Shine (Luna Sea song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Shine

| cover = Luna Sea Shine.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Luna Sea

| album = Shine

| B-side = Looper

| released = June 3, 1998

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 8:50

| label = Universal

| writer = Luna Sea

| producer = Luna Sea

| prev_title = Storm

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = I for You

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{External music video

| type1 = single

| header1 = Music video

| 1 = {{YouTube|dr1VNoYTq0g|"Shine"}}

}}}}

"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 originally composed by bassist J.{{cite web|title=J、2021年最初のストリーミングライブ開催でLUNA SEA「SHINE」を披露|url =https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/283551|work =Spice|language=ja|date=2021-02-27|access-date=2014-06-24}} It 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.{{cite web| title = Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album| work = tokyohive.com| url = http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/09/aoi-moran-and-more-to-release-90s-visual-kei-cover-album/| accessdate = 2011-09-28}}

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.{{cite web| title = SHINE LUNA SEAのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典| url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/14750/products/music/163589/1/| work = Oricon|language = Japanese| accessdate = 2010-12-11|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130218141017/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/14750/products/music/163589/1/ |archivedate=2013-02-18}} In June 1998, it was certified Platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 400,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd_search.html |title=Japanese album certifications|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|language=ja|format=Enter Luna Sea into the アーティスト then select 検索|access-date=2021-05-15}}