Shine (Collective Soul song)

Infobox Single
Name = Shine


Artist = Collective Soul
from Album = Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid
Released = 1993-1994
Recorded = 1992-1993
Genre = Post-grunge
Rock
Length = 5:06
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Ed Roland
Chart position =

#1 (US Modern Rock),

#11 (Billboard Hot 100)
Last single = None
This single = "Shine"
(1994)
Next single = "Breathe"
(1994)

"Shine" is the first hit single by post-grunge band Collective Soul. Released in 1993 on the album "Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid", "Shine" became the #1 Album Rock Song of 1994, and won a Billboard award for Top Rock Track. Fact|date=February 2007 It reached the top of the Mainstream Rock Tracks for eight weeks and also peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2001, Dolly Parton recorded a cover of "Shine" with members of the alt/Bluegrass band Nickel Creek. Parton's recording of the song earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

In the aftermath of the April 2007 Virginia Tech massacre it was revealed by two roommates that gunman Cho Seung-Hui played "Shine" over and over. [ [http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/music/archives/2007/04/collective_soul.php Collective Soul's "Shine" Soon To Be Christened Virginia Tech's "Helter Skelter" - Sound of the City - Village Voice] ] He even wrote some of the lyrics of the song ("Teach me how to speak/ Teach me how to share/ Teach me where to go") on his wall. [ [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3052025&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 Roommates Give a Glimpse Into the Mind of a Killer] ] In response to this news, the band issued a statement saying that "It is an enormous tragedy and we deeply regret the loss of life. The issue is not about the song. It is about the innocent lives that were lost that we regret deeply, as do all Americans." [ [http://www.therockradio.com/2007/04/collective-soul-issue-statement-on.html Collective Soul issue statement on killer's connection to song] ]

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