You Are the Sunshine of My Life

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"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is a 1973 single released by Stevie Wonder. The song became Wonder's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his first number-one on the Easy Listening chart.[1] It won Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and was nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year.[2] This song was the second single (following "Superstition") released from the 1972 album entitled Talking Book, which stayed at number one on the R&B albums chart for three weeks.[2]

Rolling Stone ranks the song at number 183 on their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[3] Billboard called it "a soft, haunting ballad with outstanding electric piano runs and outstanding production work."[4]

In 2002, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5]

Background

The first two lines of the song are sung, not by Wonder, but by Jim Gilstrap; Lani Groves sings the next two.[6] Gilstrap and Groves, together with Gloria Barley, also provide backing vocals. The single version of the song differs from the album version with the addition of horns to the mix; this version is also included in the greatest hits compilation album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I (1982).

Reception

Cash Box said that Wonder "changes the pace [from 'Superstition'] and delivers a stirring ballad performance that is also certain to go gold instantly."[7] Record World said that the "tune that's been covered many times is done best by the originator."[8]

Personnel

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  • Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, Fender Rhodes piano, drums
  • Jim Gilstrap – first lead vocal, background vocal
  • Lani Groves – second lead vocal, background vocal
  • Gloria Barley – background vocal
  • Scott Edwards – electric bass
  • Daniel Ben Zebulon – congas
  • unknown — horns

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Chart performance

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Certifications

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See also

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External links

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