# Bill Withers — Ain't No Sunshine

Bill Withers’s Ain't No Sunshine (1971) is No. 10 in our Soul ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1971
- **Label:** Sussex
- **On one list:** Soul
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Bill Withers](https://waxonia.com/artist/bill-withers/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/bill-withers--aint-no-sunshine/

## What we say

### No. 10 in [Soul](https://waxonia.com/genre/soul/)

Two minutes, one chord change and twenty-six repetitions of "I know" because Withers had not finished the verse and was told to leave it. The accident is the best part of the record.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Bill%20Withers%20Ain't%20No%20Sunshine) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YuKfiH0Scao)

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