Years & Years - "Shine"

[Juan Carlos]

"Shine" is going to be the next single from Years & Years' debut album Communion, which was confirmed by Olly Alexander in his Attitude magazine interview.

From Attitude:

The release date of the next single "Shine" is currently up in the air, with "King" still very much part of the furniture for most radio stations. It's Olly's idea of the only 'slightly positive' song on the impending debut record, the rest having been written 'post-breakup, post-relationship and post-rejection.' "Shine" was written in the optimistic beginning phase of his relationship with his current boyfriend of nearly six months.

And Olly said the following about the track:

"It's a really euphoric song but I actually find it really emotional. I found it quite difficult to be honest in a hopeful way. It's about hoping something works out. For me it's hard to be that vulnerable without feeling a bit desperate."

[Juan Carlos]

Artwork:



The single is available for pre-order on iTunes New Zealand so far and it will be out on July 3 there. Personally, it's weird move because Communion will be out two weeks earlier, so maybe the album will be pushed back a week later?

On the other side, if it's taken into consideration this tweet from them, looks like the track will be premiered tomorrow and I guess it will be on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show as the Hottest Record.

[Juan Carlos]

Premieres today on BBC Radio 1.

[hilbertkc]

So excited for the song!!

[allow that]

That instrumental reminds me of "Cloud 10" by Kendrick Lamar.

[Juan Carlos]

As previously mentioned, it was premiered today on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac's Hottest Record.

https%3A//soundcloud.com/yearsandyears/shine

[Linnethia Monique]

This album is definitely in contention to be one of my Top 5 favorites.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

This is amazing!!! I don't know how I missed out on them, but I am going to check out their other singles and then the album when it comes out next month.

[allow that]

So catchy. I like this a lot on first listen as I've done with all of their songs. I think this also sounds made-for-US-radio more than their other songs.

[Libra]

May 12, 2015 0:08:33 GMT -5 allow that said:

I think this also sounds made-for-US-radio more than their other songs.

Explain?

[allow that]

May 12, 2015 16:44:50 GMT -5 Libra said:

May 12, 2015 0:08:33 GMT -5 allow that said:

I think this also sounds made-for-US-radio more than their other songs.

Explain?

How is my quote vague? lol

[Libra]

May 13, 2015 10:05:37 GMT -5 allow that said:

How is my quote vague? lol

What is it about this song that specifically makes it sound "made for US radio" more than their others?

[jPHQ]

I think he means that there's a substance to this song. There is a complex musical and lyrical component, and the song also has a good natural flow musically. For instance the intro would blend well with, say, an intro by the DJ.

[Juan Carlos]

Music Video:

[pancakes]

Holy shit this is amazing.
They have topped "Take Shelter" which was my personal fav. before this showed up.

[allow that]

May 13, 2015 14:25:45 GMT -5 Libra said:

May 13, 2015 10:05:37 GMT -5 allow that said:

How is my quote vague? lol

What is it about this song that specifically makes it sound "made for US radio" more than their others?

It's a very straight forward pop song that's not toooo far off from some of Maroon 5's recent material (but better in terms of quality, duh). Something like "King" draws a lot from new wave which US pop stations are less likely to gravitate to on their own.

[Flip]

This is actually even better than King

[lyhom]

just released in the uk, now #1 on their itunes

[Juan Carlos]

Early Tuesday update in the UK and "Shine" is currently at #2 there. It has been mentioned on BuzzJack that the gap between "House Every Weekend" and this one is 5.5k, so I hope they can pull away the David Zowie track in three days.

ETA:

From BuzzJack Music Forum:

1 David Zowie - House Every Weekend (34.8k) ^
2 Years & Years - Shine (29.3k) *
3 Fifth Harmony - Worth It (26.2k) ^
4 Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me (17.2k)
5 Tinie Tempah feat. Jess Glynne - Not Letting Go (12.5k)

Also, there's missing data from Apple Music on Monday and Spotify on Sunday.

[Juan Carlos]

From the Official Charts/BuzzJack Music Forum:

The competition is far from over though, as Years & Years' new single "Shine" is close behind and on track to be this week's highest new entry, currently at Number 2.

1 David Zowie - House Every Weekend (41.4k) ^
2 Years & Years - Shine (35.7k) *
3 Fifth Harmony - Worth It (32k) ^
4 Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me (23.3k)
5 Tinie Tempah f/ Jess Glynne - Not Letting Go (16.9k)

This is the Wednesday update in the UK and "Shine" is still at #2. Also, the gap increased a little in favour of "House Every Weekend" That said, looks like there's still missing data from streaming, which doesn't benefit the Years & Years track at all, although some iTunes data could be missing as well. As a consequence, it may debut at #3 if the former is confirmed, despite it reached atop on iTunes. However, on a bright side, this is helping the launch of their album because they have a lot of banners on iTunes right now.

[Juan Carlos]

From BuzzJack Music Forum:

1 David Zowie - House Every Weekend (47.8k) ^
2 Years & Years - Shine (45.5k) *
3 Fifth Harmony - Worth It (37.6k) ^
4 Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me (30.7k)
5 Tinie Tempah f/ Jess Glynne - Not Letting Go (22.1k)

This is the Thursday update in the UK and "Shine" is still at #2. The gap has decreased to 2.3k and despite all the data has been counted, it's been mentioned that some data is still missing. That said, it will be closed tomorrow.

[Juan Carlos]

Debuts at #2 in the UK, becoming their fourth overall Top 40 there.

#1. "King"
#2. "Shine"
#7. "Sunlight" (The Magician featuring Years & Years)
#22. "Desire"

[lyhom]

feh

I mean I like "House Every Weekend" a lot but this is much better

[Juan Carlos]

Blocked by less than 1k! Also, it has been confirmed that Spotify data wasn't submitted, so I guess the gap between both of them would have been more in favour of "House Every Weekend" though~

From Music Week/BuzzJack Music Forum:

In an abbreviated week of five days, with sales levels further diminished by the complete lack of Spotify data available for their compilation, David Zowie's club anthem "House Every Weekend" surges from number 52 – a position it attained on streaming alone – to number one (54,929 sales, including 1,706 from streams)

Zowie's triumph put paid to Years & Years' attempt to secure their second straight number one singles chart debut, with "Shine". Selling 54,018 copies in the 120 hours available to it (including 2,238 from streams), it is the London trio's follow-up to "King", which sold 100,955 copies in a full seven day week on debut in March. Both songs are from Years & Years' debut album Communion, which was released on Friday (10th).

[maine]

I like this! I was listening to the previews for their album and it sounds pretty good. Hopefully they get another shot in the US with this or "Desire" since "King" flopped sadly.