Shine

"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.[citation needed] 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. Seung-Hui Cho, perpetrator of the April 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre, was reported by fellow students to have listened to "Shine" obsessively. He also 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. In response to this news, Collective Soul 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."

Released: 1993-1994
Recorded: 1992-1993
Genre: Post-grunge Rock
Length: 5:06
Label: Atlantic Records
Producer: Ed Roland

Give me a word
Give me a sign
Show me where to look
Tell what will I find ( will I find )
Lay me on the ground
Fly me in the sky
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find ( will I find )

Oh, heaven let your light shine down (x4)

Love is in the water
Love is in the air
Show me where to go
Tell me will love be there ( love be there )
Teach me how to speak
Teach me how to share
Teach me where to go
Tell me will love be there ( love be there )

Oh, heaven let your light shine down (x4)

Im going to let it shine (x2)
Heavens little light gonna shine on me
Yea yea heavens little light gonna shine on me
Its gonna shine, shine on me
Its gonna shine, come on in shine