Shine a Light (G-Dragon album)

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Shine a Light
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Cover of the Taiwan edition released in 2013.
Live album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 2010 (2010-03-30)
RecordedDecember 2009
Genre
Language Korean
Label YG
Producer
G-Dragon chronology
Hearbreaker
(2009)
Shine a Light
(2010)
GD&TOP
(2010)

Shine a Light is the first live album by South Korean rapper G-Dragon. It was released on March 30, 2010 and is a two-disc compilation of live and remixed songs, recorded during his Shine a Light concert in December 2009 at Olympic Gymnastics Arena. [1]

Contents

Background

Following G-Dragon's plagiarism accusations for his song "Heartbreaker" by Sony Music who saw similarities to Flo Rida's song "Right Round", [2] YG Entertainment announced they had personally reached out to Flo Rida's representatives. The label confirmed on March 6, 2010 that Flo Rida is going to appear as a featuring artist in a new version of "Heartbreaker", [3] to be included as a bonus track on G-Dragon's live album Shine a Light.

Track listing

All tracks written by G-Dragon; "The Leaders" co-written with Teddy and CL.

Disc 1

Shine a LightDisc one [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Heartbreaker"5:04
2."This Love"3:44
3."Hello" (feat. Dara)3:46
4."Gossip Man" (feat. Kim Gunmo)3:58
5."My Age Is 13 + Storm + Hip Hop Gentlemen + G-Dragon"4:15
6."A Boy"3:16
7."The Leaders" (feat. Teddy, CL)4:44
8."Breathe"3:54
9."Butterfly"3:41
10."But I Love U"4:55
11."She's Gone" (feat. Kush)4:50
12."Only Look At Me Pt. 2" (feat. Taeyang)4:01
13."Korean Dream" (feat. Taeyang)3:33
14."Station of One Year"5:29
15."Lies"5:59
16."Heartbreaker (Encore)"4:51

Disc 2

Shine a LightDisc two (bonus tracks) [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Heartbreaker (feat. Flo Rida)"3:24
2."This Love (G.H remix)"3:19
3."A Boy (Choice37 Remix)"3:24
4."Breathe (Hitchhiker Remix)"3:38
5."Heartbreaker (Choice37 Remix)"3:37

Charts and sales

Release history

RegionDateFormatDistributing LabelRef
South KoreaMarch 30, 2010
  • CD
  • digital download
YG Entertainment [8]
TaiwanMay 7, 2013CD Warner Music Taiwan [9]

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