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)		"Where Do I Begin"
(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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