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Sunny Yesterday my life was filled with rain Sunny You smiled at me and really eased the pain The dark days are gone, and the bright days are here My sunny one shines so sincere Sunny one so true I love you Sunny (Yeah) Thank you for the sunshine bouquet (That sweet bouquet) Sunny Thank you for the love you brought my way You gave to me your all and all Now I feel ten feet tall Sunny one so true I love you Sunny Thank you for the truth you let me see Sunny Thank you for the facts from A to Z My life was torn like a windblown sand And the rock was formed when you held my hand Sunny one so true I love you Sunny Ooh ooh (Yeah) Sunny Thank you for the smile upon your face Sunny And thank you for the gleam that shows this grace You're my part of nature's fire You're my sweet complete desire Sunny one so true I love you (Yeah eh eh) I love you (Yeah, baby) I love you (Sunny) (Eh hey hey) (Sunny) I love you (Eh eh eh ah eh) I love you ‘Sunny’ by Boney M. Songwriter: Bobby Hebb "Sunny" is a soul jazz song written by Bobby Hebb in 1963. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" #25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century". It is also known by its first line: "Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain”. Hebb's parents, William and Ovalla Hebb, were both blind musicians. Hebb and his older brother Harold performed as a song-and-dance duo in Nashville, beginning when Bobby was three and Harold was nine. Hebb performed on a TV show hosted by country music record producer Owen Bradley. Hebb wrote the song after his older brother, Harold, was stabbed to death outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb was devastated by the event and many critics say it inspired the lyrics and tune. According to Hebb, he merely wrote the song as an expression of a preference for a "sunny" disposition over a "lousy" disposition following the murder of his brother. Events influenced Hebb's songwriting, but his melody, crossing over into R&B (#3 on U.S. R&B chart) and Pop (#2 on U.S. Popchart), together with the optimistic lyrics, came from the artist's desire to express that one should always "look at the bright side". Hebb has said about "Sunny": "All my intentions were to think of happier times and pay tribute to my brother – basically looking for a brighter day – because times were at a low. After I wrote it, I thought 'Sunny' just might be a different approach to what Johnny Bragg was talking about in 'Just Walkin' in the Rain.’ German euro disco group Boney M. recorded the song for their 1976 debut album, Take the Heat off Me, produced by Frank Farianand arranged by Stefan Klinkhammer in a euro disco arrangement. Following their breakthrough single "Daddy Cool", it topped the German charts and reached the top ten in many other countries. The single was backed by a non-album track "New York City", a reworked version of Farian artist Gilla's 1976 hit single "Tu es!" and its English version "Why Don't You Do It", with an intro borrowed from the Boney M. album track "Help Help", issued only in some territories instead of "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" on "Take the Heat off Me". The recording was remixed in 1988, 1999 (it was a minor hit single in early 2000) and 2015, and has been sampled by Boogie Pimps for their 2004 version. While Liz Mitchell sang the original lead vocals on Boney M.'s version, original member Maizie Williams recorded a solo version in 2006. The original version was featured in the Umbrella Academy Season 2 soundtrack. Robert Von "Bobby" Hebb (July 26, 1938 – August 3, 2010) was an American R&B and soul singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer known for his 1966 hit entitled "Sunny”. Boney M. was a Euro-Caribbean vocal group created by German record producer Frank Farian, who served as the group's primary songwriter. Originally based in West Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell, a performing artist from Aruba. The group was formed in 1976 and achieved popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s. Since the 1980s, various line-ups of the band have performed with different personnel. The band has sold around 80 million records worldwide and is known for international hits such as "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker", "Belfast", "Sunny", "Rasputin", "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" and "Rivers of Babylon”. Source: Wikipedia