Sunshine by Jake Miller

Album: Rumors (2015)

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This song is a tribute to Jake Miller's close childhood friend Dylan Andrew Schopp, who died by suicide on February 12, 2015. "I was in the studio in LA. and I got the phone call that he had passed away and I was so completely distraught over it," Jake told MTV News. "I went straight home, grabbed my guitar, went outside and wrote the whole song from start to finish, and the next day I got into the studio and recorded it."
The song is titled after Dylan's nickname, which according to Jake was given to him by his wrestling coach because "he was always smiling and always happy."

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