Setting Sun (The Chemical Brothers song)

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"Setting Sun"
The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun single cover.png
Single by the Chemical Brothers
from the album Dig Your Own Hole
B-side "Buzz Tracks"
Released30 September 1996 (1996-09-30)
Studio Orinoco (South London, England)
Genre
Length5:23
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers singles chronology
"Life Is Sweet"
(1995)
"Setting Sun"
(1996)
"Block Rockin' Beats"
(1997)
Noel Gallagher singles chronology
"Setting Sun"
(1996)
"Let Forever Be"
(1999)
UK and US CD and cassette single, Australian CD single [27] [28] [29] [30]
No.TitleLength
1."Setting Sun" (full length version)5:23
2."Setting Sun" (radio edit)4:00
3."Buzz Tracks"4:11
4."Setting Sun" (instrumental)7:01
UK and US 12-inch single [31] [32]
No.TitleLength
1."Setting Sun" (full length version)5:21
2."Setting Sun" (instrumental)7:00
3."Buzz Tracks"4:09
European CD single [33]
No.TitleLength
1."Setting Sun" (radio edit)3:59
2."Setting Sun" (full length version)5:21
Japanese CD single [34]
No.TitleLength
1."Setting Sun" (full length version)5:21
2."Setting Sun" (radio edit)4:00
3."Buzz Tracks"4:09
4."Setting Sun" (instrumental)7:00
5."Loops of Fury"4:41
6."Chemical Beats" (Dave Clarke remix)5:04

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Dig Your Own Hole album booklet. [35]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [52] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom30 September 199612-inch vinyl
[53]
Japan27 November 1996CD [54]

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