Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)

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"Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)"
Single by George Jones
from the album Shine On
B-side "Memories of Mama"
ReleasedJanuary 1983
Genre Country
Length3:18
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Bob Morrison
Johnny MacRae
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
George Jones singles chronology
"Same Ole Me"
(1982)
"Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)"
(1983)
"I Always Get Lucky with You"
(1983)

"Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" is a song written by Johnny MacRae and Bob Morrison, and recorded by American country music artist George Jones. It was released in January 1983 as the first single from his album Shine On . The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1] "Shine On" was Jones' sixth Top 10 solo hit in less than three years. The song also displayed some of the pop elements that producer Billy Sherrill would introduce into George's sound over the course of his next few albums.

Johnny MacRae, born Fred A. MacRae, nicknamed "Dog" was an American country music composer credited with 235 songs released by recording artists including Ray Charles, George Jones, and Reba McEntire. His best known songs include "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody", "Tonight the Heartache's on Me", "I'd Love to Lay You Down", "I Still Believe in Waltzes", "Goodbye Says It All" (Blackhawk), and "Living Proof".

Bob Morrison (songwriter)

Robert Edwin Morrison is an American country songwriter based in Nashville. More than 350 of his songs have been recorded. His most successful compositions are the Grammy-winning Kenny Rogers song, "You Decorated My Life" and the Grammy-nominated "Lookin' for Love," the theme song for the 1980 John Travolta film, Urban Cowboy, recorded by Johnny Lee. Morrison was ASCAP's "Country Songwriter of the Year" in 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982 and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016.

George Jones American musician

George Glenn Jones was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last twenty years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum."

Chart performance

Chart (1983)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks8

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References

  1. "George Jones singles". Allmusic . Retrieved November 25, 2011.