Sun Hits the Sky

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"Sun Hits the Sky"
Supergrass Sun Hits The Sky.jpg
Single by Supergrass
from the album In It for the Money
B-side "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"
Released9 June 1997 (1997-06-09)
Studio Sawmills (Golant, UK)
Genre Psychedelic rock [1]
Length4:55
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Supergrass
  • John Cornfield
Supergrass singles chronology
"Richard III"
(1997)		"Sun Hits the Sky"
(1997)		"Late in the Day"
(1997)

"Sun Hits the Sky" is a song by English rock band Supergrass. It was released as the third single from the band's second album, In It for the Money (1997), in June 1997. The single reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top 20 in Iceland. The B-side, "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others", is a cover of the 1986 Smiths song.

Contents

Track listings

UK and Australian CD single [2] [3]

  1. "Sun Hits the Sky"
  2. "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"
  3. "Sun Hits the Sky" (Radio 1 Evening Session)

UK 7-inch and cassette single [4] [5]

  1. "Sun Hits the Sky" (radio edit)
  2. "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"

Japanese mini-album [6]

  1. "Sun Hits the Sky" (radio edit)
  2. "Cheapskate"
  3. "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"
  4. "Sun Hits the Sky" (Radio 1 Evening Session)
  5. "Odd?" (original version)
  6. "Melanie Davis"

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the In It for the Money album liner notes. [7]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 44
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [9] 16
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [10] 81
Scotland (OCC) [11] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 10

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom9 June 1997
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Parlophone [13]
Japan19 July 1997CD
  • Parlophone
  • EMI
[14]

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  2. ↑ Sun Hits the Sky (UK CD single liner notes). Supergrass. Parlophone. 1997. CDR 6469, 7243 8 84187 2 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Sun Hits the Sky (Australian CD single liner notes). Supergrass. Parlophone. 1997. 7243 8 84207 2 3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Sun Hits the Sky (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Supergrass. Parlophone. 1997. R 6469, 7243 8 84187 7 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Sun Hits the Sky (UK cassette single sleeve). Supergrass. Parlophone. 1997. TCR 6469.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Sun Hits the Sky (Japanese mini-album liner notes). Supergrass. Parlophone, EMI Music Japan. 1997. TOCP-50238.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  9. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (10.7. '97 – 16.7. '97)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 11 July 1997. p. 22. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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  11. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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