Shine On (The House of Love song)

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"Shine On"
Single by The House of Love
from the album The House of Love
ReleasedMay 1987 (original)
22 January 1990 (re-record)
GenreShoegaze[1]
Length3:21 (1987)
4:00 (1990)
LabelCreation Records (1987)
Mercury Records (1990)
Songwriter(s)The House of Love
The House of Love singles chronology
"I Don't Know Why I Love You"
(1989) 		"Shine On"
(1987) 		"Beatles and the Stones"
(1990)

"Shine On" is a single by The House of Love, written by Guy Chadwick. It was originally released in 1987, when the band was on Creation Records, but failed to reach the UK top 100.[2] The band's subsequent singles peaked outside of the top 40 until, in early 1990, "Shine On" was re-recorded, produced by Tim Palmer and re-released. This time the song peaked at #20 in the UK,[3] #24 in Ireland,[4] and #171 in Australia.[5] Their follow-up single, "Beatles and the Stones", was their final single to reach the UK top 40.

The song is used for the skateboarder Corey Duffel's part in the Osiris Shoes video "Feed The Need" and in Trigger Happy TV series 1.[citation needed]

In 2006, the song was covered by Apoptygma Berzerk and Stephan Groth.

Composition[]

"Shine On" has been described as a "classic, full of dark glamour, shimmering, squalling, pre-shoegaze guitars and a massive chorus."[6] It contains heavy use of reverb, with vocals sung by Guy Chadwick. The original version contained background harmonies by Andrea Heukamp, who left the band before the release of The House of Love's self-titled debut album.[2]

PopMatters listed "Shine On" as the 66th-best alternative rock single of the 1980s, praising the song for its "cinematic swirl of delicate beauty, with a thunderous rhythm and Terry Bickers' darkly shimmering guitar."[2]

A re-recorded version of the song in 1990 reached No. 20 on the UK Singles Chart, one of two top-40 hits for the band in their native country.

Charts[]

Chart (1990) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 20

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.brooklynvegan.com/creation-records-house-of-love-cold-beat-more/
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "66. House of Love - "Shine On" (1987)". PopMatters. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  3. ^ "Official Charts > House of Love". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Fireball Media. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. ^ Pearis, Bill (June 22, 2018). "Indie Basement: House of Love, Adorable, Cold Beat & more". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  7. ^ "The House of Love: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.


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