Shine (Luna Sea song)

"Shine"
Single by Luna Sea
from the album Shine
B-side	"Looper"
Released	June 3, 1998
Format	8cm CD
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	8:50
Label	Universal
Writer(s)	Luna Sea
Luna Sea singles chronology
"Storm" (1998) "Shine" (1998) "I for You" (1998)

"Shine" is the tenth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on June 3, 1998. It is the band's fifth to reach number 1 on the Oricon singles chart.^[1]

"Shine" was used in a Toyota commercial. The song was covered by Amber Girls 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.^[2]

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.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2010-12-11.
2. "Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.