"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.
The song was also used in media with the creation of the hockey game, NHL 20.
Music video 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."
Track listing
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from AllMusic.
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
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for "I Just Wanna Shine" Chart (2019–2020) Peakposition China Airplay/FL (Billboard) 50
Year-end charts +2020 year-end chart performance for "I Just Wanna Shine" Chart (2020) Position US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) 27 US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard) 36
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