"I Can See Clearly Now" is a song and the title of an album by Johnny Nash. After making modest chart advances for a month, the RIAA certified gold single unexpectedly took only two weeks to vault from #20 to #5 to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 4, 1972, remaining atop this chart for four weeks, and also spent four weeks atop the adult contemporary chart.[1] The song's extremely optimistic lyrics, an unabashedly upbeat tempo in a major key, and a quick, sustained midway crescendo, contrasted against minor key hits popular at the same time, such as "Nights In White Satin," "I'll Be Around," "Witchy Woman," and "Papa Was A Rolling Stone." Nash thus joined Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Rick Nelson as 1950s rock pioneers each having his last Hot 100 top 10 success in late 1972.

It is a common misconception that the song was written and/or performed by Bob Marley, possibly based on the fact that The Wailers were the backing band on Nash's original recording. Marley wrote Nash's next single, "Stir It Up".

The 45 of I Can See Clearly Now (with Stir It Up on the B-side) was the first piece of music I ever bought with my own money.

It still brings a smile to my face.