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Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak (lead vocals, guitar), Dylan Keefe (bass), and Shlomi Lavie (drums). The band is best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy".
The band is named after the Marcy Open grade school in Minneapolis, which is the alternative school John Wozniak attended. He chose the name because many of his songs were inspired by his childhood. Marcy Playground emerged in the late 1990s. Influences include David Bowie, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Wham! and the Beatles. The influences are quite clear on Marcy Playground's self-titled album, with songs like Shadow Of Seattle and Saint Joe On The School Bus. Frontman John Wozniak's first effort, Zog BogBean – From the Marcy Playground, was self-produced, recorded in his bedroom studio with some help from his then-girlfriend Sherry Fraser and her brother Scott in the early nineties. A limited run of CDs were self-released by Wozniak. "Our Generation" and "Dog and His Master", two songs found on Wozniak's Zog BogBean project, would appear on later Marcy Playground albums. As of April 2009, Zog BogBean is available for download at Marcy Playground's official site as well as other outlets such as iTunes.
Marcy Playground is the self-titled album by Marcy Playground, released on February 25, 1997 with EMI. It was reissued later that year on October 7 on Capitol Records with a large amount of promotion for the single "Sex and Candy," which became the band's breakthrough single, spending a then-record 15 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart during the first few months of 1998. The album also includes the singles "St. Joe on the Schoolbus" and "Sherry Fraser" both of which received moderate radio and MTV2 airplay during the latter half of 1998.
All songs written and composed by John Wozniak, except where noted.
Marcy Playground
Additional personnel
Note: though not credited as a member, Jared Kotler plays drums on every song except "Saint Joe on the School Bus," and bass on "Sherry Fraser," "One More Suicide" and "The Vampires of New York."
Say what you will
You’re my star baby
When you coming down
When you coming down
Come on down
When you coming down
When you coming down
Come on down
Star gazer...
Dream maker, I’m in love with you
I spin the bottle...
And every time it’s landing right on you
So say what you will,
Inside baby
When you coming down
When you coming down
Come on down
When you coming down
When you coming down
Come on down
I’ve been waiting...
Waiting patiently every night
Just to see you...
Just to see your perfect shining light
My heart is like a photograph, [album]
Of all the good times and bad, [and I’ve had some]
Where I miss this girl, and I miss that girl
I don’t miss THAT girl... but sometimes I miss this girl
But you, you’re my star baby
You’re my star baby
And when you coming down
When you coming down
Come on down
When you coming down
When you coming down
Come on down
Aw, when you coming down
When you coming down