https://modestwalrus.com/tags/aint-no-sunshine/Recent content in Ain't No Sunshine on Modest WalrusHugoen-usSat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/aint-no-sunshine-by-bill-withers/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/aint-no-sunshine-by-bill-withers/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-song">Why I Reacted To This Song</h2> <p>This is soul music. They just don&rsquo;t make these anymore. Bill Withers was a musical genius and &ldquo;Ain&rsquo;t No Sunshine&rdquo; is proof of it in under two and a half minutes.</p> <h2 id="original-by-artist">Original by Artist</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YuKfiH0Scao?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-song">About This Song</h2> <p>&ldquo;Ain&rsquo;t No Sunshine&rdquo; was written and performed by Bill Withers, released in 1971 on his debut album <em>Just As I Am</em>. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm &amp; Blues Song. Withers famously repeated the line &ldquo;I know&rdquo; 26 times in place of a third verse he hadn&rsquo;t finished writing; his producers convinced him to leave it in, and it became one of the most memorable moments in soul music.</p>