“Ain’t No Sunshine” is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971album, as they are produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musician Donald ”Duck” Dunn on bass and Al Jackson Jr. on drums, and Withers on vocals and guitar. The song was a single in September of 1971, a breakthrough hit for Withers released, reaching number six on the American R & B and number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Withers was inspired by this song when I have the 1962 movie Days of Wine and Roses wrote. He said, in relation to the characters played by Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon ”They were both alcoholics, who alternately strong and weak it is. It ‘s like a trip in rat poison have been second. Sometimes there are things missing are not particularly well for you. There’s only one thing that I have made ​​the observation that the cross movie, and probably something else that happened in my life that I was not aware of. ”
For the third stanza of the song, Withers had long text should instead of repeating the phrase ”I” over and over again, but then followed the advice of the other musicians to leave in this way, writes: ”I was working for this traffic” withers. ”So if you leave it, said I was going.” (Withers, aged 31, was a work of 747 toilet seats for the job.)
The song was originally a B-side to the other song called ”Harlem” was published. Disc jockey played ”Is not No Sunshine” just like the place and was a great success, the first shot at the withers.
“Is not No Sunshine” shows the list of 280 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All time. The song won the Grammy for Best R & B Song in 1972.

Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone.
It’s not warm when she’s away.
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
And she’s always gone too long anytime she goes away.

Wonder this time where she’s gone,
Wonder if she’s gone to stay
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
And this house just ain’t no home anytime she goes away.

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone,
But ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone, only darkness everyday.
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone,
And this house just ain’t no home anytime she goes away.

Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.