cream performed "sunshine of your love" regularly in concert and several live recordings have been issued, including on the "royal albert hall london may 2-3-5-6, 2005" reunion album and video. hendrix performed faster instrumental versions of the song, which he often dedicated to cream. several rock journals have placed the song on their greatest song lists, such as "rolling stone", "q" magazine, and vh1. the rock and roll hall of fame included it on its list of the "500 songs that shaped rock and roll".