Shining Star (The Manhattans song)

"Shining Star"
Single by The Manhattans
from the album After Midnight
B-side"I'll Never Run Away From Love Again"[1]
ReleasedFebruary 1980[1]
Recorded1980
StudioUniversal, Chicago, Illinois[2]
Genre
Length4:40 (Album full version)[2]
3:45 (Single edited version)[1]
LabelColumbia Records[1]
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Leo Graham[1]
The Manhattans singles chronology
"The Way We Were" / "Memories"
(1979)
"Shining Star"
(1980)
"Girl of My Dream"
(1980)
Music video
"Shining Star" by The Manhattans
(Official Music Video)
on YouTube

"Shining Star" is a popular song written by the American songwriters and music producers Leo Graham and Paul Richmond.[1] The song was recorded in 1980 by popular American R&B vocal group The Manhattans and released the same year on the album After Midnight.[2] "Shining Star" was released as a single in 1980 and peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard R&B chart,[3] and number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[4] The song was most successful in New Zealand, where it reached position number 2;[5] the same position that it also reached in the Black Oriented Singles of the Record World magazine in the USA.[6] Although it did not reach the number-one on any chart, "Shining Star" was The Manhattans's highest-charting hit since the worldwide hit "Kiss and Say Goodbye" released in 1976.

  1. ^ a b c d e f 45cat. "Shining Star / I'll Never Run Away From Love Again 7" (1980)". Retrieved March 27, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c Discogs. "The Manhattans – After Midnight (1980)". Discogs. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Billboard. "THE MANHATTANS – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Billboard. "THE MANHATTANS – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "THE MANHATTANS – SHINING STAR (SONG)". charts.nz. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  6. ^ AmericanRadioHistory. "Record World Black Oriented Singles" (PDF). Retrieved March 29, 2018.