He noted that despite the song's unique feel, this circumstance wrongfully pigeonholed the band as being grunge. Roland did note, however, his religious background and the fact that his father is a Southern Baptist minister, but that this does not justify a Christian label.Ĭollective Soul rhythm guitarist Dean Roland has called the song's chorus "basically a prayer" and noted that the uplifting single was released during an odd time amidst heavy grunge. I don't remember anyone saying they were a Christian band.'" He went on to stress that such classification would unite the bandmates' beliefs and that a particular doctrine cannot speak for all its members. Ed Roland elaborated, "I remember around the time getting into an argument with a writer who said, 'You're a Christian band.' I said, 'No, we're not.' 'Well, you have the word heaven in your song.' And I said, 'Well, so does Led Zeppelin. ĭue to the song's lyrical themes, particularly the mention of "heaven", Collective Soul was often early on regarded as a Christian band. I probably wrote it in 1989, and it wasn't out until 1994. I just showed him the riff, and I was like, "I need to finish this." So, I literally just wrote it right there, with Dean, sitting in my parents' living room.
So he was playing guitar, and I joined in. But I always had the "Shine" riff, and I thought, "That's a cool riff." Then I came home and spent the night with my parents and Dean, who is 10 years younger than me – I didn't even know he played guitar. So, I had a bunch of them that the band I was in at the time were playing. I called it "drone," where you either drone the A or the E, and play a melody under it. I had riffs – this was the late '80s and I was writing a lot of songs. In a December 2017 interview with Songfacts, lead singer Ed Roland explained the origin of "Shine":
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