"Ain't No Sunshine"
Single by Bill Withers
from the album Just As I Am
B-side"Harlem"
ReleasedJuly 1971
Genre
Length2:03
LabelSussex
Songwriter(s)Bill Withers
Producer(s)Booker T. Jones
Bill Withers singles chronology
"Harlem"
(1971)
"Ain't No Sunshine"
(1971)
"Grandma's Hands"
(1971)
Official audio
"Ain't No Sunshine" on YouTube

"Ain't No Sunshine" is a 1971 song by Bill Withers. It was taken from his debut studio album Just As I Am. It went to number 3 in the United States, number 17 in Australia, number 9 in Canada and number 7 in Scotland in 2020 following Withers death. It went on to be covered by Michael Jackson and Deni Hines.

References

  1. Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. "Ain't No Sunshine" is a literal throughline from the era's Southern soul to the folk-rock movement...