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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

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  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...