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Shine on Silver Sun

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"Shine on Silver Sun"
Single by Strawbs
from the album Hero and Heroine
B-side"And Wherefore"
Released31 August 1973 (1973-08-31)
GenreProgressive rock
Length2:46
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Dave Cousins
Strawbs singles chronology
"Part of the Union"
(1973)
"Shine on Silver Sun"
(1973)
"Hero and Heroine"
(1974)

"Shine on Silver Sun" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1974 album Hero and Heroine. It is written by Dave Cousins and was intended as a "come-back" single after the post-"Part of the Union" band split. The single was a minor success peaking at number 34 in the UK Singles Chart.

B-Side

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The B-side track "And Wherefore" is a band composition, not released on any studio album. It forms the second part of the composite song "Why and Wherefore" which appears on the compilation/rarities album Halcyon Days.

Personnel

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