Shine (Luna Sea song) - Misplaced Pages

"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. 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.

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. In June 1998, it was certified Platinum by the RIAJ for sales over 400,000.

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Luna Sea.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shine"	4:43
2.	"Looper"	4:07

Personnel

Luna Sea

Ryuichi – vocals
Sugizo – guitar, violin
Inoran – guitar
J – bass
Shinya – drums, percussion

Production

Hitoshi Hiruma – recording and mixing
Tohru Kotetsu – mastering
Sakaguchi Ken Factory – art direction and graphic design
Nicci Keller – photography

References

"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". Spice (in Japanese). 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
"Aoi, Moran, and more to release '90s Visual Kei cover album". tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
"SHINE LUNA SEAのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典". Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
"Japanese album certifications" (Enter Luna Sea into the アーティスト then select 検索) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 2021-05-15.

v t e Luna Sea
J Inoran Sugizo Shinya Ryuichi
Studio albums	Luna Sea Image Eden Mother Style Shine Lunacy A Will Luv Cross
Compilation albums	Singles / Another Side of Singles Period -the Best Selection- Another Side of Singles II 25th Anniversary Ultimate Best -The One-
Other albums	Never Sold Out Luna Sea Memorial Cover Album -Re:birth- Luna Sea (2011) Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles Never Sold Out 2
Singles	"Believe" "In My Dream (With Shiver)" "Rosier" "True Blue" "Mother" "Desire" "End of Sorrow" "In Silence" "Storm" "Shine" "I for You" "Gravity" "Tonight" "Love Song" "The One: Crash to Create" "The End of the Dream/Rouge" "Thoughts" "Ran" "Limit" "Sora no Uta ~Higher and Higher~/Hisōbi" "The Beyond"
Other songs	"Promise" "Beyond the Time ~Moebius no Sora o Koete~"
Videos	Luna Sea 3D in Los Angeles
Tours and concerts	20th Anniversary World Tour Reboot
Related articles	Discography Tourbillon Fake? X Japan S.K.I.N.
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