The Dying of the Light (song)

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"The Dying of the Light"
Single by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
from the album Chasing Yesterday
B-side "The Girl with X-Ray Eyes (Demo)"
Released11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)
Genre Alternative rock
Length5:11
Label Sour Mash
Songwriter(s) Noel Gallagher
Producer(s) Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds singles chronology
"Lock All the Doors"
(2015)
"The Dying of the Light"
(2015)
"Holy Mountain"
(2017)

"The Dying of the Light" is a song by English rock band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. It was released on 11 December 2015 as the fifth and final single from their second album Chasing Yesterday , of the same year. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher

No.TitleLength
1."The Dying of the Light"5:11
2."The Girl with X-Ray Eyes (Demo)"3:25

Notes

  1. "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds to follow up Q Award for best album with Leeds gig next April". yorkpress.co.uk. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

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