Shine On (Jet song)

Infobox Single
Name = Shine On


Caption =
Artist = Jet
from Album = Shine On
B-side = "Coming Home Soon"
Released = December 12 2006 (U.S.) March 5 2007 (UK)
Format = CD download
Recorded = Barbados, Summer 2006
Genre = Alternative, Piano rock
Length = 4:36
Label = Atlantic Records, Capitol Records (Australia)
Writer = Nic Cester
Producer = Dave Sardy
Chart position = * #30 (U.S. "Billboard" Modern Rock)
* #54 (Australia)
* #114 (UK)
Last single = "Bring It on Back" --- "Rip It Up"
(November 2006)
This single = "Shine On"
(March 2007)
Next single = "The Wild One"
(2008)

"Shine On" is a song by Australian rock band Jet, and is the seventh track on their second album "Shine On". In March 2007, the single was released as the third single from that album in the United Kingdom and Australia.cite web|title=Shine On by Jet CD Single|accessdate=2007-01-14|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7347452&BAB=E] An EP was released to the American iTunes Store in December 2006.

The song was written by Nic to comfort his family after his father's death. He is quoted of saying "It was inevitable I would write a song that dealt with all of that, but it was almost too big a subject for me to handle," Nic says. "Then I got a phone call from my mum saying everyone was depressed so I wrote the song through Dad's eyes, what he would say to help everyone through. We recorded it in one take, but it was emotional, very heavy. We couldn't be happier with this album."

The title of the song is speculated to be an homage to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", a similarly-themed song by Pink Floyd, though this has not been confirmed. Similarly, the refrain of "Shine on, for everyone" is reminiscent of "Instant Karma!", a song by John Lennon.

The song was featured on the final episode of the television series "The O.C." and also in a season final episode of Cold Case. It is also rumoured to be the song played at the funeral of one Robert James Sloan. In a recent interview with Heat magazine, the comedy chathost declared, "I love this song. I would be more than delighted to hear it though my coffin!" Fact|date=November 2007

The song charty poorly in the UK missing the top 75 altogether and also charted poorly in Australia missing the top 50 altogether. The song failed to chart in the United States but it did chart on the Modern Rock charts at #30.

Track listings

British versions

*7" AT0270X
#"Shine On"
#"Eleanor" (Full Band Version) - 3:33
*CD AT0270CD
#"Shine On"
#"Coming Home Soon" - 4:23

American versions

*Promo CDcite web|title=Jet Shine On USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (384458)|accessdate=2007-01-14|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=384458]
#"Shine On" (Radio Edit) – 3:43
#"Shine On" (Album Version) – 4:38
*iTunes EP
#"Shine On" - 4:36
#"Where Are All My Good Friends" - 3:37
#"Jane Jones" - 2:53

Australian version

#"Shine On" (Radio Edit) - 3:43
#"Coming Home Soon" - 4:23
#"The Only Place That's Up From Here Is Down" (demo)
#"Eleanor" (Full Band Version) - 3:33
#"Shine On" (Album Version) - 4:36

References

External links

* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=514887&aid=814740 Discography - Jet - Shine On (Single)] , Billboard