Ain't No Sunshine
Original version by BILL WITHERS
My Rating - 9.6/10
Well, this gotta be the best romantic blues in the English language! I don't speak for the world but for a few who would agree with this. Recorded way back in the 1971, by Bill Withers for his album JUST AS I AM, a time when Bill was still working for a factory that made toilet seats.
"Ain't No Sunshine" is ranked 280th on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song won the Grammy for Best R&B Song in 1972.
He is said to be inspired from a 1962 movie- Days of wine and roses.
The track has been covered by over a hundred and ten artists including MJ, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Akon, John Waite, DMX, Justin Timberlake, Ja Rule, Fall Out Boy, Joss Stone, Mark Knopfler, Maroon 5, Paul McCartney, Torry Amos etc. The best one being the original on any given day, followed by the ones by Lenny Kravitz, John Waite, The Lighthouse Family and Soul for Real.
The version by John Waite is more Rock than Blues/Pop and sounds pretty neatly composed unlike versions of the song from the genre.
The track looked even more fitting in the movie NOTTING HILL. Its one of my favourite Romantic tracks, heard it for the first time on Cassette compilation called LOVE AT THE MOVIES back in 2002 and had fallen in love with this track since then.
The version by John Waite is more Rock than Blues/Pop and sounds pretty neatly composed unlike versions of the song from the genre.
The track looked even more fitting in the movie NOTTING HILL. Its one of my favourite Romantic tracks, heard it for the first time on Cassette compilation called LOVE AT THE MOVIES back in 2002 and had fallen in love with this track since then.
John Waite's Version -
The one by Lighthouse family-
Sources - Youtube, hawaiisunshine
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