Shine on Silver Sun
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| Single by Strawbs | ||||||||||
| from the album Hero and Heroine | ||||||||||
| B-side | "And Wherefore" | |||||||||
| Released | 7 September 1973 | |||||||||
| Format | 7" | |||||||||
| Genre | progressive rock | |||||||||
| Length | 2:46 | |||||||||
| Label | A&M | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Dave Cousins | |||||||||
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"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.
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.
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