Setting Sun

"Setting Sun"
Single by The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
from the album Dig Your Own Hole
Released	30 September 1996 (UK)
Format	CD 12" vinyl
Recorded	1996
Length	5:23
Label	Virgin
Producer(s)	The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers chronology Loops of Fury (1996) "Setting Sun" (1996) "Where Do I Begin" (1997)

"Setting Sun" is a song by The Chemical Brothers, released as a single in 1996 from their second album Dig Your Own Hole. With vocals by Noel Gallagher, then of Oasis, it reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1][2] The song has been known to have been played by Gallagher during Oasis's Be Here Now Tour, primarily with just him playing the acoustic guitar and a drone playing in the background. The song was often coupled with the track Fade In-Out from the album. The origins of the song are rooted in Oasis's formative years, whilst playing in the Boardwalk in Manchester, of which a recording of the demo played in 1992 is available online. The original recording of the song was entitled "Comin' On Strong", had Liam Gallagher on vocals, and featured slightly different lyrics to that of the final version, but has commonalities with the version played by Noel during live concerts.

Pitchfork Media ranked it at number 43 in their list of the Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s.^[3]

Featured in other media

• The instrumental version of the song featured in the 1997 film The Saint.
• The song is featured in the 1997 film Nightwatch.
• The song was used as the closing credits to Nine Network Australia's Formula 1 coverage in 1998–99.
• In 2008, the track features on The Inbetweeners, in the episode 'Thorpe Park', when the characters ride on the Nemesis Inferno, and in an episode of The Real Hustle.
• In 2013, the song featured in an advert for the Hyundai ix35 and in an episode of My Mad Fat Diary.

Track listing

CD

UK and US releases
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Setting Sun"	5:23
2.	"Setting Sun (Radio Edit)"	4:00
3.	"Buzz Tracks"	4:11
4.	"Setting Sun (Instrumental)"	7:01

Japan release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Setting Sun"	5:22
2.	"Setting Sun (Radio Edit)"	4:00
3.	"Buzz Tracks"	4:12
4.	"Setting Sun (Instrumental)"	7:00
5.	"Loops of Fury"	4:41
6.	"Chemical Beats (Dave Clarke Remix)"	5:04

12" vinyl

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Setting Sun"	5:22
2.	"Buzz Tracks"	4:00
3.	"Setting Sun (Instrumental)"	7:00

References

1. "The Chemical Brothers - The Official Charts Company". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 598. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
3. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7852-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-50-21/1/

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics