Shine (Collective Soul song)

"Shine"
Single by Collective Soul
from the album Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid
B-side	"Scream" "Almost You"
Released	March 19, 1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge
Length	5:05 (original version album version) 4:40 (original version radio edit)
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Ed Roland
Producer(s)	Ed Roland
Collective Soul singles chronology
"Shine" (1993) "Breathe" (1994)
Music video
"Shine" on YouTube

"Shine" is the debut single by American alternative rock band Collective Soul. It served as the lead single for their 1993/1994 debut album, Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid. "Shine" would remain the band's most well known song and a hallmark of 1990s alternative rock. It became the number one Album Rock Song of 1994, and won a Billboard award for Top Rock Track.^[1] The song also reached the top of the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for eight weeks. The song then went on to peak at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week.^[2]

VH1 would later rank "Shine" 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.