Shining in the Light (song)

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"Shining in the Light"
Page and Plant - Shining in the Light (1998 Single).jpg
Single by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
from the album Walking into Clarksdale
Released30 May 1998 (1998-05-30)
Studio RAK Studios (London, England)
Genre Hard rock
Length4:01
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jimmy Page
  • Robert Plant
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant singles chronology
"Most High"
(1998)
"Shining in the Light"
(1998)

"Shining in the Light" is a song by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from their 1998 studio album Walking into Clarksdale . Issued as the album's second single on 30 May 1998, the song reached No. 6 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. [1] [2]

The track contains an overdubbed string section performed by Page on the Mellotron. Added as a guide, the overdub was inadvertently left in for the album release. [3]

Track listings

UK release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shining in the Light"Page, Plant, Jones, Lee4:01
2."How Many More Times (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)"Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham 11:18
European release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shining in the Light"Page, Plant, Jones, Lee4:01
2."Walking Into Clarksdale (Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire)"Page, Plant, Jones, Lee11:18
3."No Quarter (Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire)"Page, Plant, John Paul Jones9:48
US release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shining in the Light"Page, Plant, Jones, Lee4:01
Japanese release [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shining in the Light"Page, Plant, Jones, Lee4:01
2."How Many More Times (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)"Page, John Paul Jones, Bonham11:18
3."Walking Into Clarksdale (Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire)"Page, Plant, Jones, Lee6:17
4."No Quarter (Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire)"Page, Plant, John Paul Jones9:48

References

  1. "Robert Plant". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn presents Rock tracks 1981-2008. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 186. ISBN   978-0-89820-174-1. OCLC   234835387.
  3. Page, Jimmy (2020). Jimmy Page: The Anthology. Guildford, Surrey, England: Genesis Publications. p. 347. ISBN   978-1-905662-61-6. OCLC   1203144576.
  4. https://www.discogs.com/release/5792582-Jimmy-Page-Robert-Plant-Shining-In-The-Light