"Paper Sun" is a song by British rock band Traffic, and was released as their debut single on 26 May 1967.
CD inlay notes for the Jim Capaldi tribute concert stated: ‘A plan was hatched for (Steve) Winwood to leave the Spencer Davis Group the following year (1967).
Paper Sun thus evolved from a newspaper headline Jim read in a boarding house in Newcastle.
[2] The song is famous for its sitar riff, played by Dave Mason, and its vocals by composer Steve Winwood.
A black-and-white promotional film for the song was shot at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (AfricaMuseum) in Tervuren, Belgium.