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The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
Single by Frankie Valli
from the album Solo
B-side "This Is Goodbye"
Released August 1965
Format 7" single
Recorded July 1965
Genre Rock
Length 3:26
Label Smash
Writer(s) Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Producer(s) Bob Crewe
Frankie Valli singles chronology
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
(1965)
"(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself"
(1966)
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
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Single by The Walker Brothers
from the album The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
B-side "After the Lights Go Out"
Released 15 February 1966
Format 7"
Recorded 9 January 1966, Philips Studios, Stanhope Place, London
Genre Baroque pop
Length 3:02
Label Philips BF 1473
Smash Records (U.S.)
Writer(s) Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
Producer(s) Johnny Franz, Ivor Raymonde
The Walker Brothers singles chronology
"My Ship Is Coming In"
(1965)
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
(1966)
I Need You EP
(1966)
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
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Single by Cher
from the album It's a Man's World
Released August 1996 (Europe only)
Recorded 1995
Genre Pop rock
Length 5:13
Label WEA
Producer(s) Trevor Horn
Cher singles chronology
"Not Enough Love in the World"
(1996)
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
(1996)
"Paradise Is Here"
(1996)
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"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
Single by Keane
Released 20 April 2005
Format 7" Vinyl, Digital download
Recorded Helioscentric Studios, Rye, East Sussex
Genre Piano rock
Length 3:31
Label War Child music
Writer(s) Bob Crewe-Bob Gaudio-Tim Rice-Oxley
Producer(s) Alex Lake
Nathan Thomas
Keane singles chronology
"This Is the Last Time"
(2004)
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
(2005)
"Bend and Break"
(2005)

"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio.

It was originally released as a single credited to Frankie Valli as a solo artist in 1965 on the Smash label, but was more successful when recorded by The Walker Brothers in 1966. Cher and Keane have also recorded the song.

Frankie Valli recorded and released the first version of the song but his single achieved only limited success, charting on Billboards Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart but not making the Billboard Hot 100 itself. Although it was recorded in a Four Seasons recording session (with the other band members at that time), it was Valli's first official "solo" single in over a decade.

In 1966, The Walker Brothers released their remake as a single. Retitled "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", this version met with much greater success than Valli's. It topped the UK Singles Chart, and also became their highest rating song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S., where it peaked at #13. The single also hit the top 10 in the Netherlands.

In 2010, the Walker Brothers version was used in the promotional trailer for the AMC television series The Walking Dead.

In 2012, the Walker Brothers version played a prominent role in the film Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. It was featured the following year in the film Stoker.

In 2013, the single's B-side "After the Lights Go Out", played over the end-credits of the Canadian-Spanish psychological thriller film Enemy.


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