You Are the Sunshine of My Life is a 1973 pop-soul ballad by Stevie Wonder, released as the second single from his 1972 album Talking Book. The track, written and produced by Wonder, runs 2 minutes and 58 seconds and features Jim Gilstrap and Lani Groves on the opening lines before Wonder, with horns added in the single release. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the Adult Contemporary chart, becoming Wonder’s first Easy Listening No 1. The song won the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and in 2002 it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone ranks it among the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and Billboard called it a soft, haunting ballad with outstanding electric piano runs.
