893 Donovan “Sunshine Superman”

Donovan: “The inspiration for the lyric came out of meeting my wife Linda in 1965. She had been in a relationship with Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones. When they split we got together, but it became apparent that Linda wasn’t ready for another ride around this extraordinary thing called fame. So we parted. But in the parting, she put me on the charts, because I immediately wrote ‘Sunshine Superman.’ It isn’t the sort of song that sounds like a broken heart. There seemed to be an intense feeling that we would meet again, and sure enough, we did” (Bill DeMain, Performing Songwriter, May 2007). 

Donovan “Sunshine Superman”