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

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

Overview

"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.[1]

The title of "Looper" came from the fact that the bass and drums are repeated in loop. The fast spoken English words in the background are performed by guitarist Sugizo.

Reception

"Shine" was Luna Sea's fifth number 1 single on the Oricon Singles Chart, their second consecutively, and charted for eight weeks.[2] In June 1998, it was certified Platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 400,000.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Luna Sea.

No.TitleLength
1."Shine"4:43
2."Looper"4:07

Personnel

Luna Sea
Production
  • Hitoshi Hiruma – recording and mixing
  • Tohru Kotetsu – mastering
  • Sakaguchi Ken Factory – art direction and graphic design
  • Nicci Keller – photography

References

  1. ↑ "Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.


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