Bob Marley & The Wailers, Sun Is Shining | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 80^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Sun Is Shining” by Bob Marley & The Wailers. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 80^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Sun Is Shining” performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers. 

“Sun is shining, the weather is sweet / Make you want to move your dancing feet.” Ah, the “Sun Is Shining” indeed, Bob Marley – at least from a positive vibes perspective! Marley continues singing, “To the rescue, here I am / Want you to know, you all, where I stand.” Word. The five-minute classic is the fourth track on Kaya, the 1978 album by Bob Marley & The Wailers. “Sun is Shining” was written and produced by the iconic reggae collective.

“Sun Is Shining” thrives off positivity – “(Wednesday morning) Tell myself a new day is rising / (Thursday evening) get on the rise)” – but, it is set in a minor key. Bob Marley & The Wailers are locked-in – they sound connected and tight from a musical perspective.  The production and sound are sublime! It’s the percussion, active yet fat bass, yearning guitar, and those keys. The groove is electrifying, the expectation for reggae stylistically. Also, Marley gets superb support from the background vocals.  Bob, of course, is elite, singing authentically, commandingly, and expressive to the nth degree. “Sun is Shining” marks one of his best vocal performances. Throw in the sense of hope, and “Sun is Shining” shines even more: “Awake from your sleep and slumber / Today could bring your lucky number.” “Sun is Shining” is a surefire vibe from a legendary musician and band.

Bob Marley & The Wailers // Kaya // The Island Def Jam Music Group // 1978

Bob Marley & The Wailers, Sun Is Shining: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 80 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; The Island Def Jam Music Group; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom via Pixabay]