Sunshine of Your Love

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"Sunshine of Your Love" is a classic 1967 rock song by the British band Cream, renowned for its iconic guitar riff and status as one of the defining tracks of the late 1960s.

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instanceOf single
song
album Disraeli Gears NERFINISHED
artist Cream NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement psychedelic era of the 1960s
chartPositionUK Top 40 on UK Singles Chart
chartPositionUS Top 10 on Billboard Hot 100
composer Eric Clapton NERFINISHED
Jack Bruce NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
culturalImpact frequently cited among greatest rock songs of all time
widely used in films and television
drummer Ginger Baker NERFINISHED
era late 1960s
genre hard rock
psychedelic rock
rock
guitarist Eric Clapton NERFINISHED
hasGuitarRiff iconic guitar riff
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
hasLiveVersion Cream live performances
hasRiff blues-based guitar riff
includedIn many rock compilation albums
influencedGenre hard rock
heavy metal
key D minor (main riff often associated with D blues scale)
language English
length about 4 minutes
lyricist Pete Brown NERFINISHED
notableFeature call-and-response vocal lines
distinctive bass and drum pattern
performer Cream NERFINISHED
producer Felix Pappalardi NERFINISHED
recognition considered one of Cream's signature songs
regarded as a classic rock standard
recordedIn 1967
recordLabel Atco Records NERFINISHED
Reaction Records NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1967
side A-side
tempo moderate rock tempo
vocalist Jack Bruce NERFINISHED
writer Eric Clapton NERFINISHED
Jack Bruce NERFINISHED
Pete Brown NERFINISHED

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Jack Bruce notableWork Sunshine of Your Love
Cream notableSong Sunshine of Your Love
album "Simple Pleasures" includesTrack Sunshine of Your Love
subject surface form: Simple Pleasures
this entity surface form: Sunshine Of Your Love