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I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash cover

Ken Tamplin, Professional Vocal coach

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Updated on October 18, 2018

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Hi Guys,

I chose this song not because I thought it would be some big YouTube hit.

I chose it because it is a song of hope.

Much needed in some very tumultuous times we are going through now.

Here are some fun facts about Johnny Nash who wrote and performed the song.

Johnny Nash is a Texas singer/songwriter who recorded reggae-influenced music. In 1967 he went to Jamaica and recorded his song “Hold Me Tight” and a cover of Sam Cooke’s “Cupid” with a local rhythm section. Both songs became hits in Jamaica, and over the next two years also charted in England and the United States. By 1972, “Cecilia” and “Mother And Child Reunion” found some success in the States incorporating reggae rhythms, and Nash followed that trend with “I Can See Clearly Now.”

Nash had legitimate reggae credentials: Bob Marley (before he became
legendary) was an assistant producer and session player on the album, and also wrote three of the songs, including “Stir It Up,” which became Nash’s next – and final – hit.

A cover version by Jimmy Cliff (for a time, a bigger reggae star than Bob Marley) went to #18 in the US in 1994. His version was used in the John Candy movie Cool Runnings, about the Jamaican bobsled team.

Nash wrote this song himself. He recorded it in London with members of The Average White Band, who in 1974 had a hit of their own with “Pick Up The Pieces.”

This was #1 in the US for four weeks late in 1972.

This was featured in the opening sequence of the 1997 John Cusack film Grosse Pointe Blank. It was also used in the movie Themla And Louise.
According to the official biography of Barclay James Harvest, “I Can See Clearly Now” sold seven million copies.

On November 12, 1977, Ray Charles performed this song when he was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

This was an obvious choice of jingle for Windex, who used the song in the late ’80s to promote its window cleaner ha ha.

But for me, it is a song of hope, encouragement and endurance.

I hope you enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed recording it 🙂

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