Song · Godsmack
“Shine Down” by Godsmack
From the album IV (2006)
“Shine Down” by Godsmack appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2006. It was first released in 2006 on the album IV. Its best result is #10 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #31 hard rock song of 2006 and #212 of the '00s.
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"Shine Down" is Sully Erna's song on Godsmack's fourth album, IV, from 2006, and by drummer Shannon Larkin's account it arrived nearly finished. Erna walked in with it, asked Larkin for a drum beat in the mold of "When the Levee Breaks", played the riff, and that was that.
The surprise is the harmonica. Erna blows a harp solo in the bridge, a habit he picked up jamming on it around the studio, though Larkin says the idea to put it in the song may have come from Andy Johns. Larkin describes it as a song about faith in a higher power, whatever god you hold to, some force that looks after you and gets you through to the next day. It climbed to number four on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
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