Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home

[@shekman111]

Hello 1997, it's good to hear from you old friend!

[@marcirwilcox1160]

Aww my love for 1997! I love you👌

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some mid/late 90s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of "Arms of an Angel" by SARAH MCLACHLAN, "Name" by the GOO GOO DOLLS, and "Long December" by the COUNTING CROWS on my YT channel in tribute to 3 great 90s standards. Live acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and peace out.

[@thomasmartin4281]

This song was everywhere that year.

[@TravelinBand747]

Yup, this song reminds me of my junior year in high school. Was huge on the radio the spring of that year!

[@shilohstore6086]

Well said

[@brookmarie2845]

The 90s had a lot of really amazing female artists.

[@jeannesimmons9155]

I miss the 90s! Such a great time to grow up! No cellphones and not many people had the internet. Great times with great music!

[@richardkidwell4134]

There really were alot of them. Youngsters with taste in music , take the time and check them out. Not all were solo artists, many sang lead in some excellent bands.

[@footy2rock]

@@jeannesimmons9155 Yeah I never had a cell phone or internet back in 97

[@jeannesimmons9155]

@@footy2rock I don't think there were many people who did.

[@katherinelewis2815]

Yes. Paula Cole

[@krachencraight570]

90’s music was perfect for staring out the passenger window in a car while driving

[@mr.jazzbodkelsey58]

Word 🤙

[@beastthee4]

That's because that's all you could do in the car I'm the 90s😂

[@Alandonald9125]

The best period of music . Now it's not worth it the new music. That's the reason I listen to 90s

[@mischr13]

@@beastthee4 hahahah fair XD

[@Androidtcl-p4j]

I surely do

[@Mangosteencountry]

She won a Grammy for Record of the Year 1998. So richly deserved. How beautifully this song has stood the test of time.

[@lilbideo]

I believe I can fly by R.Kelly deserves the award instead

[@KristinaUSA-x5n]

@@lilbideo No. He is a rapist.

[@zombieapocalypse3837]

@@lilbideo I bet he wishes he could. "R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges"

[@maxinemorris6927]

​@@lilbideo no he didn't that's why he didn't get it so Ha !

[@lilbideo]

@@maxinemorris6927 you can hug a transformer instead.

[@WeatherHappens]

Highest grossing artist from South Dakota.

[@kichigan1]

I love her.

[@angiehall3092]

Most popular commenter from Mississippi.

[@jlogg8738]

This is the sweetest sounding song about arson and murder ever. Of all time.

[@PilsenB]

+Jeremiah Payte Don't forget "Independence Day" by Martina McBride (the Sean Hannity theme song). There should be an arson/murder compilation album.

[@lesterclaypool1]

+Jeremiah Payte Who'd she murder. Mama admits she burned the house down, people just assume daddy was in it.

[@kaziu312]

LOL!

[@jlogg8738]

***** Me too. Have since 9th grade

[@Hero3128]

Damn! It's been 19 years since this song was released, and I only just found out what the song was about.

[@victoriagalbreath8241]

This song is pure nostalgia these kids now days have no clue what a wonderful privilege it was to grow up in the 80's and the 90's ❤🥰🥰

[@arogers1606]

Perfectly put. Those sounds, they brought me back. I miss those times.

[@campbellofsweden]

How was it a privilege? I’m born in 85 and don’t get this weird nostalgia. Is my generation actually that old that they’re hallucinating that things were better before blah blah.

[@stephss]

Yeah, we had opportunities then....

[@Vicki_Benji]

I was born in 1967, and I love 90's music as much as 80's music.

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Tell me all about it. I am listening to your sage counsel.

[@kclaura2003]

I really miss that mid-late 90s aesthetic. Like 1997-99. IDK how to describe it but I miss it. 🥲

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Believe it or not, I completely, truly, utterly understand. 💪😎✌️ Unfortunately, as we all know, one can never go back. Especially back to when the Internet was new, cell phones were barely much of anything wild, and meeting people in *person* was a requirement if you wanted to be anything other than invisible.

[@christiannandres]

I feel that same 90s aesthetic too! It feels like the 80s videos but with more money and HQ photography, lots of color and also the look of must singer was more ''modern'', casual, cleaner.

[@surfingshewolf]

Before cell phones really... and the ones we had were little Nokias that we played snake on. People still connected in person. Plus, when you're a teen you assign more meaning to things... but the 90s were def a simpler time... my mum was still alive and I was beautiful back then, too. I miss it too... this song is sorta bittersweet

[@seronymus]

I was born in 98, yet know what you mean. It's soothing, ethereal, almost "liminal". I love it.. I was too young to know anything but the vestiges of this age, but some things that remind me of this feeling include the anime Serial Experiments Lain (esp the intro song, look it up).

[@DidsDelight]

@@seronymusnah you don’t know if you were born in 1998, no offence intended.

[@boudicaastorm4540]

There were so many good mainstream female artists and singers popular in the 90s it's not even funny - Shawn, Sarah McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, Melissa Etheridge, Annie Lennox, Lisa Loeb, Jewel, Sophie B. Hawkins, Suzanne Vega, Meredith Brooks, Sheryl Crow, K.D. Lang, Abra Moore, Alanis, Amanda Marshall, Dolores O'Riordan, Tori Amos, Joan Osborne, Tasmin Archer, Natalie Merchant, I'm sure I'm leaving out a ton but it was such an inspiring time to be a female teenager growing up. They sang about a variety of issues and they were confident, strong women, I feel very lucky that I grew up in that time.

[@wbiro]

+boudicca storm Loreena McKennitt had a good run in the '90's. Funny how you said "lucky you grew up in that time" (rather than saying something like "It was a good time to be alive")(which is what I'm limited to saying!) - the point is I have a theory - that whatever we heard when we were 14-17 becomes 'ours' for the rest of our lives (my '14-17' was 1969-1973 - and come to think of it the largest proportion of my cover songs are from those years, but I'm trying to do every decade since the beginning of time). I've notice that one generation tends to ignore subsequent generations (my peers hardly know anything past the '70's existed musically) but I rolled-up my sleeves and dug and found some songs from some of the artists on your list worth covering (I haven't heard of all you've listed yet - I've just skimmed the major radio hits so far - but if it's anything like 1969, the best music never reached the mainstream)... I guess the second point is that a good song is a good song, no matter what decade it is from (meaning the song is 'timeless') - one just has to look past the period's studio productions to see it (Example, I played some Nat King Cole on the piano for my daughter (who grew up in the '90's) and she loved it - meaning she heard it without the period drawbacks (passing fads in orchestration and production)...

[@user-sd7qt3hy8l]

+boudicca storm now days its nicki minage.....ugh

[@kidboise5380]

+Numi How Interesting to see someone write about this notion so thoroughly. You got me thinking about music that I enjoyed from ages 14-17. The years were 2003-2007, and my god, how right you are. Keane's "Hopes and Fears" came out in 2004 and is probably still my favorite album. Bands like Death Cab for Cutie and The Shins, artist Neko Case...their songs are very special to me. I listen to music from across many decades and enjoy many new artists, but you're right. Songs and artists from that particular age are SO SPECIAL to me. Just something to be aware of, I guess.

[@raykirkbride4330]

i agree this was a great time for female artists. now everyone wants to sing about being a hoe while looking lije a hoe and dancing like a hoe.

[@mrfrogbutt1]

+J Carr Edie Brickell,Wendy Melvoin,Lisa Coleman are great

[@mcclendon5434]

The message of this song. Sunny was sick and tired of abuse.

[@elminero49]

Sunny was arrested and latter convicted of First-Degree Arson and 8 counts of First Degree Attempted Murder. It is highly likely that Sunny will not be coming home again ever. Sunny will be up for parole in the year 2045. An insurance settlement was used to rebuild the house that Sunny burned down.

[@faisal7000show]

[@jenniferbaldini6515]

Abuse and men's bullshit in general I think also...

[@elminero49]

@@jenniferbaldini6515 That is a highly sexist comment you just made.

[@joeratley1062]

I got the sense that she was up to mayhem and revenge served cold, but that's just me

[@saraliza3137]

Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says "Days go by, I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire" Sunny came home with a list of names She didn't believe in transcendence And it's time for a few small repairs, she said Sunny came home with a vengeance She says "Days go by, I don't know why I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire" Get the kids and bring a sweater Dry is good and wind is better Count the years, you always knew it Strike a match, go on and do it "Oh, days go by, I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire" Oh, light the sky and hold on tight The world is burning down She's out there on her own, and she's all right Sunny came home Sunny came home Came home Home

[@harmony1910]

Thank you for writing the lyrics of this beautiful song🌸

[@saraliza3137]

@@harmony1910 You are so welcome! It was copy and paste but I definitely wanted to put the lyrics here for this! It's a gorgeous song and Shawn Colvin is just a completely beautiful songwriter! I saw her live back in the day 3 or 4 times at least! Absolutely amazing! 🥰🙌

[@tomS729]

Great lyrics

[@saraliza3137]

@@tomS729 They really are! All of her songs really! I saw her in concert four different times back in the day and every show was absolutely phenomenal

[@spankynater4242]

You just plagiarized that from the song.

[@GeorgeJackson-nh5ri]

Im 44 now i grew up in the 90s full of memories and good times, what else can you say

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some 90s fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of NAME by the GooGoo Dolls, ADIA by Sarah McLachlan, and "1979" by the Smashing Pumpkins in tribute to 3 of the most iconic 90s bands. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace out and stay safe in the '020s.

[@davidniedjaco9869]

41 now..u have to have good memories of the 80s as well..cuz ur 44 and I'm 41 and I do..well maybe u don't have good memories of them but u at least must remember them if I do..80s and 90s rocked!

[@ScarlettOHara-u6h]

Whippersnapper :) Try 55 on. Hahaha!

[@sjgoode6590]

43 here! Man I miss these days

[@kennethblanck8884]

Went to school with her at S.I.U. (Southern Illinois University). She showed genius then. Writing and singing her songs in small clubs.

[@josesiliezar1758]

"She didn't believe in transcendence" Only those who have survived horrific abuse can truly appreciate the meaning of those words...

[@todd77777772000]

This song is about a woman who "makes a few repairs" to the oven, then uses the gases to burn her house down by lighting a match. She does this in an attempt to escape her past. Colvin was inspired by a painting, which she used on the cover of the album. The artist was a friend of Colvin's, Julie Speed.

[@undergroundkingz7969]

@@todd77777772000 pretty exact! I was gonna comment something about this being about a girl who burns her house down.

[@todd77777772000]

@@undergroundkingz7969 i go to songfacts dot com to find out what was said by the artist themselves.

[@undergroundkingz7969]

@@todd77777772000 yea I figured out through Spotify’s behind the lyrics, then it’s also in the Wikipedia page for this amazing song. It’s not about abuse though, a common misconception for this song.

[@todd77777772000]

@@undergroundkingz7969 I just miss a lot of 90's early 2000's music. even when life sucked then it was still a lot better then now for me.

[@JaxAndree]

Who else misses the 90s like crazy?

[@dentonyoung4314]

I'd love to go back to the 90's.

[@carolynlowry8586]

@@dentonyoung4314 I have been searching for this song off and on for years! When I first heard it on the radio, for some reason I thought it was Jessica Simpson singing.

[@seanlepley1474]

I tell people all the time, if I could go back to the 90s and do everything the same, changing nothing knowing I'd be right here where I am, having made some decisions that were less than we'll say honorable I would do it in A HEARTBEAT...had the best time of my life then and would ABSOLUTELY do it again.....guess I could've answered your question w/an "I do" instead of writing a novel...🤣🤣👍🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@CraigTodd924]

I was born in 88...The 90's was my childhood..So many great memories of this kind of music on the radio and MTV when I was little.

[@Fearsome87]

@@CraigTodd924 Born in '87 here and feel exactly the same! That along with Vh1 hits, and fuse were all I'd ever sit and watch all day!

[@letfreedomring2699]

If this song doesn't make you nostalgic for the 90's, then no song will.

[@gujuboyz85]

Same with Friday I’m in love

[@declanmcbride9516]

Love your profile title! So true! Stay strong my friend

[@letfreedomring2699]

@@declanmcbride9516 Thanks Declan. Likewise.

[@hamitcampos4989]

It does and it also reminds me of the first girl I'ed ever met. Erin C O'dell was her name. I still remember Erin to this tune.

[@AmySox]

Yes, Shawn was one of my ex's favorite artists. I just added this song to my karaoke repertoire, too.

[@adriangoh4063]

Almost cried at the intro. All the memories just come flooding back.

[@DenonHall]

Ikr😢

[@jakewheeler6678]

I miss music like this. Nobody makes soft rock like this these days.

[@sabrinaahmed9477]

It was the best. Reminds me of my teens. Give anything to go back.

[@anelisamorgan8590]

Same!!

[@REI-20244]

I agree. No disrespect but music today is no good. I miss old days.

[@michaelparness2896]

We’re here, we are underground and struggling, but we are here.

[@coreylipow180]

Ugh these comments. There are other good music these days. Music changes. Everyone is always nostalgic about the music that was important to them in their youth, and says stuff like this

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

Haven't heard this song since the 90's. Holy nostalgia.

[@mickfunny4185]

+Bryan Snyder summer of 1997, a Clinton in the White House, and now...

[@robyourtime]

The last Clinton in the White House. Those filthy criminals are about to have their asses handed to them on a plate. Trump landslide victory coming.

[@chrisdemers1858]

WOW a Trump supporter...I hope he delivers

[@gb1984yt]

rob poynter I hope for the best from credited good luck!

[@robyourtime]

Janadu Sounds like Bill Clinton to me...

[@jefflim1838]

physically and emotionally abused by my stepdad at a tender age, i have watched this on mtv and that day i decided enough, packed my bag and left that miserable house which was subsequently torn down by a tornado..never looked back after that day. im doing fine now. thanks for this song.

[@urbanqid9604]

Beautiful. Thank goodness you were still here alive and well

[@missnotofthisworld5706]

Me too except the Tornado Part. I cut contact with My Narcissistic Mom and Awful Sister Too. The Rest Of Superficial uncaring Family To Which I was Family Scapegoat. It still Hurts Though. I like this song Too.

[@joncampos5551]

jeff lim Cool story because you survived your dad and the tornado. That was his karma I suppose.

[@cornflakegirl1718]

God bless you, Jeff 💚.

[@Chantara27]

im very glad you got away that terrible situation

[@Brianmcilwain]

We went from the 90’s right into the fire

[@VladislavBabbitt]

1980s.

[@StoneStephenT]

"And it's time for a few small repairs, she said" is still one of the most haunting and empowering lines I've ever heard in any song.

[@hopppy54]

Absolutely

[@SuperD1960]

Light the sky and hold on tight is the line that got my attention

[@greekprincess2261]

Yup me to this song is soo powerful and empowering

[@legendarylibraxoxo4465]

Young Colvin was about to kill some shit 😂 I love this song and I miss the 90's 😭

[@tinaduerme1892]

She didn't believe in transcendence

[@rickroberts6339]

I get chills when I hear the line "Sunny came home with a vengeance"

[@davidb2206]

"Hell hath no fury ... "

[@danphillips2784]

And Shawn Colvin holds her guitar as if aiming a rifle in the video right after!

[@saracole1192]

I hear it as "A mission."

[@maceyharper2268]

As do I.

[@armierocamora6941]

i fee goosbumps everytime i heard this song..

[@frederick1230]

The middle and late 90s was absolutely ruled by female artists wayyyy too many to list - deserving

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Yes, I remember the "Lilith Tour" which was very good.

[@danvorosmarty9854]

​@@VladislavBabbittdon't worry about it

[@Regala07]

Leaving a comment so that i get a reminder of this masterpiece when someone likes it ❣️

[@summergoforth-mi7rk]

Hi! Have a great day!

[@Regala07]

@@summergoforth-mi7rk Thank you and wish you the same 🤝

[@generatorrepairguy8345]

Hey, here’s your chance to listen to one of our favorite songs!! Have a nice day!

[@Regala07]

@@generatorrepairguy8345 thankyou mate 🤝

[@sebastianviar4028]

Have a super nice day!

[@perrosucio74]

This song is one of those little shiny jewels from the 90's .

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Early Interweb, tattoos and the mainstreaming of porn. What was your porn name at that time?

[@robertrucker9161]

Its amazing how such a dark song could be so beautiful.

[@2012BeyondtheWorld]

Dark side - Kelly clarkson

[@jagarman]

🎉You're so right my friend, I always thought it was a love song until now when I can understand the words that I couldn't 24 years ago. Brings me nice memories of my brother's family in Idaho. Saludos.

[@JohnnyRebel-l9z]

This is a fuckin masterpiece

[@400outthedoor2]

The beauty lies within the darkness

[@lindac6919]

Reality is beautifu. Truth is beautiful.

[@erk44]

As a child this song was pretty to me, as an adult its sad because i can understand it

[@amytilden9799]

Its supposedly about murder. Lol. It remember watching that on MTV as a twelve year old kid. Wow. Where has the time gone? 💓💓💓💓

[@ptjlbk]

Same

[@JS-os5bl]

I explain it in one of the latest replies above.

[@goldylocksac6586]

Me too

[@thejanglezclan]

Yep. My parents divorced when I was 4. I don't remember my father. His nickname was 'Sonny'

[@izzymoan7230]

This song played around the time my mum passed away. It always brings tears to my eyes when I hear it. ...I had just turned 21, mum was 57.

[@charlottegregory3082]

I am so sorry for your loss. This song is so awesome and even though the memories you have about it are sad but think of it like this your mum is at peace. I will be 57 in 4 days, and I thank God I am still here, and I am sure my children do too!! Mum went home!!!!

[@brandonmoore7497]

@izzymoan7230 Heartfelt Condolences 0:49

[@scottyb83]

I remember not liking songs like this back in the 90s only because they were overplayed on the radio. It's nice to listen to them a quarter century later to appreciate them.

[@CraftySouthpaw]

I have the EXACT same feeling.

[@timvoigt4383]

I remember in 1981, Air Supply's THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE seemed 2 be always on the radio being played 2 the point where I started 2 h8 the song but when I went away 2 Navy Basic Training @ Gr8 Lakes Recruit Training Command for 8 weeks & then when I heard the song after the training.....it seemed like a Christmas present 2 hear it again!

[@rebecca8525]

I feel that way about every Spice Girls song that was a radio hit.

[@BrunoMei-go5cg]

ele começou bem

[@andrewcarlton6357]

You were right not to like this song in the first place. One of the most annoying songs ever written!

[@just-passin-thru]

The 90's were the absolute best years of my life!

[@putjesusfirst9814]

Me too unfortunately I was born halfway through them so I didn’t get to experience it for long

[@Ancient_Ys]

Mine too.. Born in 89 so got the chance to experience and grow up throughout the 90's I miss those days..

[@passionfruitsugar]

Same.. born in 1980...90s was my teen years..frigen amazing!

[@goldylocksac6586]

Yes for sure

[@MrMisterChiliPepper88]

Born in 1988 songs like this takes me way back to those times

[@MoonTaco]

27 years later I finally understand this song in its entirety. What a masterpiece

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Sometimes, it takes a while. Everyone hears, but it's fairly rare that they truly, legitimately *listen*. Must give us pause. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)

[@kristinagerik4304]

Could you explain for me?

[@bethanyfregans6138]

​@kristinagerik4304 to me it's spousal abuse and she was done taking it.

[@emiliec479]

I love this song! For me this song is about liberation - of departing a mentally abusive relationship five years ago, separating myself from toxic acquaintances and relatives, and gaining the wings to fly (out of state hopefully soon) to have an even greater peace of mind. Thank you Shawn for this beautiful song!

[@maria9876ma]

[@declanmcbride9516]

You will get whereever you want to go because you are strong!

[@emiliec479]

@@declanmcbride9516 thank you so much! That is very kind of you. Wishing you all the best that life has to offer.

[@hopppy54]

I feel the same way...trying to escape abuse

[@emiliec479]

@@hopppy54 you can do it, love! I know it’s very painful but once you’re freed you’ll be that freebird no longer feeling like you’re in someone else’s birdcage. If this doesn’t relate to you my apologies for being over the top. I miss not having a companion, but know that my worth is great. Anyone that doesn’t have my best interest at heart (romantic companion, acquaintance, etc.) isn’t worth being in my intimate circle. A long time ago I had my one true love in my life for too short of a time. But I am aware that my deceased friend is the standard for the ideal man be in my life. So although it’s a challenge I must wait.❤️🌹

[@charlesgoodson5774]

Over 25 years later, and it's still hard to find any song quite like this one -- with its magnetic blend of soft-rock, folk, and alterna-pop. And really, how often does a song about arson strike a chord with the mainstream? Looking back, it still feels like a good choice for the Grammy trophy. (But also, I'm tipping my hat to "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?") That would be awesome to have a comeback of strong female singer-songwriter music like this!

[@mickwayne3398]

It's a very Austin Tx kind of music

[@42Mrgreenman]

I mean, according to YT, she is still touring...I'm a 90's kid, so new folk (I too love Where Have All the Cowboys Gone), grunge (STP prob my fav), and alternative rock (ala Third-Eye Blind) just hit a chord in my soul (Pun intended)...nothing quite like it...

[@Zimmy_1981]

Hold on, some new boomer / millenial singer / rapper will ripp it off soon, oops I meant "sample" it

[@bexmw]

I also relate these two songs

[@joannecrawford6806]

Paula Cole was one of my favorites ❤

[@KaraNolting]

I'm covered in nostalgic goosebumps and remembered every word.

[@Mr_Won]

제가 어릴때 정말 좋아했던 노래 입니다. 감사합니다.

[@ameliacabanas8830]

Female artist during 90s rocks they're music was so meaningful I can listen to this kind of song over and over

[@dovidsokol380]

I Concur

[@luisaflores8174]

You are right

[@shiestyrecords3225]

Britney Spears?

[@lucienlachance6985]

Artists* Rock* Their*

[@karlwhitford7523]

Spellbinding

[@ThyNameIsCursed]

I mainly listen to metal metal of all sorts....BUT, there is just something about show Shawn Colvin sings and even more so this song! I just always come back to the his song and have been for years

[@rogerhockemier9904]

Remember when MTV was Music Television they played all these great 90s songs . I miss the old MTV and all these 90s songs man they had some great music! WTF happened to music?

[@markmarkofkane8167]

Roger Hockemier The Real World. That was the end of MTV for me.

[@willritter4076]

90s fans please give a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal versions of LONG DECEMBER by the Counting Crows, HIGH & DRY by Radiohead, and BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY by the Verve on my channel in tribute to the great songwriting of the mid/late 90s. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and peace out.

[@cliftonmcknight4659]

Shit happened to all the music stations lol.....MTV,BET and VH1

[@francopuchal9436]

mtv is dead cause exist youtube since 2006...mtv die almost 2009

[@imenjouida8090]

@@francopuchal9436 mtv is dead because of the stupid reality shows not youtube

[@southernbellekari]

There was SO much artistic expressionism in the 1990's. I'm so glad I lived it. This is the soundtrack to my youth! 🙌 I still carry the music & fashions with me 30 years later. I wear all my Dr Martens, collect all things celestial & crocheted, wear my favorite perfume CK BE, always sprinkled with something glittery & forever in love with & playing 90's songs. Truly I am stuck in that decade & refuse to waver. This song absolutely stirs my soul..... There will never be another era like this !!! 💙🌟🌛

[@guyincognito2851]

"Light the sky and hold on tight, the world is burning down."

[@NeyooxetuseiDreamer]

Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire Sunny came home with a list of names she didn't believe in transcendence It's time for a few small repairs she said sunny came home with a vengeance She says days go by I don't know why I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire Get the kids and bring a sweater Dry is good and wind is better Count the years, you always knew it strike a match, go on and do it Oh days go by I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind Into the fire Oh light the sky and hold on tight The world is burning down She's out there on her own and she's alright Sunny came home Sunny came home

[@cheetahnala6120]

Thank u

[@GrzegorzDurda]

Lol she is going to murder people

[@scrossman27]

❤💔

[@Alcuin611]

Lyrics are appreciated when posted here because 1. I'm a forgetful idiot and 2. I'm technically unable to toggle between the video and the lyrics pages. Thanks.

[@Doc_Holiday]

We know lol

[@kmcaston21]

This song got me through a really hard time in my life, I didn't burn the house down but I got away from abuse

[@1977sprout]

+Kimberly Caston Good for you, I am glad you got out of a bad situation, It's never easy and I am glad you made it out ok :)

[@kmcaston21]

+Michael Willis thank you so much.

[@AgentF84s]

i dont think Sunny in the song i abused but she is angry and the house is full of bad memories. thats why she burns it down and start a new life and then feels good again it is a song that comes once in a life time just like Suzanne Vegas "Luka" that Shawn sing backround vocals on 1987 10 years before she wrote This song

[@carlosanaya4149]

Kim80 good job

[@markadams7328]

I know Shawn would be proud to know she helped you. ;-)

[@arlenegorospe3848]

90s like golden years, good music, good community, good life.. aww bring back those days..

[@bluethelucario6194]

As someone with emotionally abusive parents, I can relate to this song. I’ve fantasized escaping and destroying all reminders of their abuse with me watching and letting my past slip away, with this song playing in the background. I’m so glad I found this song.

[@Rhall20448]

I feel your pain

[@lilac6411]

I bet you are a great son😊

[@connie114]

I can surely relate! ❤❤❤

[@merccadoosis8847]

@blue I can readily relate to what you wrote because I survived years of tormentous child abuse and near murder at the hands of my abusive, alcoholic, and neurotic mother. About a year before she died I told her how lucky she was that she could get away with all that crap. If I had children today and abused them half as badly as she abused me I'd spend the next 20 years in jail. She didn't take those words too well but in her heart she knew it was the truth.

[@himerosTheGod]

I’ve been through abuse neglect poverty & homelessness, & I survived 😌

[@donaldfewell8908]

congratulations on surviving and moving on! :)

[@moniquejanis4516]

🖤

[@theylaughatmynickname4860]

She’s out there on her own and she’s alright ..

[@jessicarowland7934]

I didn’t

[@jeannesimmons9155]

God bless you! 🙏💜

[@AdmRose]

If you never watched this video on VH1’s Pop Up Video back in the day I can’t express in words the experience you missed, and I feel sorry for you.

[@matt4872]

PICTURE IT: It's 1997. You're on your way back home from the mall. It's abnormally sunny outside. The radio is playing Shawn Colvin. And life is good ☺

[@kalikoshaw6811]

90 s music was a true Era for talent

[@CShannon1991]

I love 90s music!

[@h1ddn4g3nd4]

Damien Shaw So true, and that goes for ALL genres.

[@starlimitz2]

True talent and true innovation

[@GarageStudio7]

defpickles98 Actually across different genres many artists displayed great talent/mastery over their skills but the days that's definitely not the case.

[@nateypoo]

I've been feeling nostalgic lately, listening and watching videos of that remind of AOL, dial-up internet, Win95/98/2000/ME... but one video in particular that dug deep into my 30-something year old brain and brought it out after decades??? had this song barely playing in the background. It was a video for the launch of Windows 98 at a CompUSA store. I fucking miss the 90s, mates. It hurts me thinking that we can never experience a time like that again. It's well behind us in the rear view mirror.

[@louieg8825]

were the same dude and im also in movie marathon of 90s & some 2000s movies

[@beright714]

Brings back memories for sure. Please checkout a countdown that features Sunny Came Home at # 169 of the 200 greatest Adult Contemporary songs all-time here on youtube. In search type Adult Contemporary Countdown Part 1

[@jonathancruse3322]

The 90s were the best. Early 2000s were decent but after that things went downhill for music and entertainment.

[@joshking5910]

Bwahahahahaha!

[@g8rgirl828]

I’ve been nostalgic too. Especially during this dumb time and for my sweet kids who will never know innocence like I did.

[@avii4967]

2023..and I'm still crying from this song. Wish some day I would be able to hear this song without crying..so ill know that I have been health. Hugs for everyone whos need while hearing the song.

[@padraic1983]

Your not alone

[@Music-tk5oq]

Great healing song 4 a fucked up world!

[@brandonmoore7497]

I’m listening to Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home early September 2023

[@killa_kel]

Thank you 😢

[@Ryuuu6581]

I feel like I'm in a flatland with nothing but grass, a few trees and a highway with almost no vehicles passing through it. It gives me that nostalgia vibe.

[@roblovicz1257]

So much story telling in 3:45. She says nothing but everything.

[@guybrewin556]

LOL!! She LITERALLY says nothing... Because the song is over!! Not sure how it says everything; But if you say so...

[@terrispilde5348]

This song reminds me of a semi-dark evening with the sun slowly fading....

[@terrispilde5348]

@BC BC ...... and that's when Sunny came home lol. :)

[@knewledge8626]

The smell of rain on pavement. The old guy behind the counter. Pigeons taking flight. The cat on the table. Mist on the water.

[@Monbloid1963]

A mellow tune with intense lyrics of someone seeking freedom from inner torment. Amazingly deep.

[@MSW96]

This has to be the perfect description of the song. In one word--mellow. It's beautiful.

[@MissAstorDancer]

I agree, excellent, but subtle, description of this song.

[@rebeckkaalmstadt167]

MissAstorDancer Exactly right , when my inner torment got to me I would listen to this song and it seem it would all disappear.

[@chillbotgalaxy3649]

[@davisfontanes]

You’re so hot

[@thedarkhorse100]

I heard this tonight in Walmart and remarkably Shazam was able to pick it up. I’d forgotten about this song and how lovely it was. Never knew the name or artist

[@tonimarie7345]

Same, I work at Walmart and heard this song. Thankful for Shazam 😁

[@thedarkhorse100]

@ is it a Walmart soundtrack or am I crazy enough to think you work in Wallingford Connecticut

[@lonercafe1716]

In the 90s I missed the 80s. In the 00s I missed the 90s but in the 20s I don't find myself missing the 00s or 10s of the 21st century. Oh well 😅

[@NeLeeSawn]

It's very clear BTS wouldn't approve of your comment.

[@nindyhunt]

Exactly

[@king-wm4pf]

I am not exaggerating if I say it is one of the most beautiful songs

[@kelleyeidem667]

+‫فيصل الغامدي‬‎ The song is about murder by arson.

[@baileymoran8585]

My aunt lived with us when I was really little. I never knew why. I just knew that she had left her husband, whom I don’t even remember meeting. This was one of those songs she’s always turn up when it came on the radio. Later I’d find out why she left him to move halfway across the country. I’d learn why my parents both woke me up in the middle of the night with no warning, dropped me off at a neighbor’s house, and came back a few days later with my aunt in tow, and I know why she lived this song so much. I think I knew before I ever got the full story.

[@57highland]

Your aunt didn't go back to her husband, did she?

[@gazzamuso]

❤❤❤

[@rociogable4245]

I love this song.

[@brandonmoore7497]

@rociogable4245 Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home is my number one favorite song 2:40

[@rociogable4245]

Mine too @brandonmoore7497. I love this song.

[@jasoncamp483]

"Get the kids and bring a sweater Dry is good and wind is better Count the years, you always knew it Strike a match, go on and do it"

[@karenzhou1083]

Hard to believe she is 61 already. How time flies!

[@Rudepenaltyoffside]

Karen Zhou , no way!!gosh!!!

[@CherryFrog321]

Wow! I never realized that she was already in her 40s when this song was released.

[@kamjo79]

1997 was one of the best years we ever had and we didn't know i t until it was until it was over. Best Music, Best TV, Best Style, Best relationships. Best time to be young. It's the year I graduated. The year I fell in love. Still married to the same guy Drove an 86 Chevy Spectrum, beige, with the furry beige seat covers and steering wheel liner. I had no way to play my favorite song was to catch it on the radio or spend way too much money on an album just for one song to be played, rewound, played, rewound, repeated over and over. Worth it.

[@WILD__THINGS]

Powerful comment. You're making me nostalgic.

[@odiemodie1]

Agreed, this was the time when music was inter winded into our lives with more emotion, today's music comes long and wide... Never really hitting the mark... Oh, how I miss this era of music...

[@WILD__THINGS]

odiemodie1 "Interwoven".

[@odiemodie1]

Thanks for the correction... Appreciated it...

[@WILD__THINGS]

odiemodie1 Thanks for the odie picture, also made me nostalgic.

[@johnconlon3207]

I’m 30 years old. For some reason, when I was a little boy this song made me cry every time I heard it. My mom said she would get so mad bc she wasn’t able to listen to the song without me bawling my eyes out. I recently heard it play on the radio and idk what it is but I still get misty hearing it.

[@theloottheloot]

The drummer is seriously underrated in this song! They carry a funk beat.

[@guestguest5300]

She won a Grammy for this song. Takes me back to good music of the 90's.

[@JEazy86]

Yeah and ODB crashed her acceptance speech 😂

[@OdeeOz]

Song still haunts me after all these years.

[@jillking5876]

This is the song dedicated to every woman (or man, for that matter) who is done with the bullshit they are forced to accept on a daily basis. If you've felt these feelings, kudos to you for making it to the other side of the anger.

[@AlexDeChristian6323]

One of the best 90's songs.

[@ladyofthelake1123]

My daughter was in utero the year this song was all over the airwaves. I would belt it out loud in the car with her probably listening. :) She's all grown up and a nurse now. "She's out there on her own and she's all right." I want to cry- how does time go by so fast?

[@brookita05]

Your comment gave me the chills. So true

[@p4u7y]

🙏🙏🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️👏👏

[@ricktherrien8235]

Sweet story. I remember this song from when I was young I loved music and still do. Thanks for your story it warmed my heart. Your a great Mom!!

[@Music-tk5oq]

This & many other sensitive comments on utube give me chills also.

[@spankynater4242]

Watch yourself if she ever comes home for a visit.

[@undergroundkingz7969]

This is what you listen to when the homies aren’t around. Personally, I think this song is pretty badass myself😉

[@richardkidwell4134]

When it comes to good music , sometimes the homies just gotta deal with it.

[@miskelproducts41]

2020 rockin'

[@yokiryuchan7655]

Good music is good music, it's as simple as that.

[@Ricardo-kz6mf]

💯💯💯💯

[@Mr.B.B.Wolfman]

Misogynist

[@yamotero]

90's all the way

[@chrisbarclay]

Heard this is the car today. Took for granted back then how good music was with organic real instruments and players. Great bass playing on this.

[@leonkennedy1259]

Takes me back to my childhood. Man it flew by. Before I knew it I was grown. I wish I took the time to savor it more back then but at that age you don't realize how fast things go by. Boy do we know now how fast time goes. Wish I could time travel and re-live it.

[@odiemodie1]

Agreed, agreed... Same here, mate... As the days gone by, and I don't know why... Wishing for those days long gone again...

[@markesqable]

No kidding. When we were young, getting old was never somthing that ever crossed our minds. It was a special time. Now we all look back and think of all the what if's and how life would be if we did this or did that. So many things we took for granted that we now appreciate even more.

[@emw1994]

Then we saw the older kids who danced to these songs in the nineties go off to war. At least that's something I remember.

[@deltatango-six7941]

I was one of those older kids. Deploying for joining the military in 99 and deploying multiple times was kind of like a book mark. There was childhood with all this good music and fun stuff like video games, etc. Then from the military and on...it was adult stuff. The nostalgia has been hitting me hard as 40 approaches in a couple years. I'm glad KZbin exists now a days so I can just stream all the best songs from those days and come as close to reliving it as possible.

[@teddy341]

I work at a elementary school 2nd grade level and I'm always telling the student's dont grow up it's a trap. It's funny to hear teacher's walk past me and say "yeah it is".

[@philljombs1151]

Beautiful song

[@colinmontgomery1956]

One of the most haunting songs of all time...

[@itzjoeymac]

There's always time for a few small repairs. ;-)

[@rocketman63]

This song is so beautiful. Back in the day, it totally blew my mind when I listened to the lyrics and discovered it was about abuse and a revenge murder. Then it occurred to me she deserves even more praise, because she took ugly horrible subject matter and created this sad, beautiful song.

[@fretlessbass26]

I don't think it's about a revenge murder, I think Sonny went home and burned her old house down, because of the things that happened to her there, but I don't think she killed anybody when she did, this song always reminded me of that scene in Forrest Gump when jenny is throwing rocks at her old house.

[@patcolangelo4219]

Agree with rocketman63 fully.

[@rocketman63]

fretlessbass26 FB26, she has mentioned in interviews that the song is about an abused woman snapping and committing a revenge killing, a'la "The Burning Bed".

[@mareesepetersen9323]

Thats it exactly... ive been there

[@daliyanaabdullah9818]

tq...after all these years...i've been wondering what's the song really about...one of my old time favourite...

[@andrewosbaldeston3893]

Incredible video 👏

[@Jay-ef2ii]

This song is timeless. It's a classic! May 18, 2024. USA

[@brandonmoore7497]

I’m listening to Shawn Colvin May 26,2024 Las Vegas,Nevada 2:11

[@אורןאדר-ז7ג]

June 2, 2024. Tel Aviv, Israel :)

[@MrHaydosmoore]

Man, I miss the feel-good 90s.

[@rayhs1984]

Sunny is almost defiantly killing people in this song. Or at the very least comiting arson.

[@floryboonda]

Haha. Something must be lost in translation- I thought the heroine of this song sets her home ablaze. Well it was finally "feel-good" for Sunny I suppose...

[@aubreynorton4470]

Still loving this song in 2023 and beyond.

[@brandonmoore7497]

I’m listening to Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home late November 2023 and beyond 1:30

[@johnniesalas6673]

Thank you!

[@blackbird5634]

this is so 'coming home from rehab' song. I've been Sonny more than once.

[@hallmarkaddict8455]

It makes me physically sick with nostalgia on how a song like this can literally take you back in a time machine and make you feel you're living in the time when this came out and all the old feelings you had with that time in life.

[@KM-mv3qr]

Physically sick??? Really?

[@hallmarkaddict8455]

@@KM-mv3qr wow. Really? You sure take things way too seriously. Physically sick like overcome with so much emotion . Clearly you've never had a song do that to you otherwise you would know what I'm talking about. 🤦‍♀️

[@kristintucker7585]

I know exactly what you mean.

[@JJ-zl9mh]

I agree I feel exactly the same when I hear this song

[@Lovergiirl48]

The nostalgia is heart aching

[@CannaMom87]

Still here in 2024...Wow..the memories that come along when you turn on 90s hits.. had the best..

[@brandonmoore7497]

I’m listening to Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home early March 2024 1:10

[@LMGunslinger]

I like that guitar

[@Conniebsheetmusic]

I heard this being played the other day and realized I had forgotten about it. So happy to hear it again. I absolutely love this song. I have been listening over and over. I won’t forget it again. ❤

[@brandonmoore7497]

@Conniebsheetmusic Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home is my number one favorite song 1:12

[@HD-er2cq]

Takes me back to my younger days.

[@denisecastro3971]

Same. I heard it today, 06/15/24. That is what brought me here.

[@elh1977]

In an interview, she states that it's not about a specific event. She only put down the foundation per se and listeners fill in the puzzle. Basically, you make it your story, and how you relate to it. We are doing exactly what she wrote it for. To me it's about being hurt, forgiving the ones that hurt you and moving on.

[@jorgeporto8172]

I'm 60 years old, some how I love this song!!!!!

[@brandonmoore7497]

@jorgeporto8172 Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home is my number one favorite song 3:13

[@ec6933]

I've been looking for this song for 25 years

[@williamvillagomez69]

I actually got tatted the year 97 on me. The best year of my life. Good times. I identified very well with the music& art genres of that time. I try to re-live those moments as best as I can with the settings of today. it was privelige growing up as a late teen back then. I love all my gen X'ers. Peace.

[@stifado1001]

Saw Shawn at Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh on 22/9/23, she was excellent!

[@juventusventuno9213]

one of the those songs you have in your head upon waking in the morning. and you are unusually quiet and pensive all day.

[@drama85007]

Yup, nailed it 🖤

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

I haven’t heard this song in forever but it was reflected in a comedy short and I had to come listen to it!

[@paulamiles9559]

Shawn seems to be able to sing both harmony and melody with single voice.❤

[@RemoWilliams-jg4yb]

The 70's Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and many more, the eighties had some great female artist as well, but there was something about the 90's. There let their music do the talking, not the glitz and glamor. These were truly some of the greatest artist of this or any other era.

[@calpendletonjr.9034]

I miss the best artist like Shawn Colvin!

[@tomferguson9250]

Weirdly enough it reminds me of high school when I had my first retail job lol they played stuff like this all the time

[@jamesmoll6309]

The chorus of this song is, imo, so incredibly well written, arranged, and performed. The drums perfectly in the pocket. The moving, grooving bass line. That awesome electric guitar arpeggiating in the background. And of course that melody line over it all, with the subtle harmony tucked in there as the understated icing on the cake of it all.

[@andrewraphael3800]

I completely agree - as a record producer myself I use this as a gold standard song to compare from, and it is a must for any singer-songwriter I work with. It's just perfect in every way.

[@spankynater4242]

With your well thought out analysis, you’re just going to ignore the Boffo tambourines?

[@jefflim1838]

I agree... this might be like a classical music in year 2100

[@LampwicksCigar]

The entire album is a masterpiece of production.

[@TravelinBand747]

One listen to this song and it’s 1997 again, I’m a 17-year-old junior in high school, and I’m working my first job as a cashier in a grocery store. Don’t miss everything about those days, but it was a good time! Memories!