"Shine" is the tenth single by Japanese rock band

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, released on June 3, 1998. It was the band's fifth number 1 on the

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, and charted for eight weeks. In June 1998, it was certified Platinum by the

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for sales over 400,000. "Shine" was used in a

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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

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bands covering songs from bands that were important to the 1990s visual kei movement.

Track listing

''All songs written and composed by Luna Sea.'' #"Shine" - 4:43
Originally composed by J. #"Looper" - 4:07
The title came from the fact that the bass and drums are repeated in

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. The fast spoken English words in the background are performed by

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References

Luna Sea songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles 1998 singles {{1990s-Japan-single-stub