• Shawn Colvin’s “Sunny Came Home”: The Dark Story Behind Her Grammy-Winning Hit

  • May 9 2025
  • Length: 17 mins
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Shawn Colvin’s “Sunny Came Home”: The Dark Story Behind Her Grammy-Winning Hit

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  • Coming up next, an interview with the famous singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin, who’s renowned for her confessional writing and character-driven narratives... but technically only had one hit: Sunny Came Home but it was massive. It was #1 on several charts and won Grammys for record of the year and song of the year from one of the most iconic albums of the year it was released. And right in the middle of her Grammy speech, a rapper jumped on the stage and protested a rival artist winning over his group. Sunny Came Home is a classic of its time, and it actually came from this artist’s friend… Or her painting… Shawn Colvin loved her friend’s painting so much that she made it the album cover, and it sparked the idea for the classic song that was about a woman who started her own house on fire. The interview is next on the Professor of Rock.

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