"Shine" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter

Shannon Noll Shannon Noll (born 16 September 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2003, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. He has released five top ten albu ...

. It was released as the first single from his second studio album, ''

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'' (2005), on 26 September 2005. It debuted at number one on the

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and earned a platinum sales

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for shipping over 70,000 copies in Australia. In April 2009, the song was released in the United Kingdom, coinciding with Noll's run in the stage version of

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's ''War of the Worlds''.

Track listings

Australian CD single # "Shine" # "What Love Is" UK promo CDR # "Shine" – 3:34

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Australian CD single liner notes. Studios * Mixed at the Ballroom (London, England) * Mastered at Edensound Mastering (Melbourne, Australia) Personnel * Matthew Gerrard – writing, all instruments, production, arrangement *

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– writing *

– vocals * Bryon Jones – vocal production *

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– mixing * Will Brierre – engineering assistant * Martin Pullan – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shine (Shannon Noll Song) 2005 singles 2005 songs Number-one singles in Australia RCA Records singles Shannon Noll songs Songs written by Andy Stochansky Songs written by Matthew Gerrard Sony BMG singles