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"Ain't No Sunshine" B-side "Harlem"
"Ain't No Sunshine " is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just As I Am ,Booker T. Jones . The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums. The song was released as a single in September of 1971, becoming a breakthrough hit for Withers, reaching number six on the U.S. R&B chart and number three on the Billboard Hot 100
"When thirty-one-year-old Withers recorded "Sunshine," his first chart hit, he was still working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s ."[1] [1]
Withers told Songfacts .com that he was inspired to write this song after watching the 1962 movie Days of Wine and Roses Days Of Wine And Roses , with Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon. They were both alcoholics who were alternately weak and strong. It's like going back for seconds on rat poison. Sometimes you miss things that weren't particularly good for you. It's just something that crossed my mind from watching that movie, and probably something else that happened in my life that I'm not aware of."[2]
"Ain't No Sunshine" was originally released as the B-side to another song called "Harlem." Disc jockeys played "Ain't No Sunshine" as the single instead, and it became a huge hit.[2]
"Ain't No Sunshine" is ranked 280th on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time .[3] [2]
Cover versions
The song has also been covered by many other artists, including:
Adam Again
Akon
Al Green
Al Jarreau
Andy Abraham
At Last
Augustus Pablo
Aynsley Lister
BB King
Betty Wright
BoA
Bobby Blue Bland
Boney James
Boris Gardiner
Buddy Guy
Budka Suflera
Christina Christian
D'Angelo
DMX
Daphne's Flight
Dave McPherson
David Cassidy
David Sanborn
Des'ree & Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Emily King
Eva Cassidy
Everlast & DMX
Fable
Fall Out Boy
Finger Eleven
Freddie King
Giorgia
Gomez
Grover Washington, Jr.
Hanson
Horace Andy
Isaac Hayes
Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones
Ja Rule
James Taylor
Jeff Beck
Joan Osborne
Joe Cocker
Johnny Clarke
John Waite
Jose Feliciano
Joss Stone
Junior Murvin
Justin Nozuka
Justin Timberlake & Robyn Troup
Kashmere Stage Band
Ken Boothe
Kenny Rogers
Kris Allen
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Cohen
Lighthouse Family
Lyn Collins
Mark Knopfler & Al Jarreau
Mark Eitzel
Maroon 5
Marvin Gaye
Matt Andersen
Max Mutzke
Maynard Ferguson
Maysa
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Melanie Safka
Merrill Osmond
Michael Bolton
Michael Jackson
Montezuma's Revenge
Nikki Webster
Overboard
Paul Brown
Paul McCartney
Percy Sledge
Rachel Z
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Richard Marx
Rockmelons & Deni Hines
Rodney Jones
Roy Ayers
Sakis Rouvas
Savoy Brown
Scott Walker
Shaun Smith
Sina
Sivuca
Slavi Trifonov
Soul For Real
Steven Houghton
Sting
Subsonica
Sydney Youngblood
Taufik Batisah
TC Carson
Ted Levine
Tereza Kerndlová
The Police
The Temptations
Tom Jones
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tori Amos
Tracy Chapman
UB40
Van Morrison
Victor Wooten
Will Hoge
Will Young
Woven Hand
Wynonna Judd
Ysabella Brave
Ziggy Marley
There are also several songs that share the same title of "Ain't No Sunshine," and borrow lyrics from the hook , but they aren't true covers. Examples include versions by Akon , Cuban Link , Kid Frost and DMX . DMX's 2001 cover, using the title "No Sunshine ," was included in the soundtrack for the film Exit Wounds [4]
The song has also been translated into German by songwriter Lukas Hilbert; this version, entitled "Mein Tag, Mein Licht ," has been performed by artists such as Jazzkantine and Yvonne Catterfeld . Another German version, "Allem Anschein nach bist Du's ," was published in 2003 by Stefan Gwildis .
Use in pop culture
In addition to DMX's "No Sunshine," the song has also been in the soundtracks of films Notting Hill ,Old School ,Amy ,Crooklyn ,Munich
On television, the song is briefly heard in the animated series Drawn Together Dirty Pranking No. 2 "), during the sound analysis in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Anonymous ," and is also featured on episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air LAX Secret Santa "). It was sung karaoke-style on the USA Network show, Monk ,by Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine ) in the episode "Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas ." The song was also briefly played at the end of an episode of "One on One ," with Kyla Pratt.
"Ain't No Sunshine" was used as music for a rumba in So You Think You Can Dance season 3 . Kris Allen covered the song during the eighth season and also the finale of American Idol .At Last sung their version on the talent showcase America's Got Talent ,
In Europe, finalist Shaun Smith sang "Ain't No Sunshine" for his audition and in the final for Britain's Got Talent .On Italian XFactor DSDS Mark Medlock , Nevio Passaro and Daniel Schuhmacher sang this song. These three contestants are very popular in Germany today.
"Ain't No Sunshine" was used in a major television public service announcement in Australia for skin cancer . UFC fighter and current UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva uses the song as his entrance music for all his UFC fights.
In 2007 the track was sampled by Drum & Bass artists Bachelors of Science [5]
References
^ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3
^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242445/soundtrack
^ http://www.trackitdown.net/genre/drum_and_bass/track/380454.html
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● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 1 1 N o v e m b e r 2 0 0 9 , a t 2 2 : 3 9 ( U T C ) . ● T h i s v e r s i o n o f t h e p a g e h a s b e e n r e v i s e d . B e s i d e s n o r m a l e d i t i n g , t h e r e a s o n f o r r e v i s i o n m a y h a v e b e e n t h a t t h i s v e r s i o n c o n t a i n s f a c t u a l i n a c c u r a c i e s , v a n d a l i s m , o r m a t e r i a l n o t c o m p a t i b l e w i t h t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
