The name Shiny was conceived by David Perry while listening to the R.E.M. track Shiny Happy People on loop during the development of Disney's Aladdin for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
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In 1999, the song was named to CFNY's Top 1002 New Rock Songs of All Time, ranking 689th behind R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People" and ahead of Robert Palmer's "Looking for Clues".