I Just Wanna Shine

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"I Just Wanna Shine"
Single by Fitz and the Tantrums
from the album All the Feels
ReleasedJuly 14, 2019 (2019-07-14)
Length3:27
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jake Sinclair
Fitz and the Tantrums singles chronology
"All the Feels"
(2019)
"I Just Wanna Shine"
(2019)
"Sway"
(2023)
Music video
"I Just Wanna Shine" on YouTube

"I Just Wanna Shine" is a song by American indie pop band Fitz and the Tantrums. It was released on July 14, 2019, as the fourth single from the band's fourth studio album All the Feels. Band's members Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, Joe Karnes, James King, Jeremy Ruzumna and John Wicks wrote the song with Nick Long, and it was produced by Jake Sinclair.

The song is used for promos advertising the weekday morning news for WABC-TV and became a sleeper hit after it was used in the film Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken.

Music video[edit]

An accompanying music video was released on July 15, 2019. The video shows young skateboarding breakdancer "practicing her craft" at different locations of Los Angeles, finally "culminating on the rooftop of her apartment building with the city’s skyline behind her."[1]

Track listing[edit]

Digital download[2]
No.TitleLength
1."I Just Wanna Shine"3:27
Digital download – radio edit[3]
No.TitleLength
1."I Just Wanna Shine" (radio edit)3:16
Digital download – acoustic[4]
No.TitleLength
1."I Just Wanna Shine" (acoustic)3:01
Digital download – Johan Lenox remix[5]
No.TitleLength
1."I Just Wanna Shine" (Johan Lenox remix)3:48

Credits and personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[6]

  • Suzy Chin – Engineer
  • Fitz and the Tantrums – composer, keyboards, primary artist, vocals,
  • Joe Karnes – bass
  • Joseph Karnes – composer
  • James King – composer, horn
  • Nick Long – composer, guitar
  • Emerson Mancini – mastering
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Jeremy Ruzumna – composer, keyboards
  • Noelle Scaggs – composer, vocals
  • Jake Sinclair – producer
  • Rachel White – assistant engineer
  • John Wicks – composer, drums

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kreps, Daniel (July 15, 2019). "Watch Skateboard-Breakdancing Pro in Fitz and the Tantrums' 'I Just Wanna Shine' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "I Just Wanna Shine - Single by Fitz and the Tantrums". Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Apple Music.
  3. ^ "I Just Wanna Shine (Radio Edit) - Single by Fitz and the Tantrums". Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Apple Music.
  4. ^ "I Just Wanna Shine (Acoustic) - Single by Fitz and the Tantrums". Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Apple Music.
  5. ^ "I Just Wanna Shine (Johan Lenox Remix) - Single by Fitz and the Tantrums". Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Apple Music.
  6. ^ "Fitz and the Tantrums – I Just Wanna Shine / Credits". All Music. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Fitz and the Tantrums Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "Fitz and the Tantrums Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  9. ^ "China Airplay Chart/Foreign Language - 29/07/2019". Billboard China (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "Fitz and the Tantrums Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  11. ^ "Fitz and the Tantrums Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  13. ^ "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.