"Sunny Came Home" is a folk-rock song by American musician Shawn Colvin. It is the opening track on her 1996 concept album, "A Few Small Repairs", and was released as a CD and cassette single on June 24, 1997. In the UK, the song was released on the same formats in May 1998. Colvin was inspired by a painting, which she used on the cover of the album. The artist was a friend of Colvin's, Julie Speed. This song is about a woman who "makes a few repairs" to the oven, then uses the gases to burn her