Sweet December

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"Sweet December"
Sweet december.jpg
Single by Short Stack
from the album This Is Bat Country
Released11 December 2009
Length3:38
Label Sunday Morning Records
Songwriter(s) Short Stack
Producer(s) Shaun Diviney
Bradie Webb
Lee Groves
Short Stack singles chronology
"Ladies & Gentlemen"
(2009)
"Sweet December"
(2009)
"Planets"
(2010)

Sweet December is a song by Australian pop punk band, Short Stack. It was released on 11 December 2009 [1] [2] as the lead single from the band's second studio album, This Is Bat Country .

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Shaun Diviney and Bradie Webb.

CD single (SMR0017)
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet December"3:38
2."Ladies & Gentlemen" (Lee Groves Mix – Radio Edit)3:07
3."Its4UBradie Mix"4:48
4."Shimmy a Go Go" (Bradie Mix)4:10
5."Back of My Head" (Bradie Mix; digital copy exclusive)4:24
6."Ladies and Gentlemen" (music video; physical copy exclusive)3:34

Personnel

Short Stack

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009–10)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [3] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Position
Australian Artists (ARIA) [4] 45

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References

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