{"id":4436,"date":"2018-08-22T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T15:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/?p=4436"},"modified":"2018-08-25T17:17:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T21:17:16","slug":"len-steal-my-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/len-steal-my-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Len &#8211; Steal My Sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continuing &#8220;look back&#8221; series, we drop to the summer of 1999, when Canadian group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/LENOFFICIALTV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Len<\/a> released the song, <em>Steal My Sunshine<\/em>. The lead single on their third album, <em>You Can&#8217;t Stop the Bum Rush<\/em>, performed well reaching the top of many charts, but ultimately left the group known as a one-hit-wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Len - Steal My Sunshine\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E1fzJ_AYajA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<figcaption>Len &#8211; Steal My Sunshine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lyrics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I was lying on the grass on Sunday morning of last week <br\/>Indulging in my self defeat <br\/>My mind was thugged all laced and bugged all twisted wrong and beat <br\/>A comfortable three feet deep<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Now the fuzzy stare from not being there on a confusing morning weak <br\/>Impaired my tribal lunar speak <br\/>And of course you can&#8217;t become if you only say what you would have done <br\/>So I missed a million miles of fun<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I know it&#8217;s up for me <br\/>If you steal my sunshine <br\/>Making sure I&#8217;m not in too deep <br\/>If you steal my sunshine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Keeping versed and on my feet <br\/>Check, c&#8217;mere c&#8217;mere, c&#8217;mere <br\/>Wow, look at her <br\/>I know <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I&#8217;ve never seen Sharon look so bad before <br\/>I did once before, but this is pretty bad <br\/>Yeah, what do you think she got up to last night? <br\/>Ha ha ha <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Well, I, Karen I love you <br\/>I was lying on the bench slide in the park across the street <br\/>L-a-t-e-are that week <br\/>My sticky paws were in to making straws out of big fat slurpy treats <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>An incredible eight foot heap <br\/>Now the funny glare to pay a gleaming tare in a staring under heat <br\/>Involved an under usual feet <br\/>And I&#8217;m not only among but I invite who I want to come <br\/>So I missed a million miles of fun <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I know it&#8217;s up for me <br\/>If you steal my sunshine <br\/>Making sure I&#8217;m not in too deep <br\/>If you steal my sunshine <br\/>Keeping versed and on my feet <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I know it&#8217;s done for me <br\/>If you steal my sunshine <br\/>Not as some and hard to see <br\/>If you steal my sunshine <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Keeping dumb and built to beat <br\/>If you steal my sunshine <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>My sunshine <br\/>If you steal my sunshine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4>Did you enjoy this post? Leave a comment below and let us know! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/echoingwalls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow us on Facebook<\/a> for more great content.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The lead single on their third album, You Can&#8217;t Stop the Bum Rush, performed well, but ultimately leaving Len branded as a one-hit-wonder. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/len-steal-my-sunshine\/\" title=\"Len &#8211; Steal My Sunshine\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[1148,169,1149],"class_list":["post-4436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music-videos","tag-len","tag-lyrics","tag-steal-my-sunshine"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoingwalls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}