Shine (Vanessa Amorosi song)

Single infobox
Name = Shine


Artist = Vanessa Amorosi
from Album = The Power
Released = flagicon|Australia May 152000
flagicon|Germany February 1 2001
flagicon|USA June 26 2001
Format = CD
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = Transistor Music/CBK Produktions/BMG Australia
Writer = Vanessa Amorosi/Robert Parde/Mark Holden
Producer = Axel Breitung
Certification = Platinum (Australia)
Last single = "Absolutely Everybody" (1999)
This single = "Shine" (2000)
Next single = "The Power/Everytime I Close My Eyes" (2000)

"Shine" is the third single from Vanessa Amorosi's debut album "The Power". After its release in May 2000 this powerful ballad jumped straight into the ARIA charts at #4 position [ [http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vanessa+Amorosi&titel=Shine&cat=s australian-charts.com: Vanessa Amorosi - Shine] ] , went Gold in just 2 weeks, and Platinum [ [http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2000.htm ARIA Charts: Accreditations - 2000 Singles] ] just one month later.Vanessa sang "Shine" at the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games 2000, which was broadcast in 80 countries."Shine" has won the APRA award 2001 [ [http://www.apra.com.au/awards/music/winners2001.asp APRA Music Awards: Winners 2001] ] for being the most played song on Australian radio in 2000.Vanessa Amorosi performed her hit "Shine" at the 2002 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Manchester.

The original lyrics to "Shine" were much darker. Mark Holden was responsible for the success of her song "Shine", which Amorosi wrote for a friend from high school who committed suicide.Amorosi says: "Mark changed a line in it. He said the song didn't work, or that one particular line in it didn't work. The line went 'Everyone you see, everyone you know is gonna die' and he didn't like the word 'die'. He thought it was just wrong. We were all sitting around trying to find a substitute, and we were all stuck on the word 'try'. But Mark came up with the idea of changing it to 'shine' and it all came together.That's Mark's magic. He has a great ear for music. He knows exactly what makes a hit." [ [http://mcv.e-p.net.au/features/absolutely-amorosi-3284.html MCV-Melbourne Community Voice: Absolutely Amorosi] ]

"Shine" and "Perfect" are her highest charting singles to date.

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[http://www.discogs.com/release/980641 discogs.com: Vanessa Amorosi - Shine]