Shine (Luna Sea song)

"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.

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