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2001 single by Ash

"Shining Light" is a song by Ash, which was released as the first single from their album Free All Angels. It was released on 29 January 2001. It was released as a single CD (released on 2CD formats) and as a 7 inch vinyl (which came with a picture sleeve). It was also Ash's first single to be released as an enhanced CD. "Shining Light" reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart. The song had been covered by fellow Downpatrick songwriter Triona in 2015 which featured on a Power NI advert.

The B side "Warmer Than Fire" was originally written by Steve Ludwin of Little Hell. The song was intended to be a download only release for fans, but due to its immense popularity it was released on the "Shining Light" single as well as on the Cosmic Debris b side collection. The song has also been performed several times live in concert. Rumours that Wheeler bought the royalties for the song from Ludwin for £35 have been denied by the band. "Warmer than Fire" also had its own music video, directed by Darren Tiernan (Wheeler's cousin). It consists of footage of the band messing around in Puerto Banus, Spain, where Free All Angels was being recorded and climaxes in a burning of a piano. The video cost very little and has rarely been seen. "Gabriel" also appears on CD1 (as well as on the Cosmic Debris collection) and is considered to be quite a retro sounding Ash track, reminiscent of "Innocent Smile" on 1977. "Feel No Pain" is the first b side on CD2, and was one of the leftover tracks from the Free All Angels recording session. The song is mainly about actually writing a song. "Jesus Says" originally released on the Nu Clear Sounds appears as a remix entitled the "Hedrock Valley Beats Lightyear 12 inch mix which appears on CD2. "Shining Light" has been used as song in advert for Toyota cars in Croatia. There are three separate edits of "Shining Light." The album version is 5:09 in length and features an extended bridge. The song was edited for radio too at 4:07 with a shortened bridge and guitar solo. The third edit of the song was for the Cosmic Debris collection and is 4:23 in length. The band played the song live according to this edit at many gigs from the Free All Angels tour onwards, however on their latest tour in 2007, the longest version was played.

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref. (Reference)United Kingdom29 January 2001CD, cassetteInfectious Records, Infectious, Home GrownAustralia19 February 2001CD

Annie Lennox's cover of "Shining Light" was released as the first single from The Annie Lennox Collection. It was one of her most 'pop' recordings for some time. The video, which features Lennox singing with an all woman band (all played by Lennox) in a brightly lit multi coloured studio, was premiered on MSN Music on 30 January 2009. The cover attracted praise, with Tim Wheeler from Ash saying, "It's cool – I'm really into it. It makes me proud that someone of her stature and talent is doing something different with our song," and Popjustice making it its Song of the Day on 8 January 2009, saying " after about 90 seconds it sounds like the greatest noise ever invented by a human". Lennox performed the song on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 6 March 2009 and also on The Paul O'Grady Show (9 March), The One Show (10 March), This Morning (11 March) and was also part of Comic Relief on 13 March 2009. The single was only available by download via Amazon or iTunes. The single became Lennox's first UK top 40 hit as a solo artist since 1995, reaching number 39. (She had reached the top 40 as a member of Eurythmics on three occasions in the interim.) It is also Lennox's final UK top 40 hit to date.