1
record label: Tamla 54232
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #7, US AC #1
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Talking Book / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
1973
Tamla
2
record label: T.K. 1015
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #18
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: KC and the Sunshine Band
comments: [disco funk]
KC & The Sunshine Band
That's The Way (I Like It)
1975
T.K.
3
record label: Soul City 772
chart position: RandB #6, US #1, UK #11, US AC #1
written by: Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni
album: The Age of Aquarius
comments: [pop soul]
The 5th Dimension
Aquarius -- Let the Sunshine In
1969
Soul City
4
record label: T.K. 1019
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #22
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: Part 3
comments: [disco funk]
KC & The Sunshine Band
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
1976
T.K.
5
record label: T.K. 1022
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #41
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: Part 3
comments: [disco funk]
KC & The Sunshine Band
I'm Your Boogie Man
1977
T.K.
6
record label: T.K. 1035
chart position: UK #3, US #1, US AC #27
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
album: Do You Wanna Go Party
comments: [ballad]
KC & The Sunshine Band
Please Don't Go
1979
T.K.
7
record label: T.K. 1009
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #21, US dance #11
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: KC And The Sunshine Band
comments: [disco funk]
KC & The Sunshine Band
Get Down Tonight
1975
T.K.
8
record label: Sussex 219
chart position: RandB #6, US #3, US AC #2
written by: Bill Withers
album: Just As I Am
comments: [ballad]
Bill Withers
Ain't No Sunshine
1971
Sussex
9
record label: T.K. 1023
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #31, US AC #36
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: Part 3
comments: [disco dance]
KC & The Sunshine Band
Keep It Comin' Love
1976
T.K.
10
record label: Sucka Free 77009
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #14
written by: Lil' Flip
album: U Gotta Feel Me
Lil' Flip featuring Lea
Sunshine
2004
Sucka Free
11
record label: Epic 3017 (UK)
chart position: UK #1, US #18, US dance #24
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Deborah Carter
album: All in a Night's Work
KC & The Sunshine Band
Give It Up
1983
Epic
12
record label: Tent 40901 (UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Billy Livsey and Peter Sinfield
album: Silk and Steel
comments: [pop soul]
Five Star
Rain or Shine
1986
Tent
13
record label: London 11
chart position: UK #4, US dance #1, RandB #63
album: Eddy Grant
comments: (featuring Donnie Calvin)
Rockers Revenge
Walking on Sunshine
1982
London
14
record label: FFRR 229
chart position: UK #8
written by: Ann Curless, Shane Faber, Stephanie Lewis and Mike Mangini
album: Degrees of Motion
Degrees of Motion featuring Biti
Shine On
1994
FFRR
15
record label: Atlantic 04974
chart position: UK #3
written by: Twista (as Carl Mitchell) and Bill Withers
album: Kamikaze
comments: [hip hop]
Twista ft. Anthony Hamilton
Sunshine
2004
Atlantic
16
record label: Soulife 95524
chart position: RandB #3, US #18, UK #9, US dance #11
written by: Sunshine Anderson, Mike City, Chris Dawley and Rayshawn Sherrer
album: Your Woman
Sunshine Anderson
Heard It All Before
2001
Soulife
17
record label: ABC Paramount 10375
chart position: RandB #1, US #7
written by: Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
You Are My Sunshine
1962
ABC Paramount
18
record label: Tamla Motown 821(UK)
chart position: UK #10, RandB #21, US #37, US AC #17
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Floy Joy / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes
Automatically Sunshine
1972
Tamla Motown
19
record label: Tamla 54257
chart position: RandB #1, US #18
written by: Linda Allen & Harry Booker
album: For You
comments: [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks
Shoeshine Boy
1975
Tamla
20
record label: Bubblin 3
chart position: UK #5
written by: Brinsley Forde, Joseph Cang, Angus Gaye and Tony Robinson
album: Rise And Shine
comments: [Reggae]
Aswad
Shine
1994
Bubblin
21
record label: Mercury 76126
chart position: RandB #14, US dance #5, UK #42, US #84
written by: Linton Beckles, Lipson Francis & Roy Carter
album: Central Line
Central Line
Walking into Sunshine
1981
Mercury
22
record label: T.K. 1025
chart position: RandB #29, UK #34, US #35
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco funk]
KC & The Sunshine Band
Boogie Shoes
1978
T.K.
23
record label: Jay Boy 88(UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Willie Clarke
album: Do It Good
comments: [disco funk]
KC & The Sunshine Band
Queen of Clubs
1974
Jay Boy
24
record label: Blue Note 1009
chart position: RandB #2, US #45
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
album: Platinum Jazz
comments: [funk]
War
L.A. Sunshine
1977
Blue Note
25
record label: Tamla Motown 826(UK)
chart position: UK #8
written by: Bill Withers
album: Got to Be There / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
Michael Jackson
Ain't No Sunshine
1972
Tamla Motown
26
record label: T.K. 1028
chart position: RandB #30, UK #47, US #35
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Who Do Ya Love
comments: [disco dance]
KC & The Sunshine Band
It's The Same Old Song
1978
T.K.
27
record label: Roadshow 991
chart position: RandB #3, US #45
written by: Emanuel Johnson & Michael Stokes
album: Enchantment
comments: [Sweet Soul Ballad]
Enchantment
Sunshine
1977
Roadshow
28
record label: AandM 2283
chart position: RandB #19, US #40
written by: Billy Osborne, Jeffrey Osborne & Richard Kerr
album: Shine On
comments: [ballad] Â
L.T.D.
Shine On
1980
A&M
29
record label: Epic 02701
chart position: RandB #15, US #41, US dance #36
written by: George Duke
album: Dream On
George Duke
Shine On
1982
Epic
30
record label: T.K. 1020
chart position: RandB# 4, US #37
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: Part 3
comments: [disco funk]
KC & The Sunshine Band
I Like To Do It
1976
T.K.
31
record label: TVT 0801
chart position: RandB #75, US #43
written by: Patrick Swayze and Stacy Widelitz
album: Unexpected
Lumidee featuring Tony Sunshine
She's Like the Wind
2007
TVT
32
record label: T.K. 1003
chart position: RandB #21, UK #17
written by: Harry Casey & Clarence Reid
album: Do It Good
KC & The Sunshine Band
Sound Your Funky Horn
1974
T.K.
33
record label: CBS 653001 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Bill Withers and Skip Scarborough
Bill Withers
Lovely Day (Sunshine Mix)
1988
CBS
34
record label: Brunswick 55503
chart position: RandB #17, US #47, UK #35
written by: Eugene Record
album: The Chi Lites
The Chi-Lites
I Found Sunshine
1973
Brunswick
35
record label: Go! Beat 23
chart position: UK #9
written by: Gabrielle and Jonathan Shorten
album: Rise
Gabrielle
Sunshine
1999
Go! Beat
36
record label: Go! Beat 587
chart position: UK #9
written by: Gabrielle and Johnathan Shorten
album: Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Gabrielle
Don't Need the Sun to Shine (to Make Me Smile)
2001
Go! Beat
37
record label: T.K. 1033
chart position: RandB #8, US #50
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
album: Do You Wanna Go Party
KC & The Sunshine Band
Do You Wanna Go Party
1979
T.K.
38
record label: Bronze 20
chart position: UK #17, RandB #61, US #108
written by: Mac Tontoh, Sol Amarfio and Teddy Osei
album: Welcome Home
Osibisa
Sunshine Day
1976
Bronze
39
record label: 4th and Bway 489
chart position: RandB #47, US #23
written by: Dino
album: 24 7
Dino
Sunshine
1989
4th and Bway
40
record label: Roc A Fella 574923
chart position: RandB #37, US #95, UK #25
written by: Jay Z and Daven
album: In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Jay-Z featuring Babyface & Foxy Brown
Sunshine
1997
Roc A Fella
41
record label: Elektra 161
chart position: UK #30, US dance #14
written by: Sting (as Gordon Sumner)
comments: [reggae]
Shinehead
Jamaican in New York
1993
Elektra
42
record label: J Records 82876
chart position: RandB #31, US #116, UK #50, US Dance#10
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: The Ultimate Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross
Shine
2006
J Records
43
record label: Arista 0349
chart position: RandB #11
written by: Glenn Goins and Jerome Brailey
Quazar
Funk 'N' Roll (Dancin' in the Funkshine)
1978
Arista
44
record label: Jay Boy 101(UK)
chart position: UK #34
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey), Richard Finch and Willie Clarke
album: KC and The Sunshine Band
KC & The Sunshine Band
I'm So Crazy ('Bout You)
1975
Jay Boy
45
record label: P.I.R. 2950
chart position: RandB #17, US #48
written by: Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt
album: Back Stabbers / Live in London
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The O'Jays
Sunshine (Part I and Part II)
1974
P.I.R.
46
record label: Epic 46113
chart position: UK #40
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: Can You Feel the Force
The Real Thing
Rainin' Through My Sunshine
1978
Epic
47
record label: Mercury 74048
chart position: RandB #14, US #102
written by: Allen Jones, Charles Allen, Frank Thompson, Harvey Henderson, James Alexander, Lloyd Smith
album: Light of Life
The Bar-Kays
Shine
1979
Mercury
48
record label: Epic 49 03187
chart position: US dance #9
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey)
album: All In A Night's Work
KC & The Sunshine Band
(You Said) You'd Gimme Some More
1982
Epic
49
record label: Epic 7095
chart position: UK #46
album: A Mi Shabba
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Shabba Ranks featuring Mykal Rose
Shine Eye Gal
1995
Epic
50
record label: RCA 65751
chart position: RandB #19, US #70
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: LaShawn Daniels, Coko and Rodney Jerkins
album: Hot Coko
Coko
Sunshine
1999
RCA
51
record label: Hi 2306
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Al Green , Linda Hargrove and Mabon "Teenie" Hodges
album: Full Of Fire
Al Green
Let It Shine
1976
Hi
52
record label: Elektra 69810
chart position: RandB #16, US Dance #27
written by: Twinkie Clark
album: You Brought the Sunshine
comments: [gospel disco dance]
The Clark Sisters
You Brought the Sunshine (Into My Life)
1983
Elektra
53
record label: Tamla Motown 929
chart position: RandB #16, US #68
written by: Nickolas Ashford (as Nick Ashford) and Valerie Simpson
album: The Dynamic Superiors
comments: [Motown Sound] [Sweet Soul]
The Dynamic Superiors
Shoe Shoe Shine
1974
Tamla Motown
54
record label: T.K. 1022
chart position: RandB #24, US #48
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
album: Part 3
KC & The Sunshine Band
Wrap Your Arms Around Me
1977
T.K.
55
record label: Epic 657480 (UK)
chart position: UK #53
written by: Marva King and Ian Prince
album: Shine
comments: [new jack swing]
Five Star
Shine
1991
Epic
56
record label: GRC 1011
chart position: RandB #21, US #88
written by: Dorothy Norwood
comments: [deep soul]
Dorothy Norwood
There's Got to Be Rain in Your Life (To Appreciate the Sunshine)
1974
GRC
57
record label: MCA 52228
chart position: RandB #24, UK #88, US Dance #42
written by: Al Hudson, Dave Roberson and Kevin McCord
album: Shine on Me
comments: [disco funk]
One Way
Shine on Me
1983
MCA
58
record label: Wand 11273
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy
album: Discs of Gold
The Independents
Arise and Shine (Let's Get It On)
1974
Wand
59
record label: Soulife
chart position: RandB #54, UK #57
written by: Mike City
album: Your Woman
Sunshine Anderson
Lunch or Dinner
2001
Soulife
60
record label: T.K. 6050(UK)
chart position: RandB #62, US #63
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
album: Who Do Ya Love
KC & The Sunshine Band
Do You Feel Alright
1978
T.K.
61
record label: T.K. 1031
chart position: RandB #88, US #68
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: Who Do Ya Love
KC & The Sunshine Band
Who Do Ya Love
1978
T.K.
62
record label: Go! Beat 59 (UK)
chart position: UK #66
written by: Fatboy Slim (as Norman Cook)
album: Excursion on the Version
comments: [Reggae]
Beats International
The Sun Doesn't Shine
1991
Go! Beat
63
record label: Azuli 103 (UK)
chart position: 168
written by: Antonio Romeo, Darryl Pandy, Mark Patterson, Maurizio Zoffoli
comments: [dance, house]
Darryl Pandy
Sunshine and Happiness
1999
Azuli
64
record label: Elektra 066291
chart position: UK #70, US dance #24
written by: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and Carl Aiken
album: Sidewalk University
comments: [reggae]
Shinehead
Let 'Em In
1993
Elektra
65
record label: Network Records 55
chart position: UK #71
written by: Eddy Grant
Krush
Walking on Sunshine
1992
Network Records
66
record label: Tabu 655191
chart position: UK #72
written by: J. Harris III, T. Lewis
album: Hearsay
comments: [ballad]
Alexander O'Neal
Sunshine
1989
Tabu
67
record label: T.K. 1010
chart position: RandB #25, US #88
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: The Sound of Sunshine
The Sunshine Band
Shotgun Shuffle
1975
T.K.
68
record label: T.K. 1035
chart position: RandB #25
written by: Frederick Knight and Sam Dees
album: Do You Wanna Go Party
KC & the Sunshine Band
I Betcha Didn't Know That
1979
T.K.
69
record label: Columbia 10336
chart position: RandB #78, US #77
written by: David Brown [American bassist] and Ray Gardner
album: Amigos
Santana
Let It Shine
1976
Columbia
70
record label: Circa 12 (UK)
chart position: RandB #51, UK #78
written by: Bill Withers
album: Feeling Free
comments: charted in RandB charts in USA in 1991
Sydney Youngblood
Ain't No Sunshine
1988
Circa
71
record label: CBS 653198 (UK)
chart position: UK #82
written by: Bill Withers
album: Bill Withers Greatest Hits
comments: Remix Ben Liebrand
Bill Withers
Ain't No Sunshine (The Total Eclipse Mix)
1988
CBS
72
record label: Atlantic 2084
chart position: US #83
written by: Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
album: The Genius of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Come Rain or Come Shine
1960
Atlantic
73
record label: T.K. 1001
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey)
album: Do It Good
KC & the Sunshine Band
Blow Your Whistle
1973
T.K.
74
record label: Original Sound 90
chart position: RandB #30, US #121
written by: Charles Mitchell and Jimmie Davis
Dyke & the Blazers
You Are My Sunshine
1970
Original Sound
75
record label: Volt 4025
chart position: RandB #28
written by: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) and Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller)
Rev. Maceo Woods & the Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
Hello Sunshine
1969
Volt
76
record label: T. K. 1026
chart position: RandB #75, US dance #28
written by: Louis Zillery
The Sunshine Band
Black Water Gold
1978
T. K.
77
record label: Terror Squad 88013
chart position: RandB #35, US #86
Fat Joe ft. Tony Sunshine & Armageddon
All I Need
2002
Terror Squad
78
record label: Salsoul 2112
chart position: RandB #41, US #101, US dance #28
written by: Kim Miller, Larry Davis, Raymond Earl and Scott Miller (as Scotty Miller)
comments: charted as Bodyshine / Slap, Slap, Lickedy Lap in US dance charts
Instant Funk
Bodyshine
1980
Salsoul
79
record label: Powderworks 0348
chart position: UK #87
written by: Ashley Ingram and Leee John
album: Trilogy
Imagination
Sunshine
1986
Powderworks
80
record label: BC 4009
chart position: RandB #29, US dance #38
written by: Glenn Grainger
comments: [disco funk]
The Graingers
Shine Your Light
1981
BC
81
record label: Columbia 10806
chart position: RandB #86, US dance #32
written by: Gary Knight and Gene Allan
album: Marilyn and Billy
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
Shine On Silver Moon
1979
Columbia
82
record label: Master Mix 8415 (UK)
chart position: UK #96
written by: Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: Is This The Future?
Fatback Band
Sunshine Lady
1987
Master Mix
83
record label: Cash Money 860941
chart position: RandB #39, US #96
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: Lights Out
comments: [hip hop]
Lil Wayne featuring Baby, Mack 10 & Mickey
Shine
2001
Cash Money
84
record label: One Little Indian 911(UK)
chart position: UK #99
written by: Chris Bangs, Terry Farley and Linda Clifford
comments: [dance, house]
Linda Clifford
Sunshine
2002
One Little Indian
85
record label: T.K. 1036
chart position: UK #99
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
KC & The Sunshine Band
Let's Go Rock And Roll
1980
T.K.
86
record label: Jellybean 2543
chart position: US dance #23
written by: Teddy Osei, Mac Tontoh and Sol Amarfio
album: World Go Round
Matt Bianco
Sunshine Day
1998
Jellybean
87
record label: Epic 56843
chart position: US dance #35
written by: Diddy (as Sean Combs), Lopez, Mario Winans, Jack Knight and Michael "Lo" Jones
album: J. Lo
Jennifer Lopez
Walking on Sunshine
2002
Epic
88
record label: Rap Hustlaz
chart position: RandB #66, US #107
comments: [rap]
Kinfolk Kia Shine
Krispy
2007
Rap Hustlaz
89
record label: Verve 10448
chart position: US #107
written by: Donovan (as Donovan Leitch)
Willie Bobo
Sunshine Superman
1967
Verve
90
record label: Curtom 0116
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt
The Impressions
Sunshine
1976
Curtom
91
record label: Whitfield 8362
chart position: US #109
written by: Norman Whitfield
The Undisputed Truth
Sunshine
1977
Whitfield
92
record label: Hot Wax 7103
chart position: Cashbox R&B #45, US #117
written by: William Weatherspoon and Raynard Miner
album: Sunshine
The Flaming Ember
Sunshine
1971
Hot Wax
93
record label: Salsoul 7045
chart position: RandB #39, US Dance #41
written by: Tommy McConnell
album: Skyyjammer
comments: [disco, dance]
Skyy
Let Love Shine
1983
Salsoul
94
record label: Mercury 574138
chart position: RandB #53, US #122
written by: Jon John and Babyface (as Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds)
Gina Thompson
You Bring The Sunshine
1997
Mercury
95
record label: Atlantic
chart position: UK #122
written by: Laura Izibor
album: Let the Truth Be Told
Laura Izibor
Shine
2009
Atlantic
96
record label: First String 968
chart position: RandB #82
written by: Betty Wright
album: Sevens
comments: [beat ballad]
Betty Wright
The Sun Don't Shine
1986
First String
97
record label: Arista 612252 (UK)
chart position: UK #84
written by: Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
album: Indestructible
Four Tops
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine
1989
Arista
98
record label: Elektra 5614
chart position: RandB #44
written by: Carl Aiken and Dave Hall
album: Sidewalk University
comments: [hip hop]
Shinehead
Try My Love
1992
Elektra
99
record label: Chrysalis 2521
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Grant, Martin
album: Intuition
comments: [disco dance]
Linx
Together We Can Shine
1981
Chrysalis
100
record label: Cotillion 44033
chart position: RandB #46
weeksinr&bchart: 2
comments: from the Broadway musical Hair
C & the Shells
Good Morning Starshine
1969
Cotillion