Song · Richie Havens
“Here Comes The Sun” by Richie Havens
From the album Alarm Clock (1970)
“Here Comes The Sun” by Richie Havens appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2010 and 2024. It was first released in 1970 on the album Alarm Clock. Its best result is #559 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,557 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Richie Havens turned "Here Comes the Sun" into a hit single for himself in the 1970s, and his reading of it sits on Alarm Clock, the album he released in 1970. The song belonged to George Harrison, who had put it on the Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road, and it has a good story behind it: Harrison wrote it in April 1969 out at Eric Clapton's country house, having played hooky for the day from a meeting at the Beatles' Apple Corps.
What he set down there is a song about relief: the arrival of spring, and a brief escape from the business wrangling that was hanging over his band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 559 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1570 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 946 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 1193 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 678 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
Also listed as: Here Comes the Sun.
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