(don't you) steal my sunshine

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Brandon Canning was in this band once, according to Wikipedia. And Buck 65 almost joined LEN as well. Weird.

And to Johnny Fever, I have a copy of We Be Who We Be - I don't know why DreamWorks never put this out, the album is a very commercial and has very obvious singles, even though it's slightly embarrassing and very mediocre. My copy doesn't have "Brother Sister Thing," sadly.

Dude in the band is an exec at EMI Publishing Canada or something.

litcofsky, Monday, 4 May 2009 04:08 (fifteen years ago) link

five months pass...

I heard the main sample play in the background of a scene about 20 minutes into The Last Days Of Disco. Hearing the sample in its original context somehow makes this song seem even more miraculous.

http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/1141/Len-Steal%20My%20Sunshine_Andrea%20True%20Connection-More,%20More,%20More/

Back Like That (makeitpop), Saturday, 24 October 2009 08:08 (fifteen years ago) link

Indeed, while I've been aware of More More More forever, I somehow never made the connection between bad porn-star-disco-Rachel-Stevens-cover-fodder and Steal My Sunshine. Oh, LEN, what can't you do?

7borad dudes get sb'd, frequently. (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 24 October 2009 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link

Besides sustain a career, obviously.

7borad dudes get sb'd, frequently. (Alex in Montreal), Saturday, 24 October 2009 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link

one year passes...

I was just reminded how much I fucking love this song. Oh Len.

― EN Save-A-Ken BB (ENBB), Saturday, April 4, 2009 10:18 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ENBB, Friday, 11 February 2011 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link

^^^

Tim F, Friday, 11 February 2011 09:02 (thirteen years ago) link

~aw yeah~

markers, Friday, 11 February 2011 09:07 (thirteen years ago) link

cannot tell you the last time i heard this, oh man

markers, Friday, 11 February 2011 09:07 (thirteen years ago) link

Tune.

Chewshabadoo, Friday, 11 February 2011 09:22 (thirteen years ago) link

at this apartment i used to live at we used to put this song on our phones and hide them in the ceiling so they were slightly above the threshold of hearing...drives people nuts

frogbs, Friday, 11 February 2011 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link

I remember buying the cassette single of this and wearing it right out over a summer, I miss that part of my youth.

o0o00h really? (boxedjoy), Friday, 11 February 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link

When I first saw this' video, I thought to myself, "That's his sister, right?"

Then later found out I was right.

Dunno why, just seemed.

Mark G, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link

i actually bought the album because i couldn't find the single, i was that desperate for it. album wasn't bad, either.

teledyldonix, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link

it wasn't bad at all

ENBB, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link

They did that on purpose, didn't they? (The rec co, I mean)

Mark G, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link

it's possible they did on purpose. i know that lots of jive records' teen pop acts released radio-only singles (ever wonder why "i want it that way" only got to #5 on the hot 100?) so i assume it was fairly common at that time.

and actually yeah the album had many pretty good tracks, now that i think about it

teledyldonix, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link

I knew nothing about this except as a single on the radio but y'all have successfully just re-infected my brane...

Le mépris vient de la tête, la haine vient du cœur (Michael White), Friday, 11 February 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link

Is it just me or does it kind of have like a Happy Mondays/Primal Scream Manchester feeling to it? Maybe that's why I like it so much. I could see Shaun Ryder doing it...

frogbs, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link

Well I've never made that connection before but I can see where you're coming from and love HM/PS so . . . you might be on to something.

ENBB, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link

Why cop the single when you can just buy the "Go" soundtrack!

errant flynn, Friday, 11 February 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link

one year passes...

This song randomly popped up in the latest episode of Girls reminding me just how god damn perfect it is. Hadn't listened to it in at least 5 years but have listened to it about 100 times since last Sunday.

All kinds of heinous things, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 05:44 (twelve years ago) link

one year passes...

l a t e r that week

eric banana (s.clover), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:54 (ten years ago) link

"KAREN! I LOVE YOU!!!"

Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 15 February 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link

That first shot in the music video when the dude doesn't have his sunglasses on is kind of shocking!

Cool song though. They all look so nervous in front of the camera!

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 15 February 2014 01:27 (ten years ago) link

And yes I watched "Tubthumping" immediately afterwards.

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 15 February 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link

three months pass...

"I'm going to London soon and if anyone wants to call me up I'll fucking show up at their house and I'll sing this song."

:D

just sayin, Friday, 16 May 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link

One-hit wonders channel Sesame Street in corny, charming tribute to Toronto: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2012/10/23/remember_len_onehit_wonder_toronto_band_is_back_with_new_music.html

a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Friday, 16 May 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link

summertime is len time!

wat is teh waht (s.clover), Monday, 26 May 2014 02:37 (ten years ago) link

the remix is out next month

۩, Monday, 26 May 2014 02:38 (ten years ago) link

when this first came out, I put it in the smash mouth/sugar ray file. listening now, free of 1999, I feel better about it.

the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 26 May 2014 04:54 (ten years ago) link

one year passes...

getting to be that time again

l a t e r that week

ive seen enough Good Wife episodes (s.clover), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 05:57 (eight years ago) link

two years pass...

this song is so good

Trϵϵship, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 00:31 (five years ago) link


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