music.wikisort.org - Composition"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is a 1973 single released by Stevie Wonder. The song became Wonder's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his first number-one on the Easy Listening chart.[1] It won Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and was nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[2] This song was the second single (following "Superstition") released from the 1972 album entitled Talking Book, which stayed at number one on the R&B albums chart for three weeks.[2]
1973 single by Stevie Wonder
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B-side | "Tuesday Heartbreak" |
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Released | March 1973 |
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Recorded | 1972 |
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Length | 2:58 |
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Label | Tamla |
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Songwriter(s) | Stevie Wonder |
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Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder |
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Rolling Stone ranks the song at number 183 on their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[3] Billboard called it "a soft, haunting ballad with outstanding electric piano runs and outstanding production work."[4]
Background
The first two lines of the song are sung, not by Wonder, but by Jim Gilstrap; Lani Groves sings the next two.[5] Gilstrap and Groves, together with Gloria Barley, also provide backing vocals. The single version of the song differs from the album version with the addition of horns to the mix; this version is also included in the greatest hits compilation album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I (1982).
Reception
Cash Box said that Wonder "changes the pace [from 'Superstition'] and delivers a stirring ballad performance that is also certain to go gold instantly."[6]
Personnel
Source: Talking Book, Tamla: T 319L, October 27, 1972 (album cover)
- Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, Fender Rhodes, drums
- Jim Gilstrap – first lead vocal, background vocal
- Lani Groves – second lead vocal, background vocal
- Gloria Barley – background vocal
- Scott Edwards – electric bass
- Daniel Ben Zebulon – congas
- unknown — horns
Weekly charts
Chart (1973) |
Peak position |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] |
10 |
Canada RPM Top Singles |
5 |
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[8] |
9 |
Germany |
42 |
Ireland |
23 |
New Zealand[9] |
8 |
UK Singles Chart |
7 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
1 |
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary |
1 |
U.S. Billboard R&B |
3 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] |
1 |
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Year-end charts
Chart (1973) |
Rank |
Australia [7] |
74 |
Canada [11] |
64 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] |
19 |
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[13] |
9 |
U.S. Cash Box[14] |
59 |
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Certifications
See also
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1973 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1973 (U.S.)
References
- Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 262.
- Hogan, Ed. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (song review), AllMusic.com.
- "You Are the Sunshine of My Life ranked #183 on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs List". Rolling Stone. 15 September 2021. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- "Radio Action & Pick Singles" (PDF). Billboard. March 10, 1973. p. 53. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits: Updated and Expanded 5th Edition. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 333.
- "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 10, 1973. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- Canada, Library and Archives (July 17, 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- "NZ Listener chart summary". Flavour of New Zealand. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- "Cash Box Top 100 5/19/73". Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
- "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-04-08.
- "Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- "Billboard Year-End Charts 1973" (PDF).
- "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1973". Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
- "British single certifications – Stevie Wonder – You Are the Sunshine of My Life". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
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- Songs in the Key of Life Tour
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