Contents.Merger I am preposing this be merged with the Just as I am Album. And a redirect twards the Album. 19:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)-Hmm no, almost every song in the top 500 songs of all time as an article 19:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)Well than it needs to be improved.
19:42, 13 July 2006 (UTC)- Yea, but right now it's an harmless stub, I'll expand later on 19:43, 13 July 2006 (UTC)I am glad you placed the expand box Jaranda its better than the merge I preposed - 07:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)-I believe verification and/or explanation is required for Otis Redding’s cover of “Ain’t No Sunshine”. The song was first released in 1971, three years after the death of Otis Redding. Now as I understand it, Bill Withers, having wrote the song, began playing the song in jook joints at night, while still working in a factory during the day.
All of this was going on in L.A. When he moved there in 1967, the same year Otis Redding died.
As far as I am able find, there is no version of 'Ain't No Sunshine' done by Otis Redding. Futhermore, the only connection that I can find between Otis and Bill is there connections with Booker T & The MG's. Otis working with Steven Cropper, while Bill worked with Booker T himself. Therefore, I believe, if it is true, that an explanation how Otis Redding covered the song is needed, to fill in the seeming discrepancy for those, like myself, who might wonder how it’s possible. 14:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)'I know' x 26 Seems that any discussion of this song would be incomplete without at least a passing reference to it being the only song, in any genre or decade, in which the vocalist repeats the words 'I know' 26 times - at least on the recording Bill Withers made popular. Who else has sung it, and has s/he also included that? Does anyone know if alternate takes exist w/o that?
What was the point of that being part of the song, anyway?03:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)In 's version, he sings 'I know' 26 times. — 16:01, 3 March 2007 (UTC) Fair use rationale for Image:AintNoSunshine45.JPG.