▁and ▁anti - est ab lish ment ▁them es . ▁ ▁Ch ater ▁has ▁noted ▁that ▁" S un sh ine " ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁album ▁at ▁the ▁last ▁minute ▁but ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁favorite ▁tracks ▁on ▁Wild flow er . ▁" It ▁starts ▁off ▁appearing ▁like ▁it ' s ▁a ▁very ▁happy , ▁joy ous ▁song ," ▁says ▁Ch ater , ▁" but ▁there ' s ▁a ▁tw ist ▁in ▁the ▁tale ▁when ▁the ▁sample ▁reve als ▁that ▁it ' s ▁actually ▁about ▁someone ▁having ▁their ▁sun sh ine ▁taken ▁away ▁– ▁the ▁blue ▁sk ies ▁turn ▁grey . ▁It ' s ▁really ▁a ▁song ▁for ▁everybody ▁out ▁there ▁who ' s ▁ever ▁lost ▁love , ▁who ' s ▁ever ▁been ▁broken - heart ed ." ▁The ▁lyr ics ▁to ▁" If ▁I ▁Was ▁a ▁Fol k star " ▁were ▁written ▁by ▁Tor o ▁y ▁Mo i ▁about ▁him ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁taking ▁L SD ▁on ▁the ▁beach ▁shortly ▁after ▁they ▁got ▁married . ▁The ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁album , ▁Wild flow er , ▁was ▁chosen ▁for ▁its ▁simplicity . ▁The ▁group ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁other ▁albums ▁with ▁simple ▁titles ▁which ▁do ▁not ▁dist ract ▁from ▁the ▁music , ▁such ▁as ▁Sm ile ▁by ▁the ▁Beach ▁Boys . ▁The ▁cover ▁art ▁is ▁a ▁direct ▁reference ▁to ▁S ly ▁and ▁the ▁Family ▁Stone ' s ▁There ' s ▁a ▁Ri ot ▁Go in ' ▁On ▁( 1 9 7 1 ) ▁ ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁draw ▁from ▁the ▁record ' s