Shining in the Light (song)

"Shining in the Light"
"Shining in the Light"
Single by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
from the album Walking into Clarksdale
Released	30 May 1998
Studio	RAK Studios (London, England)
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:01
Label	Mercury; Atlantic (North America);
Songwriter(s)	Jimmy Page; Robert Plant; Charlie Jones; Michael Lee;
Producer(s)	Jimmy Page; Robert Plant;
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant singles chronology

"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[edit]

UK release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shining in the Light"	Page, Plant, Jones, Lee	4:01
2.	"How Many More Times (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)"	Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham	11:18

European release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shining in the Light"	Page, Plant, Jones, Lee	4:01
2.	"Walking Into Clarksdale (Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire)"	Page, Plant, Jones, Lee	11:18
3.	"No Quarter (Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire)"	Page, Plant, John Paul Jones	Unknown

US release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shining in the Light"	Page, Plant, Jones, Lee	4:01

Japanese release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shining in the Light"	Page, Plant, Jones, Lee	4:01
2.	"How Many More Times (Live At Shepherds Bush Empire)"	Page, John Paul Jones, Bonham	11:18
3.	"Walking Into Clarksdale (Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire)"	Page, Plant, Jones, Lee	Unknown
4.	"No Quarter (Live at the Shepherds Bush Empire)"	Page, Plant, John Paul Jones	Unknown

References[edit]

^ "Robert Plant". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn presents Rock tracks 1981-2008. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 186. ISBN 0-89820-174-8. OCLC 234835387.
^ Page, Jimmy (2020). Jimmy Page: The Anthology. Guildford, Surrey, England: Genesis Publications. p. 347. ISBN 978-1-905662-61-6. OCLC 1203144576.

[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 0-89820-174-8. 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.

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