Shine a Light

Pierce is the sole writer. The debut came out on March 30, 1992 on Dedicated Records (DEDCD 004), recorded from November 1990 to July 1991 at VHF Sound Centre in Rugby, Moles Studio in Bath and Far Heath Studio in Northamptonshire, produced by Pierce and Barry Clempson and mixed by Pierce in London in January 1992. The album ran in four colour suites, and this song sits in the Blue one with "Take Your Time"; it was not a single. A medley of the two runs 14:09 on releases of the album, and a 14:40 version titled "Shine a Light (Clear Light/Clear Rush)" is on the live album Fucked Up Inside.

The Stranger calls it a slow-building devotional song with a vulnerable, repentant vocal that opened several Spiritualized shows in the 1990s. Released live versions include Glastonbury 1992 (10:59), Columbus, Ohio on August 29, 1996 (6:17, on the Electricity (Two) single) and Royal Albert Hall on October 10, 1997 (7:11). We found no statement from Pierce on its meaning, no video and no setlist count. The Topic upload is presumably the album recording; YouTube does not say.