Griffin. It features McFly and Cruz performing together in a cage, whilst hordes of fans watch them from outside. Live performances McFly performed "Shine a Light" live for the first time on Paul O'Grady Live, without an appearance from Cruz. On 4 December, McFly and Cruz performed the song together live on Jingle Bell Ball; the first and unique time they had done so. McFly performed the song on The Hollyoaks Music Show, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, TMI and the charity events ChildLine Concert in Dublin and Children in Need. McFly also performed an acoustic version of the song in Spain on El Hormiguero. Facetime performance May 2020 during Covid-19 lockdown - Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones with James Arthur, Olly Murs and Niall Horan perform together a fantastic rendition. Track listing UK CD1 "Shine a Light" (featuring Taio Cruz) - 3:39 "Shine a Light" (featuring Taio Cruz) (WestFunk & Steve Smart Remix) - 3:28 UK CD2 "Shine a Light" (McFly Solo Version) - 3:55 "Dynamite" (Radio 1 Live Lounge Session) - 3:56 "I'll Be Your Man" (Acoustic Version) - 4:59 "End of the World" (Acoustic Version) - 3:38 UK 7" Picture Disc "Shine a Light" (featuring Taio Cruz) - 3:39 Chart performance On 14 November, the single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 4, with sales of more than 51,000 copies, the song spent seven weeks in the Top 20, In its 7th week, "Shine a Light" became the top selling singles of McFly after "All About You" and spent eighteen weeks in UK top 100. The song peaked the number 9 in UK Airplay Chart. As of 2012, it has sold 341,000 copies in the UK. In Scotland the song spent three weeks on Top 10 and eight weeks in the Top 20. In Portugal the song spent seven weeks on Top 20. Nine weeks after the original release, "Shine a Light" featured 16 in 4Music's top 20 for the week. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications |} Personnel Danny Jones - songwriter, guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals Tom Fletcher - songwriter, guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals Harry Judd - drums, percussion Dougie Poynter - bass Taio Cruz - songwriter, lead vocals, synths, keyboard, producer Alan Nglish - producer Serban Ghenea - mixer Release history References 2010 singles McFly songs Songs written by Danny Jones Songs written by Tom Fletcher Songs written by Taio Cruz 2010 songs