You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Wikipedia You Are the Sunshine of My Life `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' Single by Stevie Wonder from the album Talking Book B - side `` Tuesday Heartbreak '' Released March 1973 Format 7 '' 45 RPM Recorded 1972 Genre Soul pop Length 2 : 58 Label Tamla Songwriter ( s ) Stevie Wonder Producer ( s ) Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder singles chronology `` Superstition '' ( 1972 ) `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' ( 1973 ) `` Higher Ground '' ( 1973 ) `` Superstition '' ( 1972 ) `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' ( 1973 ) `` Higher Ground '' ( 1973 ) `` 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. 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. 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 charts for three weeks. Rolling Stone ranked the song number 287 on their list of the `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. The first two lines of the song are sung, not by Wonder, but by Jim Gilstrap ; Lani Groves sings the next two. 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. Contents 1 Personnel 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 In popular culture 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Personnel Source : Talking Book, Tamla : T 319L, October 27, 1972 ( album cover ) Stevie Wonder -- lead vocal, background vocal, Fender Rhodes, 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 Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1973 ) Peak position Australia 10 Canada RPM Top Singles 5 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 9 Germany 42 Ireland 23 New Zealand 8 UK Singles Chart 7 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary U.S. Billboard R&B U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1973 ) Rank Australia 74 Canada 64 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 19 U.S. Cash Box 59 In popular culture In 2016, Jack White performed an alternative rock version the song with The Muppets for the series finale of The Muppets. See also List of Hot 100 number - one singles of 1973 ( U.S. ) List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1973 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 2001. Record Research. p. 262. ^ Jump up to : Hogan, Ed. `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' ( song review ), AllMusic.com. Jump up ^ `` 287. Stevie Wonder, ' You Are the Sunshine of My Life ' '', 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, Rolling Stone, April 7, 2011. Jump up ^ Bronson, Fred ( 2003 ). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits : Updated and Expanded 5th Edition. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 333. Jump up ^ Canada, Library and Archives ( July 17, 2013 ). `` Image : RPM Weekly ''. bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved April 14, 2018. Jump up ^ `` NZ Listener chart summary ''. Flavour of New Zealand. Retrieved October 8, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.100214&type=2&interval=24&PHPSESSID=dtlhqtcdftn9t40n27r4hds2h0 Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1973 / Top 100 Songs of 1973 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 8, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2016. Jump up ^ Blistein, Jon ( March 1, 2016 ), `` See Jack White Sing ' You Are the Sunshine of My Life ' With the Muppets ''. Retrieved March 29, 2017. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Smith, Giles, `` Lives of the great songs : Nobody does it better : You are the sunshine of my life : Every supper - club singer under the sun has had a go at Stevie Wonder 's 1972 classic. And none has cracked it... '', The Independent, July 31, 1993. `` You Are the Sunshine of My Life '' at Songfacts. hide Stevie Wonder Studio albums 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 Live albums Recorded Live : The 12 Year Old Genius Stevie Wonder Live Live at the Talk of the Town Natural Wonder Soundtracks Stevie Wonder 's Journey Through `` The Secret Life of Plants '' The Woman in Red Jungle Fever Compilations Looking Back Stevie Wonder 's Original Musiquarium I Song Review : A Greatest Hits Collection At the Close of a Century Ballad Collection The Definitive Collection 20th Century Masters The Complete Stevie Wonder Top ten singles `` Fingertips - Part 2 '' `` Uptight ( Everything 's Alright ) '' `` Blowin ' in the Wind '' `` A Place in the Sun '' `` I Was Made to Love Her '' `` I 'm Wondering '' `` Shoo - Be-Doo - Be-Doo - Da - Day '' `` For Once in My Life '' `` 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 Have n't Done Nothin ' '' `` Boogie On Reggae Woman '' `` I Wish '' `` Sir Duke '' `` Send One Your Love '' `` Master Blaster ( Jammin ' ) '' `` I Ai n't Gonna Stand for It '' `` Happy Birthday '' `` That Girl '' `` Do I Do '' `` Ebony and Ivory '' `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' `` Love Light in Flight '' `` Part - Time Lover '' `` That 's What Friends Are For '' `` Go Home '' Other singles `` Hey Harmonica Man '' `` Hey Love '' `` I Do n't Know Why '' `` Never Dreamed You 'd Leave in Summer '' `` Superwoman ( Where Were You When I Needed You ) '' `` Do n't You Worry ' bout a Thing '' `` As '' `` Another Star '' `` Lately '' `` Ribbon in the Sky '' `` Overjoyed '' `` Faith '' Other songs `` You and I ( We Can Conquer the World ) '' `` Golden Lady `` All in Love Is Fair '' `` They Wo n't Go When I Go '' `` Knocks Me Off My Feet '' `` Pastime Paradise '' `` Is n't She Lovely '' `` Black Man '' Collaborations `` Ebony and Ivory '' `` We Are the World '' `` Just Good Friends '' `` California Roll '' Related articles Discography Lula Mae Hardaway Syreeta Wright KJLH Wonderin ' `` Wonder - ful '' Book This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. 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Question: who sang you are the sunshine of my life
Answer: Stevie Wonder