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"I Can See Clearly Now"
Single by Johnny Nash
from the album I Can See Clearly Now
B-side(s)"How Good It Is"
Released1972
GenrePop-Reggae
Length2:45
LabelEpic
Writer(s)Johnny Nash
Peak chart positions
  • 1 (U.S. Pop, U.S. AC)
  • 5 (UK)
    • Johnny Nash singles chronology


    Cupid
    (1969)    		I Can See Clearly Now
    (1972)    		Stir It Up
    (1973)


    "I Can See Clearly Now" is a song written and recorded by Johnny Nash. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 4 1972. It is a common misconception that this 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."

    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 and Shrek 2's Far Far Away Idol.

    There have been numerous other recordings. It has been performed by the Holly Cole Trio, Hothouse Flowers, Anne Murray, Sonny and Cher, the Beat Crusaders and Lee Towers. New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn released a cover version of the song in 1999 to raise money for The Fred Hollows Foundation. Singer and writer/co writer of many of Stevie Ray Vaughan's hits, Doyle Bramhall released a blues version of the song in the early 1990s. The band Soul Asylum also released a cover version on their album .

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

    "I Can See Clearly Now"
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    "I Can See Clearly Now" cover
    Single by Jimmy Cliff
    from the album Cool Runnings (soundtrack)
    B-side(s)"Sweet Jamaica" by Tony Rebel
    Released1993
    FormatCD single
    GenrePop-Reggae
    Length3:16
    LabelChaos/Columbia
    Writer(s)Johnny Nash
    Peak chart positions
  • 18 (U.S. Pop)
  • 23 (UK)
    • Jimmy Cliff singles chronology


    Stir It Up
    (1973)




    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
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    Johnny Nash (born John Lester Nash Jr, 19 August 1940, Houston, Texas) is an African-American pop singer-songwriter, best known for his 1972 hit, "I Can See Clearly Now".

    Nash began as a pop singer in the 1950s.
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    Johnny Nash (born John Lester Nash Jr, 19 August 1940, Houston, Texas) is an African-American pop singer-songwriter, best known for his 1972 hit, "I Can See Clearly Now".

    Nash began as a pop singer in the 1950s.
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    Johnny Nash (born John Lester Nash Jr, 19 August 1940, Houston, Texas) is an African-American pop singer-songwriter, best known for his 1972 hit, "I Can See Clearly Now".

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    Released 1967
    Format 7"
    Recorded 1967
    Genre Reggae
    Label Wail'n Soul'm
    Writer(s) Bob Marley
    Producer(s) Bob Marley

    The Wailers singles chronology

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    A song is a relatively short musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed with the human voice and generally feature words (lyrics), commonly accompanied by other musical instruments (exceptions would be a cappella and scat songs).
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    Johnny Nash (born John Lester Nash Jr, 19 August 1940, Houston, Texas) is an African-American pop singer-songwriter, best known for his 1972 hit, "I Can See Clearly Now".

    Nash began as a pop singer in the 1950s.
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    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay
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    For the comedian, see Bob Marley (comedian).


    Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He is the most widely known performer of reggae music.
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    For the backing band for Bob Marley (1974 – 1981), see .


    The Wailers was a ska, rocksteady and reggae group formed in Kingston, Jamaica in 1963, consisting of Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Bunny Livingston (aka Bunny Wailer), Robert
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    Released 1967
    Format 7"
    Recorded 1967
    Genre Reggae
    Label Wail'n Soul'm
    Writer(s) Bob Marley
    Producer(s) Bob Marley

    The Wailers singles chronology

    Freedom Time Stir It Up This Train (single)


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    Jimmy Cliff OM (born James Chambers, 1 April 1948, St Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician, best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want It" and "Many Rivers to Cross" from The Harder They Come
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    Cool Runnings is a 1993 comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub. It is loosely based on the exploits of the Jamaican Bobsled Team at Calgary, Alberta in the 1988 Winter Olympics. It stars Leon, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, Rawle D.
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