Len - Steal My Sunshine Lyrics

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Hey, Matt

Yeah, Tim?

Hey, you talked to Marc lately?

Uh, haven't really talked to him but he looks pretty, uh, down

"He looks pretty, uh, down?"

Yeah, well, maybe we should cheer him up then

What do you, uh, suppose we should do?

Well, does he like butter tarts?

I was lying on the grass of Sunday morning of last week

Indulging in my self-defeat

My mind was thugged, all laced and bugged, all twisted, wrong and beat

A comfortable three feet deep

Now the fuzzy stare from not being there on a confusing morning week

Impaired my tribal lunar speak

And of course you can't become if you only say what you would have done

So I missed a million miles of fun

I know it's up for me

(If you steal my sunshine)

Making sure I'm not in too deep

(If you steal my sunshine)

Keeping versed and on my feet

(If you steal my sunshine)

Chad, come here, come here, come here

Wow, look at her

I know

Man, I've never seen Sharon look so bad before

I did once before, but this is pretty bad

Yeah, what do you think she got up to last night?

Well, I, Sharon, I love you!

I was frying on the bench slide in the park across the street

L-A-T-E-R that week

My sticky paws were into making straws out of big fat slurpy treats

An incredible eight-foot heap

Now the funny glare to pay a gleaming tare in a staring under heat

Involved an under usual feat

And I'm not only among but I invite who I want to come

So I missed a million miles of fun

I know it's up for me

(If you steal my sunshine)

Making sure I'm not in too deep

(If you steal my sunshine)

Keeping versed and on my feet

(If you steal my sunshine)

I know it's done for me

(If you steal my sunshine)

Not some and hard to see

(If you steal my sunshine)

Keeping dumb and built to beat

(If you steal my sunshine)

My sunshine, if you steal my sunshine

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Hey, Matt

Yeah, Tim?

Hey, you talked to Marc lately?

Uh, haven't really talked to him but he looks pretty, uh, down

"He looks pretty, uh, down?"

Yeah, well, maybe we should cheer him up then

What do you, uh, suppose we should do?

Well, does he like butter tarts?

I was lying on the grass of Sunday morning of last week

Indulging in my self-defeat

My mind was thugged, all laced and bugged, all twisted, wrong and beat

A comfortable three feet deep

Now the fuzzy stare from not being there on a confusing morning week

Impaired my tribal lunar speak

And of course you can't become if you only say what you would have done

So I missed a million miles of fun

I know it's up for me

(If you steal my sunshine)

Making sure I'm not in too deep

(If you steal my sunshine)

Keeping versed and on my feet

(If you steal my sunshine)

Chad, come here, come here, come here

Wow, look at her

I know

Man, I've never seen Sharon look so bad before

I did once before, but this is pretty bad

Yeah, what do you think she got up to last night?

Well, I, Sharon, I love you!

I was frying on the bench slide in the park across the street

L-A-T-E-R that week

My sticky paws were into making straws out of big fat slurpy treats

An incredible eight-foot heap

Now the funny glare to pay a gleaming tare in a staring under heat

Involved an under usual feat

And I'm not only among but I invite who I want to come

So I missed a million miles of fun

I know it's up for me

(If you steal my sunshine)

Making sure I'm not in too deep

(If you steal my sunshine)

Keeping versed and on my feet

(If you steal my sunshine)

I know it's done for me

(If you steal my sunshine)

Not some and hard to see

(If you steal my sunshine)

Keeping dumb and built to beat

(If you steal my sunshine)

My sunshine, if you steal my sunshine

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"Steal My Sunshine" is a song by Canadian alternative rock band Len from their third studio album, You Can't Stop the Bum Rush (1999). The song was initially released on the soundtrack to the 1999 crime comedy film Go, which resulted in the song receiving heavy airplay. It was later released to contemporary hit radio as the lead single from You Can't Stop the Bum Rush on June 22, 1999, by Work Group.

Co-lead singer Marc Costanzo, as well as Gregg Diamond - who wrote the Andrea True Connection's 1976 single "More, More, More", sampled as the new song's instrumental backing track, are credited as songwriters; this was a posthumous writing credit for Diamond, who died three months before the album's release. Production was helmed by Costanzo under the stage name Mumble C. According to Costanzo, the song is about feelings of elation he experienced while attending an outdoor electronic music festival.

The song was recorded at Four Ways Studio B and mixed by John King of the Dust Brothers at One on One South. "Steal My Sunshine" was one of the first demos recorded for You Can't Stop the Bum Rush, although the song almost remained unreleased due to it not making much of an impression on the band.

Marc Costanzo went to a rave during a time when he and his sister Sharon had gone several months without speaking. While out, he was listening to old disco music with Brendan Canning, and heard the 1976 disco hit "More, More, More". Marc decided to loop part of the song's bridge and wrote and composed "Steal My Sunshine" over the instrumental.

The song was recorded on a vintage early 1980s 8-track 1/2 inch recorder. Marc stated that "Steal My Sunshine" did not make much of an impression on him, so Len did not originally plan to release it. The master recording remained under his bed for months.

When producing "Steal My Sunshine", Marc Costanzo wanted to make a song similar to the Human League's 1981 synth-pop single "Don't You Want Me". As a result, the song's structure is characterized by alternating between male and female vocals from Marc and Sharon. Costanzo has explained that the lyrics were about the aforementioned rave and the events that took place there.

"Steal My Sunshine" received positive reviews from music critics, who praised its sample usage and considered the song a quintessential summer hit. The song peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, giving Len their first and only entry on the chart. As a result, Len is often deemed a one-hit wonder.

Internationally, "Steal My Sunshine" also reached the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The song remains Len's most successful single, being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Performed by: Len
Genre(s): Indie pop, dance-pop, alternative pop, bubblegum pop, One Hit Wonder
Language: English
Length: 3:31
Written by: Gregg Diamond, Marc Francis Costanzo
Produced by: Mumble C
Released: June 22nd, 1999
Year: 1999

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