Shine (Cyndi Lauper song)

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"Shine"

Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album Shine (Cyndi Lauper album)
Released	2002
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop
Label	Oglio Records, Fly-Life Music and Unimusic Corp
Writer(s)	Cyndi Lauper, William Wittman
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Disco Inferno"	"Shine"	"Walk On By"

Shine, The title track off of Cyndi Lauper's Shine album was the only single off the album.

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It was performed for the first time at Vienna, City Hall (Aids Benefit) on June 16, 2001.

This song has been remixed by several people: Victor Calderone, Tracy Young, ... It caused the song to be a hit in the clubs.

"Shine" was remixed into a dance track for a climactic fifth season episode of the US version of Queer as Folk. Lauper appeared as herself to perform the song at the show's "Babylon" dance club. Since then the performance has been used as a video clip for the song.

The first official release of the song appeared on the Shine E.P., a 2001 mini album released to counteract heavy pirating of the material on the then-shelved full length album. Before the official release of the album (exclusively in Japan), a single was released for the song, in a variety of formats.This limited edition was only released in the United States and could only be ordered online. The official name of the single is "Shine Remixes".