"Shine" is the title track and only single released from American singer

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's eighth album ''

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Song information

It was performed for the first time at Vienna, City Hall (Aids Benefit) on June 16, 2001. This song has been remixed by several people, including Victor Calderone and Tracy Young. It caused the song to be a hit in the clubs. "Shine" was remixed into a dance track for a climactic fifth-season episode of the American version of '' Queer as Folk''. Lauper appeared as herself to perform the song at the show's "Babylon" dance club. Since then, the performance has been used as a video clip for the song. The first official release of the song appeared on the '' Shine E.P.'', a 2002 mini album released to counteract heavy infringement of the material on the then-shelved full-length album. The album itself, however, was not released in the

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Before the official release of the album (exclusively in Japan), a maxi-single was released for the song, in a variety of formats. This limited edition was only released in the United States. The official name of the single is ''"Shine Remixes"''.

Critical reception

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'' described the song as "mint, vintage Cyndi Lauper" and her "best song in years". He added: "Lauper resonates with both strength and a shimmer of vulnerability - she packs more sentiment into just the word "Shine" than many performers might deliver in an entire aria."

Track listing

;US CD single (CD5 / 5") (Shine Remix) #Shine (Tracy Young Mix) - 13:11 #Shine (Tracy Young Mix

Instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...

) - 13:19 #Shine ( Illicit) Mix - 8:39 #Shine (Illicit Mix Instrumental) - 8:41 #Shine (

A cappella ''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...

) - 5:18 #Higher Plane (

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) - 4:13

Cover versions

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performed a cover version of "Shine" on his first album,
I Bought a Blue Car Today
'.

References

{{Authority control 2002 singles Cyndi Lauper songs Songs written by Cyndi Lauper