History SoundtrackDissonance / YouAreMySunshine

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* Brian Wilson uses it in his ''Music/{{Smile}}'' album, in a very slow, minor-key rendition with altered lyrics (You were my sunshine...how could you take my sunshine away?)

* ''Webcomic/FoxesInLove'' features Green singing it as a sign of love to his partner. When he reaches 'Please don't take my sunshine away', he suddenly begins crying and needs to be comforted.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' TOS episode "Literature/ItsAGoodLife". Dan Hollis sings a few bars of "You Are My Sunshine" at one of Anthony's "parties". One minute and 40 seconds later, Anthony turns him into a human jack-in-the-box and sends him to the cornfield. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk1NNVs6O3c Watch it here: the song is at 0:45 and the punishment is at 2:25.]]

* Averted in ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''' "The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment, in which a variant of the song is sung about remembering that God will always show his love for you.

* Brian Wilson uses it in his ''Music/Smile'' album, in a very slow, minor-key rendition with altered lyrics (You were my sunshine...how could you take my sunshine away?)

* Brian Wilson uses it in his ''{{Smile}}'' album, in a very slow, minor-key rendition with altered lyrics (You were my sunshine...how could you take my sunshine away?)

* ''Film/TheWorldsFastestIndian'' -- After singing this song the Bert has a heart attack.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' -- Fred sings this just before spitting blood, falling into fever, having her soul destroyed, and her body used as a vessel for an EldritchAbomination to claw its way back from death.
** Which actually makes the song super appropriate considering what the song is actually about

* ''Franchise/{{The Muppets}}'' -- Hugga Wugga blows off the yellow puppet's head for singing it.
** [[spoiler: But the puppet survives and gets his revenge...]]
* ''Series/AllMyChildren'' -- Dixie Martin's song. It plays in the background when she dies.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' TOS episode "Literature/ItsAGoodLife". Dan Hollis sings a few bars of "You Are My Sunshine" at one of Anthony's "parties". One minute and 40 seconds later, Anthony turns him into a human jack-in-the-box and sends him to the cornfield. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk1NNVs6O3c Watch it here: the song is at 0:45 and the punishment is at 2:25.]]
* Used to be used as the jingle for French's Mustard. To those of us who hate mustard, it'd be a disaster to use it...
* In ''FanFic/TheReturn'' one character openly mocks the unfortunately named succubus, Sunshine, with this song. Pretty soon she is kidnapped, tortured, mindraped, transformed into a succubus herself and then eventually [[spoiler:ends up being Sunshine's demonic daughter]].
* An episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' has the Doctor trying to help Seven of Nine improve her social skills, and one of the things he does is teach her this song. And things don't work well throughout the episode.
** Well, he falls in unrequited love with her, but he is successful in teaching her how to interact with people better, so the tone is kind of bittersweet.
* Used in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNqZaHlEqJI ending montage]] of the ''Series/{{Cold Case}}'' episode [[http://www.tv.com/cold-case/the-good-bye-room/episode/948588/summary.html "The Goodbye Room"]].

* An episode of ''Series/{{The L Word}}'' has Alice buying a plush sunflower for her cancer-ridden girlfriend Dana that sings it when you push a button on the bottom. [[spoiler: Alice does not reach Dana in time and as she drops the sunflower as she falls to the floor, it sings the tune over Alice's hysterical crying]].
* There's actually some dissonance between the music and lyrics of this song all by itself. [[http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/sunshine.htm It is not a happy story]].
* Brian Wilson uses it in his ''{{Smile}}'' album, in a very slow, minor-key rendition with altered lyrics (You were my sunshine...how could you take my sunshine away?)

* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson", where Bart and Lisa get shipped off to military school, Marge sends the two of them a tape of her singing to cheer them up. At this point Bart has been accepted while Lisa has been shunned by the other recruits. Bart rejects Lisa's offer to listen to the tape together and she listens to Marge singing the song while she's alone in her dormitory crying.
* An aversion: In real life, this song is frequently used as a lullaby to sing to babies, and has been recorded on a lot of children's albums.

* Averted in ''Series/VeggieTales''' "The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment, in which a variant of the song is sung about remembering that God will always show his love for you.
* In the CrossOver FanFic ''FanFic/StarsAbove'', the title of the side-story ''My Sunshine'' is a reference to this song. [[spoiler:"Sunshine" is what [[Franchise/MadokaMagica Mami's]] late mother sometimes called her, and she used to sing the song to Mami as a child. Since her parents' death, being called "Sunshine" is a sure-fire way to get Mami angry. Kyoko uses this BerserkButton as a last-ditch effort to snap Mami out of Demon-induced catatonia. When Mami no longer recognizes its significance, it's a sign that of how far the [[DeathOfPersonality erasure of her memories]] has progressed. Kyoko sings the song to her just before granting her a MercyKill.]]

* ''Film/AnnabelleCreation'' uses the song as the central focus of the plot as well as the {{Leitmotif}} of Annabelle. [[spoiler:Samuel Mullins has lost his daughter as she was crashed by a car when she's trying to pick up a screw on the road. He's so desperate to see his daughter again to the point he invited a demon to possess a doll. [[CameBackWrong It works in a very wrong way]]. At first, the demon acts like Mullins' daughter and the family is glad that their "daughter" is back, however, as the demon grows stronger and starts showing its sinister side, the Mullins starts making an attempt to seal the demon in their daughter's room. However, not only did they fail to seal the demon, it starts using the doll maker's house to lure hapless preys into the house and feeding on their souls.]] It's also played on a vinyl record player and is used as the credit song.

* ''Film/{{Beaches}}'' -- Sung in the final happy moments before the "Wind Beneath My Wings" [[ReallyDeadMontage Death Montage]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' where Bart and Lisa get shipped off to military school, Marge sends the two of them a tape of her singing to cheer them up. At this point Bart has been accepted while Lisa has been shunned by the other recruits. Bart rejects Lisa's offer to listen to the tape together and she listens to Marge singing the song while she's alone in her dormitory crying.

* ''TheTwilightZone'' TOS episode "Literature/ItsAGoodLife". Dan Hollis sings a few bars of "You Are My Sunshine" at one of Anthony's "parties". One minute and 40 seconds later, Anthony turns him into a human jack-in-the-box and sends him to the cornfield. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk1NNVs6O3c Watch it here: the song is at 0:45 and the punishment is at 2:25.]]

* ''AllMyChildren'' -- Dixie Martin's song. It plays in the background when she dies.

* ''Film/AnnabelleCreation'' uses the song as the central focus of the plot as well as the {{Leitmotif}} of Annabelle. [[spoiler:Samuel Mullins has lost his daughter as she was crashed by a car while trying pick up a screw on the road. He's so desperate to see his daughter again to the point he invited a demon to possess a doll. [[CameBackWrong It works in a very wrong way]]. At first, the demon acts like Mullins' daughter and the family is glad that their "daughter" is back, however, as the demon grows stronger and starts showing its sinister side, the Mullins starts making an attempt to seal the demon in their daughter's room. However, not only did they fail to seal the demon, it starts using the doll maker's house to lure hapless preys into the house and feeding on their souls.]] It's also played on a vinyl record player and is used as the credit song.

* ''Film/AnnabelleCreation'' uses the song as the central focus of the plot as well as the {{Leitmotif}} of Annabelle. [[spoiler:Samuel Mullins has lost his daughter as she was crashed by a car when she's trying pick up a screw on the road. He's so desperate to see his daughter again to the point he invited a demon to possess a doll. [[CameBackWrong It works in a very wrong way]]. At first, the demon acts like Mullins' daughter and the family is glad that their "daughter" is back, however, as the demon grows stronger and starts showing its sinister side, the Mullins starts making an attempt to seal the demon in their daughter's room. However, not only did they fail to seal the demon, it starts using the doll maker's house to lure hapless preys into the house and feeding on their souls.]] It's also played on a vinyl record player and is used as the credit song.