Jonathan Edwards Explains the Unlikely Origins of “Sunshine”

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — If all had gone as planned, we would have never heard the song “Sunshine” by Jonathan Edwards. He tells Portland magazine he only came up with that song because an engineer had accidentally recorded over another song they had been working on. Edwards says the engineer asked him to come up with something else that was three minutes long. Edwards recorded “Sunshine” on the spot with vocals and bass, then added the 12-string guitar and drums later. Edwards says even if he never has another hit, he’ll be “thrilled to leave this world remembered for that one song.”