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Cover of Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid by Collective Soul
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“Shine” by Collective Soul

From the album Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid (1993)

“Shine” by Collective Soul appears on 85 radio countdowns from 41 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1993 on the album Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid. Its best result is #24 on the Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #37 alternative song of 1994, #612 alternative song of all time and #347 of the '90s.

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41stations
#24best position
0#1 finishes
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1994–2026years charted

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Collective Soul - Shine (Official HD Music Video)

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"Shine" was the song that introduced Collective Soul to the world: their first single and the lead track pulled from their 1993 debut on Atlantic, Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid. It was very much Ed Roland's show. He wrote it, arranged it, sang it, played guitar on it and produced it, and he engineered and mixed it with Matt Serletic.

The riff does the heavy lifting, a big, chunky, stop-start figure that could flatten a small town, with Ross Childress and Dean Roland stacking guitars alongside Ed, Will Turpin on bass and Shane Evans on drums. Then the chorus opens up and Roland's voice climbs with a hopeful lift that set it apart from the gloom hanging over so much rock of the moment.

It spent eight weeks at number one on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart and finished 1994 as its biggest single of the year, crossed over to number 11 on the Hot 100, and won a Billboard award for Top Rock Track. VH1 later ranked it 42nd among the greatest songs of the '90s, and it remains the song the band is best known for.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 55 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 69 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 91
1994 28 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 47 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 31 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 92 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 100
1994 24 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 518 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 172 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1995 342 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 220 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 1012 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 227 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 321 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 217 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 498 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1337 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 232 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 206 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 79 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 68 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 1337 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1337 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 192 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 40 WFNX WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002) 50
2002 1336 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 215 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 436 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1321 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 413 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1321 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1321 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 320 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2009 257 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2010 224 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2014 238 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 218 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2016 835 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 246 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 242 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 80 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the 90's 100
2019 202 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 395 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 864 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 178 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 182 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2020 189 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 328 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 145 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 109 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 764 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 100 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 990 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 363 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 235 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 106 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 251 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 108 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 227 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 179 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 457 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 179 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 166 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 229 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2023 88 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 154 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 110 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 601 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 247 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 94 ALT 104.5 ALT 104.5 Top 104 of ALT Time 104
2023 495 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 179 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 143 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 153 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 432 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 294 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 159 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 127 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 444 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 494 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2026 298 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 354 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 113 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 77 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 439 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500

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