Talk:Ain't No Sunshine
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hey, how do you understand this song ? i think we should explain that in the article ;)
obviously it's a very sad love song :) do you agree ?
I think it's a brilliant song -- User:George cowie
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[edit] Merger
I am preposing this be merged with the Just as I am Album. And a redirect twards the Album. --Bonojohn 19:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)--
Hmm no, almost every song in the top 500 songs of all time as an article Jaranda wat's sup 19:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well than it needs to be improved. --Bonojohn 19:42, 13 July 2006 (UTC)--
- Yea, but right now it's an harmless stub, I'll expand later on Jaranda wat's sup 19:43, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
- I am glad you placed the expand box Jaranda its better than the merge I preposed --Bonojohn 07:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)--
I believe verification and/or explanation is required for Otis Redding’s cover of “Ain’t No Sunshine”. The song was first released in 1971, three years after the death of Otis Redding. Now as I understand it, Bill Withers, having wrote the song, began playing the song in jook joints at night, while still working in a factory during the day. All of this was going on in L.A. when he moved there in 1967, the same year Otis Redding died. As far as I am able find, there is no version of "Ain't No Sunshine" done by Otis Redding. futhermore, the only connection that I can find between Otis and Bill is there connections with Booker T & The MG's. Otis working with Steven Cropper, while Bill worked with Booker T himself. Therefore, I believe, if it is true, that an explanation how Otis Redding covered the song is needed, to fill in the seeming discrepancy for those, like myself, who might wonder how it’s possible.Elamantededios 14:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "I know" x 26
Seems that any discussion of this song would be incomplete without at least a passing reference to it being the only song, in any genre or decade, in which the vocalist repeats the words "I know" 26 times -- at least on the recording Bill Withers made popular. Who else has sung it, and has s/he also included that? Does anyone know if alternate takes exist w/o that? What was the point of that being part of the song, anyway? Typofixer76 03:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
- In Will Young's version, he sings "I know" 26 times. — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 16:01, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:AintNoSunshine45.JPG
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[edit] UK radio
""Ain't no sunshine" is one of the few songs that is still a major hit on UK radio stations."
what does that mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.46.116.110 (talk) 04:51, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
How is it possible that this song has been covered by Otis Redding if it was written in 1971 and he died in 1967? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.118.248.19 (talk) 03:34, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
