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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Sunshine Of Your Love | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
single
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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
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Jack Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
frequently cited among greatest rock songs of all time
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widely used in films and television ⓘ |
| drummer | Ginger Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late 1960s ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
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psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| guitarist | Eric Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGuitarRiff | iconic guitar riff ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
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drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | Cream live performances ⓘ |
| hasRiff | blues-based guitar riff ⓘ |
| includedIn | many rock compilation albums ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
hard rock
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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
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distinctive bass and drum pattern ⓘ |
| performer | Cream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Felix Pappalardi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognition |
considered one of Cream's signature songs
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regarded as a classic rock standard ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1967 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atco Records
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Reaction Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate rock tempo ⓘ |
| vocalist | Jack Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Eric Clapton
NERFINISHED
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Jack Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Simple Pleasures
this entity surface form:
Sunshine Of Your Love