Shine (Luna Sea song)

"Shine" is the tenth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on June 3, 1998. It was the band's fifth number 1 on the Oricon Singles Chart, and charted for eight weeks.[1] In June 1998, it was certified Platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 400,000.[2]

"Shine"
Single by Luna Sea
from the album Shine
B-side"Looper"
ReleasedJune 3, 1998
GenreAlternative rock
Length8:50
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Luna Sea
Luna Sea singles chronology
"Storm"
(1998)		 "Shine"
(1998)		 "I for You"
(1998)
Music video
"Shine" on YouTube

"Shine" was used in a Toyota commercial. The song was covered by amber gris on the compilation Crush! 2 -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-, which was released on November 23, 2011 and features current visual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to the 1990s visual kei movement.[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Luna Sea.

  1. "Shine" - 4:43
    Originally composed by J.
  2. "Looper" - 4:07
    The title came from the fact that the bass and drums are repeated in loop. The fast spoken English words in the background are performed by Sugizo.

References
  1. "SHINE LUNA SEAのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  2. "Japanese album certifications" (Enter Luna Sea into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  3. "Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.


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