Ain’t No Sunshine
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Bill Withers |
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| publisher: | EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher) EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) EMI Songs Ltd. |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Bill-withers-aint-no-sunshine-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/3063 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0014589234 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=664 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q406292 [info] |
| referred to in medleys: | Vereinzelt Schauer (order: 3) |
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| later translated versions: | Allem Anschein nach bist Du’s (Ain’t No Sunshine) Äs schiint kei Sunnu |
| is the basis for: | No Sunshine 三千 |
| arrangements: | Ain’t No Content |
| music quoted in and lyrics quoted in: | No Sunshine |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1971-08-16 | Ain't No Sunshine | cover and instrumental | Ivan ‘Boogaloo Joe’ Jones | 5:30 |
| 1971-08-31 | Ain’t No Sunshine | cover | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 2:28 |
| 1971-09 | Ain’t No Sunshine / Theme from “Man and Boy” (“Better Days”) | cover and medley | Grover Washington, Jr. | 8:33 |
| 1971 | Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Jack McDuff | 8:33 |
| 1971 | Ain't No Sunshine | cover and instrumental | Bobbi Humphrey | 2:34 |
| 1971 | Ain’t No Sunshine | Bill Withers | 2:05 | |
| 1972-06-29 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1972-06-29: Paris Theatre, London, England, UK (BBC in Concert)) | cover and live | Jeff Beck Group | 5:06 |
| 1972-08-20 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1972-08-20: Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles) | cover and live | Isaac Hayes | 17:37 |
| 1972-08-20 | Ain’t No Sunshine / Lonely Avenue (live, 1972-08-20: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) | cover and live | Isaac Hayes | 17:06 |
| 1972-10-06 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1972-10-06: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA) | live | Bill Withers | 2:25 |
| 1972-10-06 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1972-10-06: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA) | live | Bill Withers | 2:57 |
| 1972 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1972: The Old Grey Whistle Test) | live | Bill Withers | 2:10 |
| 1972 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1972: The Old Grey Whistle Test) | live | Bill Withers | 2:08 |
| 1975-03 | Young Americans Medley | cover, live and medley | David Bowie With Cher | 6:32 |
| 1975-11-23 | Duet with Cher: Can you hear me? / Young Americans Medley (live, 1975-11-23: “Cher”) | cover, live and medley | David Bowie | ?:?? |
| 1975-11-23 | Medley | cover, live and medley | David Bowie feat. Cher | 6:41 |
| 1975-11-23 | Young Americans (medley) | cover, live and medley | David Bowie | 6:32 |
| 1975 | Young Americans Medley | cover, live and medley | David Bowie with Cher | 6:33 |
| 1984-04-16 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1984‐04‐16: The Prince of Wales, Melbourne, Australia) | cover and live | The Triffids | 2:59 |
| 1986-01-20 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1986‐01‐20: 40 Watt Club Uptown, Athens, GA, USA) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 1:05 |
| 1988-09-25 | Ain’t No Sunshine | cover and live | Indigo Girls | 3:37 |
| 1990-07-21 | Ain't No Sunshine (live, 1990‐07‐21: Casino, Montreux, Switzerland) | cover and live | Sting feat. Vinx | 5:32 |
| 1991-01-25 | Ain't No Sunshine | cover and live | Paul McCartney | 4:42 |
| 1991-01-25 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991-01-25: MTV Unplugged: Limehouse Television Studios, Wembley, London, UK) | cover and live | Paul McCartney | 4:09 |
| 1991-02-17 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991‐02‐17: Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Sting | 6:26 |
| 1991-03 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991-03: National Video Center, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Sting | 6:36 |
| 1991-03 | Performance: Ain’t No Sunshine | cover and live | Sting | ?:?? |
| 1991-04-20 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991-04-20: Buddle Arts Centre, Wallsend, England) | cover and live | Sting | 5:09 |
| 1991-10-02 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991-10-02: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Sting | 4:52 |
| 1991-11-30 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991-11-30: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | cover and live | Sting | 5:05 |
| 1991-12-12 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991‐12‐12: Wear FM, Sunderland, UK) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 4:32 |
| 1991 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991‐12‐12: Wear FM, Sunderland, UK) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 4:41 |
| 1991 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991: Buddle Arts Centre, Newcastle, England) | cover and live | Sting | 5:09 |
| 1992-12-12 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1992‐12‐12: Wear FM, Sunderland, UK) | cover and live | Tori Amos | 4:25 |
| 1995 | Ain’t No Sunshine | cover and partial | Soul for Real | 1:15 |
| 1996-01-03 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1996-01-03: Blues Alley, Washington DC) | cover and live | Eva Cassidy | 3:36 |
| 1996-01-03 | Ain’t No Sunshine | cover and live | Eva Cassidy | 3:26 |
| 1997-02-01 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1997‐02‐01: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 3:28 |
| 1997-02-07 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1997-02-07: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 3:43 |
| 1997-05-31 | Ain’t No Sunshine / You Are My Sunshine | cover, live and medley | Patti Page | 2:44 |
| 2003-02-17 – 2003-02-20 | Ain’t No Sunshine | cover | The Persuasions | 3:21 |
| 2003-04 | Ain't No Sunshine (live, 2003-04: Club 100, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain) | cover and live | Chenoa | 5:11 |
| 2003-10-27 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 2003-10-27: House of Blues, Orlando, FL, USA) | cover and live | Hanson | ?:?? |
| 2004 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live at McClain’s, 2004) | cover and live | Tyrone Wells | 2:21 |
| 2006 | Ain’t No Sunshine | cover | Yvonne Catterfeld | 3:23 |
| 2006 | Ain’t no sunshine (BoA THE LIVE) | cover and live | BoA | ?:?? |
| 2009-05 | Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Pamela Luss | 2:43 |
| 2009-09-10 | Ain't No Sunshine (live, 2009‐09‐10: Studio 105, Radio France, Paris, France) | live | Melody Gardot | 5:28 |
| 2010-05-24 | Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet | 3:24 |
| 2010-06-26 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 2010-06-26, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL, USA) | cover and live | John Mayer Trio | ?:?? |
| 2012-04-13 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 2012-04-13: Red Clay Theatre, Duluth, GA, USA) | cover and live | Humming House | 3:44 |
| 2012-10-27 | Ain’t No Sunshine | cover | Joe Locke | 5:41 |
| 2013-05-05 | Ain’t No Sunshine/Lose Yourself (live, 2013-05-05: Water Hill Music Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) | cover, live and partial | Vienna Teng | 6:29 |
| 2013-11-16 | Ain’t No Sunshine/Lose Yourself (live, 2013-11-16: The Independent, San Francisco, CA, US) | cover, live and partial | Vienna Teng | 6:28 |
| 2016 | Ain't No Sunshine (2016 Sera Ryu cover) | cover | Sera Ryu | 3:07 |
| 2017-04-12 – 2017-04-13 | Roxanne / Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 2017-04-12-2017-04-13: Olympia, Paris) | live | Sting | 8:19 |
| 2020-09-15 | Ain’t No Sunshine (live; 2020-09-15: The Howard Stern Show: New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Adam Levine | 3:28 |
| Ain't no sunshine | cover | The Faumuis | 3:21 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and instrumental | Giacomo Bondi & Cristiana Polegri | 3:55 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and instrumental | Philippe Chrétien | 5:21 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Karen Souza | 3:11 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Mark Gillespie | 2:22 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Varga István | 2:06 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and instrumental | Bobbi Humphrey | 8:24 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and live | Eva Cassidy | 4:07 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Al Jarreau | 2:05 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Ladysmith Black Mambazo With Des’ree | 3:51 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and live | Dan Rodriguez | 7:52 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Little Hurricane | 4:10 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Kurt Hugo Schneider & Andie Case | 2:30 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and instrumental | Steel Drum Island | 3:34 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | Alex | 3:28 | ||
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Gabrielle Chiararo | 3:54 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Some Days Are Darker | 2:16 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Des’ree | 3:49 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Jamaica Soundsystem | 4:00 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and instrumental | Lenny Mac Dowell | 4:15 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Al Jarreau | 2:06 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Daniel Schuhmacher | 2:05 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Des'Ree | ?:?? | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Duke | 2:53 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Eva Cassidy | 3:25 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | Brasil Confusion | 3:19 | ||
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and instrumental | Hank Marvin | 3:35 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and live | Pitseleh | 4:07 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Michael Jackson | 4:08 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Al Jarreau | ?:?? | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Piotr Lisiecki | 3:25 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine (album version) | cover | Michael Jackson | 4:12 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Musica Nuda | 3:11 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Christy Baron | 2:23 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Christy Baron | 2:22 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | 大橋純子 | 4:02 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover and instrumental | Adam Rafferty | 5:32 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Harlem Underground Band | 2:21 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | Soul Explosives | 2:47 | ||
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Páll Rósinkranz | 3:43 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | Al Jarreau | 2:00 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | The Dells | 4:40 | |
| Ain't No Sunshine | cover | [unknown] | 2:01 | |
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