"Shine" is the second single taken from Take That

Take That

Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...

's comeback album Beautiful World.

Song information

"Shine" was released on 26 February 2007 and features lead vocals by Mark Owen

Mark Owen

Mark Anthony Patrick Owen , is an English singer-songwriter. He is a member of pop band Take That. The band were hugely successful during the 1990s and have enjoyed even more success since their reunion in 2005...

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The song is featured in several commercials for the relaunched Morrisons

Morrisons

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...

 supermarkets in the UK, fronted by actress Denise van Outen

Denise van Outen

Denise van Outen is an English actress, singer and television presenter. Her most notable roles to date are as a presenter on The Big Breakfast, and as Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago on both the West End and on Broadway.- Early life :Born Denise Kathleen Outen in Basildon, Essex, she is the...

, comedian Nick Hancock, television presenter Gabby Logan

Gabby Logan

Gabby Logan is a television presenter and radio presenter, as well as a former Wales international gymnast. She currently hosts programmes for BBC Sport, mainly focusing on football.- Early life :...

, gardener Diarmuid Gavin

Diarmuid Gavin

Diarmuid Gavin is an Irish garden designer and television personality. He is married to Justine Keane, daughter of The Hon. Ronan Keane, the former Chief Justice of Ireland, and Terry Keane, and they have a daughter named Eppie born December 2004.-Early life:When he was six, his younger brother...

, singer Lulu

Lulu (singer)

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...

, and television presenter Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond

Richard Mark Hammond is an English broadcaster, writer, and journalist most noted for co-hosting car programme Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1.-Early life:...

. It is also used on the third series of The Kevin Bishop Show

The Kevin Bishop Show

The Kevin Bishop Show is a sketch comedy written by and starring English comedian Kevin Bishop, part of the Star Stories team. The show was commissioned by Channel 4 for a six part series starting 25 July 2008 at 10pm...

 in the celebrity book club sketch. A 'live' version was recorded at a session with BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...

, and appears on the CD singles of "I'd Wait for Life

I'd Wait for Life

"I'd Wait for Life" was the third single released from Take That's album Beautiful World.-Background:The song was written by Take That. Featuring Gary Barlow on lead vocals, the single was released internationally on June 18, 2007 as a download and CD Single. Take That performed the song live on...

" and "Reach Out

Reach Out (Take That song)

"Reach Out" is a single from Take That's album Beautiful World. It was released as the album's fourth single on June 29, 2007.-Song information:"Reach Out" was released exclusively in the EU...

". It became Take That's sixth consecutive number one single and their tenth number one overall, making them one of only seven acts in the history of the UK charts to have more than nine number one hits. The song went on to win the British single of the year award at the 2008 BRIT Awards

2008 BRIT Awards

The 2008 BRIT Awards was the 28th edition of the biggest annual music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 20 February 2008 at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London. The ceremony attracted 6.1 million viewers, 800,000 more than the...

. The live version of "Shine" performed during the band's "Beautiful World" Tour in 2007 featured an intro that was taken from the finale to the song "Mr. Blue Sky

Mr. Blue Sky

"Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by English rock group Electric Light Orchestra, featured on the band's seventh studio album Out of the Blue . Written and produced by frontman Jeff Lynne, the song forms the fourth and final track of the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite, on side three of the original double...

" by the British pop/rock group Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra

Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...

. UK music licensing body PPL

Phonographic Performance Limited

PPL is the London-based United Kingdom music licensing company which undertakes collective rights management of recorded music and music videos for public performance, broadcast and new media use...

 announced in December 2009 that this was the second most played and used song in the UK of the 2000s. Lily Allen

Lily Allen

Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper , better known as Lily Allen, is an English recording artist and fashion designer. She is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. In her teenage years, her musical tastes evolved from glam rock to alternative...

's song "Who'd Have Known

Who'd Have Known

"Who'd Have Known" is the fifth and final international single by British recording artist Lily Allen from her second studio album, It's Not Me, It's You...

" samples "Shine". The song is written in the key signature of E flat major; however, on some live versions it is performed in D major. When Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow

Gary Barlow is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and record producer. He is frontman and lead vocalist of pop group Take That and is currently the head judge on the eighth series of The X Factor. Barlow is one of Britain's most successful songwriters...

 and Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

 appeared on BBC Radio 1 Live promoting their single Shame, Williams performed a cover of Shine. It also won Best British Single at the 2008 Brit Awards making it Take That's seventh Brit Award.

Chart performance

The single entered the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 at #84, and made its official debut to the charts at #30 the following week, three weeks before its physical release. It reached number one on 4 March 2007, staying two weeks at the top. The single peaked at number two on the download chart. During its first week at the top of the UK Singles Chart, the single rose from #20 to #2 on the Irish Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

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Music video

The video for "Shine" was directed by Justin Dickel with a concept of recreating a Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns...

 style musical number. It premiered on Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 on Thursday 25 January 2007 at 11:05 p.m.

Track listings

UK CD Single (1724294)

1. "Shine" (Radio Mix) - 3:29
2. "Trouble With Me" - 3:23

German CD Single

1. "Shine" - 3:29
2. "Trouble With Me" - 3:23
3. "Patience" (Stripped Down Version) - 3:19
4. "Shine" (Video) - 3:29

Dutch CD Single

1. "Shine" - 3:29
2. "Trouble With Me" - 3:23
3. "Patience" (Stripped Down Version) - 3:19
4. "Patience" (Live In Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden - Video) - 3:29

Belgian CD Single

1. "Shine" - 3:29
2. "We Love To Entertain You" - 4:11

Official Versions

• Album Version (3:31)
• Radio Mix (3:29)
• BBC Radio 2 'Live & Exclusive' (3:36)
• Live at Wembley (3:46)
• Abbey Road Version (3:42)

Charts and certifications

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Chart (2007)	Peak position
Europe (Hot 100)	3
Latvia (EHR European Hit Radio European Hit Radio is one of the very first commercial radio stations in Baltic States. This radio focuses on reflecting the current situation in European music charts... )	3

Year-End charts

End of year chart (2007)	Position
Italian Singles Chart	49
UK Singles Chart	18

Certifications