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"Sunshine of Your Love", by British supergroup Cream , is from the '' Disraeli Gears '' album. It was Cream's best-selling song and Atlantic Records ' best-selling to date as well. It features an immediately recognisable Guitar / Bass Guitar riff (even to those who have never heard the song in its entirety) and an acclaimed guitar solo from Eric Clapton . It was written by bassist Jack Bruce , Pete Brown , and Clapton. Development of the song began in January and played the riff. Pete looked out the window and the sun was coming up. He wrote 'It's getting near dawn and lights close their tired eyes...'" Clapton later wrote the bridge ("I've been waiting so long...") which also yielded the song's title. Clapton's guitar tone on the song, created using his Gibson SG guitar and a Marshall amplifier, is renowned among guitarists as perhaps the best example of his legendary late-'60s " Woman Tone ," a thick yet articulate sound that many have tried to emulate, usually without success. The band's publisher, Atlantic Records , initially rejected the song. Booker T. Jones , leader of Booker T. And The MG's and a respected Atlantic musician, heard the band rehearsing the song in the Atlantic studios and recommended it to the record company bosses. Based on this recommendation, Atlantic approved the recording. "Sunshine of Your Love" was the band's first big US hit. In the US, this first charted in February, 1968 at #36. With the release of the album in August, it re-entered the chart and went to #5. The song appears on the soundtracks of the movies '' School Of Rock ,'' '' Goodfellas '' (also featuring Clapton's later hit " Layla "), ''Uncommon Valor'', and '' True Lies .'' The opening riff also appeared at the end of a '' Futurama '' episode. Jimi Hendrix performed "Sunshine of Your Love" as a setlist staple throughout his 1968 and 1969 concerts, employing wailing guitar riffs in place of the lyrics and ending the song by dramatically slowing the tempo to a grinding halt. During a January 1969 appearance on the "Happening for Lulu " television show, Hendrix halted his band near the end of the set and broke into "Sunshine of Your Love", running the show past its scheduled end time. Blood, Sweat & Tears also used the riff in their song "Blues Part II," and A Capella singer Bobby McFerrin recorded a Voice Instrumental version of the song in which he replicates Clapton's guitar solo using only his vocals and some effects processing. Ella Fitzgerald also recorded a version of the song in the 60s. The song's distinctive riff is based on a D blues scale (pentatonic). REFERENCES
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