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Big Sur (The Thrills song)

2003 single by the Thrills

"Big Sur"
Singlebythe Thrills
from the album So Much for the City
B-side	"No-One Likes to Be Upstaged"
Released	9 June 2003 (2003-06-09)[1]
Recorded	October 2002–March 2003
Studio	Sound Factory (Los Angeles) Strongroom (London, England) Area 51 (Dublin, Ireland)
Length	3:07
Label	Virgin
Composer(s)	The Thrills
Lyricist(s)	Conor Deasy
Producer(s)	Tony Hoffer
The Thrills singles chronology
"One Horse Town" (2003) "Big Sur" (2003) "Don't Steal Our Sun" (2003)

"Big Sur" is the third single released by Irish band the Thrills, taken from their debut album, So Much for the City (2003). The song contains elements from the 1966 song "(Theme from) The Monkees".^[2] "Big Sur" was released on 9 June 2003 and reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the most successful single release from the band. In their home country, the song reached number nine, giving them their second top-10 single, after "One Horse Town".^[3] Elsewhere, the song reached number 44 in Italy and number 55 in the Netherlands.

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Credits and personnel[edit]

Credits are lifted from the So Much for the City album booklet.^[7]

Studios

• Recorded between October 2002 and March 2003 at Sound Factory (Los Angeles), Strongroom Studios (London, England), and Area 51 Studios (Dublin, Ireland)
• Mixed between October 2002 and March 2003 at Quad Studios (New York City)
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)

Personnel

Charts[edit]

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