Songs Similar to Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
Album: Just As I Am · Soul & Jazz · Sad
“Ain't No Sunshine” is a soul & jazz track with r&b roots by Bill Withers from the album Just As I Am. On SongSimilar it sits in our Soul & Jazz collection and is tagged sad, so the matches below lean toward that same feel (the original runs at about 160 BPM).
The closest match right now is “Grandma's Hands” by Bill Withers (100% match). The list also pulls in Ben E. King, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and Etta James — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Bill Withers's. By genre, the list is mostly r&b (9 of 20 tracks), with pop and jazz mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Ain't No Sunshine”
What songs are similar to Ain't No Sunshine?
On our list, the closest matches are “Grandma's Hands” by Bill Withers, “Lean on Me” by Bill Withers and “Let's Stay Together” by Al Green. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Ain't No Sunshine” by Bill Withers, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Ain't No Sunshine sound like?
Based on listening data, “Ain't No Sunshine” sits closest to Al Green, Ben E. King, Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye. Fans of Bill Withers play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Ain't No Sunshine Soul & Jazz?
We file “Ain't No Sunshine” by Bill Withers under Soul & Jazz, while music stores list its album under R&B. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Ain't No Sunshine?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Ain't No Sunshine” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.