I Can See Clearly Now

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“I Can See Clearly Now”
Single by Johnny Nash from the album I Can See Clearly Now
B-side	"How Good It Is"
Released	1972
Genre	Pop-Reggae
Length	2:45
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Johnny Nash
Johnny Nash singles chronology
Cupid (1969) I Can See Clearly Now (1972) Stir It Up (1973)

"I Can See Clearly Now" is a song and the title of an album by Johnny Nash. The song was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 4, 1972. It is a common misconception that the song was written and/or performed by Bob Marley, possibly based on the fact that The Wailers were the backing band on Nash's original recording. Marley wrote Nash's next single, "Stir It Up".

Contents 1 Jimmy Cliff version 1.1 Charts 2 Other covers 3 References

[edit] Jimmy Cliff version

Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff recorded a cover of the song for the 1993 movie Cool Runnings. It was released as a single in 1994, becoming a comeback hit for him, reaching #18 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“I Can See Clearly Now”
Single by Jimmy Cliff from the album Cool Runnings (soundtrack)
B-side	"Sweet Jamaica" by Tony Rebel
Released	1993
Format	CD single
Genre	Pop-Reggae
Length	3:16
Label	Chaos/Columbia
Writer(s)	Johnny Nash

[edit] Charts

Chart (1994)[1] [2] [3] [4]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	18
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles	11
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	9
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	7
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	17
Dutch Singles Chart	39
French Singles Chart	1
German Singles Chart	52
New Zealand Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	23

[edit] Other covers

The song experienced a revival in popularity again in 1993 when Jimmy Cliff recorded a version for the soundtrack of the film Cool Runnings. The song also appears in various other films, such as Grosse Pointe Blank, The Break-up, Thelma & Louise, Antz, Deep Blue Sea, Envy, Hitch and Shrek 2's Far Far Away Idol.

It has also been covered by

• Anne Murray
• the Beat Crusaders
• Claude François as "Toi et le soleil", a French version
• Doyle Bramhall in the early 1990s, a blues version
• Gladys Knight & the Pips in 1973 on Imagination^[5]
• the Holly Cole Trio
• Hothouse Flowers in 1990 on Home^[6]
• Lee Towers
• Marisa Monte
• Neil Finn in 1999 to raise money for The Fred Hollows Foundation
• Screeching Weasel on My Brain Hurts
• Sonny and Cher
• Soul Asylum on After the Flood: Live from the Grand Forks Prom, June 28, 1997
• Willie Nelson
• Donny Osmond
• Even in Blackouts on The Fall of the House of Even

It is also a perennial favorite for several a cappella groups, including The Coats and University of Oregon's On the Rocks.

Preceded by "My Ding-a-Ling" by Chuck Berry	Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Johnny Nash version) November 4, 1972	Succeeded by "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" by The Temptations
Preceded by ?	New Zealander number one single (Jimmy Cliff version) January 16, 1994 - February 20, 1994	Succeeded by "The Heater" by The Mutton Birds
Preceded by "Je danse le Mia" by IAM	French (SNEP) number one single (Jimmy Cliff version) June 18, 1994 - July 2, 1994	Succeeded by "I Like To Move It" by Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman

[edit] References