Shining Star (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
| "Shining Star" | ||||
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| Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
| from the album That's the Way of the World | ||||
| B-side | "Yearnin' Learnin'" | |||
| Released | January 21, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | Autumn 1974 | |||
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| Length | 2:50 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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"Shining Star" is a song from Earth, Wind & Fire's album That's the Way of the World, issued as a single in January 1975 on Columbia Records. The song rose to No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart, becoming their first single to top both charts (and only single to top the former). It has also been certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.