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.
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."[1]
2020 year-end chart performance for "I Just Wanna Shine"
Chart (2020)
Position
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[12]
27
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[13]
36
References
^Kreps, Daniel (July 15, 2019). "Watch Skateboard-Breakdancing Pro in Fitz and the Tantrums' 'I Just Wanna Shine' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^"I Just Wanna Shine - Single by Fitz and the Tantrums". Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Apple Music.
^"I Just Wanna Shine (Radio Edit) - Single by Fitz and the Tantrums". Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Apple Music.
^"I Just Wanna Shine (Acoustic) - Single by Fitz and the Tantrums". Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Apple Music.
^"I Just Wanna Shine (Johan Lenox Remix) - Single by Fitz and the Tantrums". Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Apple Music.
^"Fitz and the Tantrums – I Just Wanna Shine / Credits". All Music. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^"Fitz and the Tantrums Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^"Fitz and the Tantrums Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^"China Airplay Chart/Foreign Language - 29/07/2019". Billboard China (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
^"Fitz and the Tantrums Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^"Fitz and the Tantrums Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^"Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^"Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2021.