Sunshine on My Shoulders

"Sunshine on My Shoulders"
Side A of 1974 US single release
Single by John Denver
from the album Poems, Prayers & Promises
A-side"I'd Rather Be a Cowboy" (original)
B-side"Around and Around" (reissue)
ReleasedMay 1973 (original)
October 22, 1973 (reissue)
Recorded1971
Genre
Length3:18 (Single version)
5:12 (Album version)
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Milt Okun
John Denver singles chronology
"Rocky Mountain High"
(1973)
"Sunshine on My Shoulders"
(1973)
"Annie's Song"
(1974)

"Sunshine on My Shoulders" (sometimes titled simply "Sunshine") is a song recorded and co-written by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was originally released as an album track on 1971's Poems, Prayers & Promises and later, as a single in 1973. It went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. in early 1974.