(don't you) steal my sunshine

burger pimp forever!!!

oh, it's wonderful. the rest of the record was great too!

They're kinda just like Bran Van 3000("Drinking in LA")

i think there's a mookish kind of beauty to Feelin Alright.

there sure was mad summery one hit wonders back in those days.

i'll third or fourth the whole album being pretty good. it also had mr. dibbs on it which is really neither here nor there.

before global warming kicked in full blast...

-- PARTYMAN (wt...), Today 3:37 PM. (dubplatestyle) (later)

this played out so hilariously in mtl... it was a real mini-controversy

-- s1ocki (slytus...), August 23rd, 2006.

was it ever confirmed though?

Heres the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwtTOxouD5Q

Pazz and Jop singles 1999

1. TLC: "No Scrubs" (LaFace) 109
2. Eminem: "My Name Is" (Aftermath/Interscope) 66
3. Len: "Steal My Sunshine" (Epic)

Totally blew by me that critics liked this song.

"Uh... haven't really talked to him but... he looks pretty... uh... down."
"Hahaha. 'He looks pretty uh-huh....'"
"Yeah, well... maybe we should cheer him up then."
"What do you... uh... suppose we should do?"
"Well... does he like butter tarts?"

I always thought this was a drug reference I was too young to understand, but apparently it's a reference I just don't get period.

is there an Idjut Boys remix of this?

This is a really good song.

The female vocals are very summery.

What's not to like?

it's a great song but i can't figure out the lyrics. i think maybe i shouldn't bother, doesn't really matter what they're saying.

"it's a reference I just don't get period."

it's just stupid and funny

is there an Idjut Boys remix of this?

like people know "Every Morning" without knowing "Suavecito." *shakes fist at these kids today*

Wow, I knew both songs well but never pieced it together until I saw this. I also didn't know the name of "Suavecito." I just knew it as that song on oldies radio that features Santana's brother.

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

Did this at karaoke last night and was pleasantly surprised that the lyrics were even more amazing and ridiculous than I thought:

My sticky paws were into making straws
out of big fat slurpy treats
An incredible eight foot heap

related videos:

Chumbawumba - Tubthumping

The New Radicals - You Get What You Give

pretty much otm

is it summer already?

haha, the karaoke DJ brought up "Tubthumping" when I handed in my slip!

fwiw "Steal My Sunshine" is in a whole other league of pure pleasure

lol Pure Pleasure League

Still all about this record.

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.

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/

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?

Besides sustain a career, obviously.

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

^^^

~aw yeah~

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

Tune.

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

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

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.

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

it wasn't bad at all

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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.

l a t e r that week

"KAREN! I LOVE YOU!!!"

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!

And yes I watched "Tubthumping" immediately afterwards.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/may/15/debunking-the-one-hit-wonder-lens-steal-my-sunshine

"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

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

summertime is len time!

the remix is out next month

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.

getting to be that time again

l a t e r that week

this song is so good