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“Steal My Sunshine” by Len

From the album You Can’t Stop The Bum Rush (1999)

“Steal My Sunshine” by Len appears on 37 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1999 and 2025. It was first released in 1999 on the album You Can’t Stop The Bum Rush. Its best result is #9 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 1999, #1,880 alternative song of all time and #172 of the '90s.

37countdowns
16stations
#9best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1999–2025years charted

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"Steal My Sunshine" first surfaced on the soundtrack to the 1999 film Go before Len released it that June as the lead single from You Can't Stop the Bum Rush, the Canadian band's third album. Marc Costanzo produced it under the name Mumble C and built it around a sample of the Andrea True Connection's 1976 single "More, More, More", so its writer Gregg Diamond shares the credit; he died three months before the album came out.

It almost stayed a forgotten demo, but the band let it out, and thank goodness. Marc and his sister Sharon Costanzo trade the lead vocals, which is funnier once you know they weren't speaking when he wrote it. He says it's about the elation he felt at an outdoor electronic music festival, and that bliss is all over this sunny, slacker dance-pop shuffle. John King of the Dust Brothers mixed it.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 17 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 9 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 91
1999 22 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 38 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 100
1999 50 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 99
1999 25 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 107
1999 13 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 89
1999 27 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1999 101
1999 22 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 103
1999 31 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 234 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 388 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 447 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 682 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2000 1912 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1913 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 496 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1898 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1840 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1841 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1833 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 993 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 340 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 765 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 816 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 835 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 860 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 890 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 935 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 985 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 599 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 534 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 372 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 642 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2024 28 107.7 The End The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024) 100
2025 427 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 67 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

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