Ain't No Sunshine

About Ain't No Sunshine

Bill Withers told Songfacts that an inspiration for this song was the 1962 movie Days of Wine and Roses . "I was watching a movie called Days Of Wine And Roses (1962) with Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon. They were both alcoholics who were alternately weak and strong. It's like going back for seconds on rat poison. Sometimes you miss things that weren't particularly good for you. It's just something that crossed my mind from watching that movie, and probably something else that happened in my life that I'm not aware of." .

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About this song

Credited to

Bill Withers

Album

SPLEEN - Des chansons mélancoliques spéciales coups de blues · Track 7 of 30

Released

April 14, 2014

Duration

2:02

Ranking

#2 most played Bill Withers track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

1,755,182 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: SPLEEN - Des chansons mélancoliques spéciales coups de blues