2013Released
5:04

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Shine a Light. By Songfacts®.

This way-out-there rocker finds Liam Gallagher repeatedly inviting the listener to "Come on, shine a light," before imploring him or her to "Universalise, la-alise, oh-alise." If you're unsure how to 'universalise' our linguistic expert informs us that the word is a verb meaning to make universal or to make common across all cases.

The song's rhythm came from the band jamming over Captain Beefheart's "Mirror Man."

Iggy Pop fans will note the similarities of the song's riff to the one on The Stooges "1969."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Shine a Light.
GKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
101BPM

Album

The album Shine a Light is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Shine a Light.
Columbia
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