Ain't No Sunshine
Soul song about absence
"Ain't No Sunshine" is a 1971 soul song by Bill Withers, his debut single and one of his most enduring recordings.
The title has become shorthand for expressing that something essential is missing—particularly someone's presence: It ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
The phrase appears in contexts beyond the song to describe gloom or absence.
- goneNo longer present
- darknessTotal absence of light
- lonelyWanting companionship
- soul musicPassionate vocal genre, 1960s
- soulInnermost animating essence
Bill Withers · heartbreak · broken heart · melancholy · absence · longing · I know · shadow · cold · empty · blues · rainy · rainy days · missing · every time · ache · sorrow · grief
Ain't No SunshineGood Vibrations
Pleasing oscillations or aura
Beautiful Day · Happy · September · Three Little Birds · I Gotta Feeling
ain't, sunshine, sunny, sunnier, sunniest, sunlight, sunlit, sunless, sunned