"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" is a 1973 pop single
released by Stevie Wonder. The first two lines of the song are
sung, not by Wonder, but by James Gilstrap and Lani Groves. The
single version of the song differed from the album version,
adding horns to the mix. The song became Wonder's third
number-one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his
first number-one on the adult contemporary chart. It also won
Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. This
song was the second single released from the album
Talking Book. The song opened 194 Radio City on 21
October 1974.
Rolling Stoneranked the song #281 on their list of the
500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" has been covered more than
twenty-five times, including versions by
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie ·
Tribute to Uncle Ray ·
With a Song in My Heart ·
Stevie at the Beach ·
Up-Tight ·
Down to Earth ·
I Was Made to Love Her ·
Someday at Christmas ·
Eivets Rednow ·
For Once in My Life ·
My Cherie Amour ·
Signed, Sealed & Delivered ·
Where I'm Coming From ·
Music of My Mind ·
Talking Book ·
Innervisions ·
Fulfillingness' First Finale ·
Songs in the Key of Life ·
Hotter than July ·
In Square Circle ·
Characters ·
Conversation Peace ·
A Time to Love
Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius ·
Stevie Wonder Live ·
Natural Wonder
Journey through the Secret Life of Plants ·
The Woman in Red ·
Jungle Fever
Looking Back ·
Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium ·
At the Close of a Century ·
The Definitive Collection ·
The Complete Stevie Wonder
"Fingertips - Part
2" ·
"Uptight (Everything's
Alright)" ·
"Blowin' in the
Wind" ·
"A Place in the
Sun" ·
"I Was Made to Love
Her" ·
"For Once in My
Life" ·
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" ·
"My Cherie
Amour" ·
"Yester-Me, Yester-You,
Yesterday" ·
"Never Had a Dream Come
True" ·
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered
I'm Yours" ·
"Heaven Help Us
All" ·
"If You Really Love
Me" ·
"Superstition" ·
"
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
" ·
"Higher
Ground" ·
"Living for the
City" ·
"He's Misstra Know it
All" ·
"You Haven't Done
Nothin'" ·
"Boogie On Reggae
Woman" ·
"I Wish" ·
"Sir Duke" ·
"Send One Your
Love" ·
"Master Blaster
(Jammin')" ·
"I Ain't Gonna Stand for
It" ·
"Lately" ·
"Happy
Birthday" ·
"That Girl" ·
"Do I Do" ·
"Ebony and
Ivory" ·
"Ribbon in the
Sky" ·
"I Just Called to Say I Love
You" ·
"Part-Time
Lover" ·
"That's What Friends Are
For" ·
"Go Home"
Discography ·
Syreeta Wright ·
KJLH ·
Motown ·
Soul music
