“Steal My Sunshine” is a song by Canadian band Len, composed by band member Marc Costanzo with a writing credit to Gregg Diamond. It was released in 1999 as the lead single from their third album You Can’t Stop the Bum Rush.
The indie pop track became a sleeper hit when radio stations began playing it in March, four months before Len planned to release their album. “Steal My Sunshine” had a commercial single release in July, eventually peaking at number #3 on the Canadian RPM Top Single chart. Outside of Canada, “Steal My Sunshine” peaked within the top ten on the charts of Australia, Ireland, the UK, and the US.
The song’s music video was jointly directed by Costanzo and Bradley Walsh. When Len had signed to Work Records, one of its demands was to be able to direct its own videos. The group used a $100,000 budget and flew to Daytona Beach, Florida with two dozen friends while the area was crowded with people on spring break. They spent much of the budget on alcohol, buying so much that they broke their hotel’s elevator trying to lift it. They shot the video in the afternoon so that they could recover from hangovers in the morning and drink in the evening. The scenes were shot without a script or storyboard. In the video, Len and its friends are shown relaxing together and riding on scooters, go-karts, and jet skis.