Shine (Collective Soul song)
| "Shine" | ||||
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| Single by Collective Soul | ||||
| from the album Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid | ||||
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| Released | March 8, 1994 | |||
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| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ed Roland | |||
| Producer(s) | Ed Roland | |||
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| "Shine" on YouTube | ||||
"Shine" is a song by American alternative rock band Collective Soul. It served as the lead single for their debut album, Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid (1993), and as the band's debut single. "Shine" would remain the band's most well-known song and a hallmark of 1990s alternative rock. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for eight weeks, ending 1994 as that chart's most successful single. The song then went on to peak at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week.
"Shine" won a Billboard award for Top Rock Track. VH1 would later rank the song at number 42 on their list of the "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s". In 2012, a rerecorded version recorded by Collective Soul was released as a playable song for the game Rock Band Blitz. In 2015 the rerecorded version was released on the bonus Greatest Hits CD that was included with the Walmart exclusive deluxe edition of See What You Started by Continuing.