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"Sun Hits the Sky"
SinglebySupergrass
from the album In It for the Money
B-side"Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"
Released9 June 1997 (1997-06-09)
StudioSawmills (Golant, UK)
GenrePsychedelic rock[1]
Length4:55
LabelParlophone
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.

Track listings[edit]

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[edit]

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

Studio

Personnel

Charts[edit]

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[edit]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 9 June 1997
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
  • Parlophone [13]
    Japan 19 July 1997 CD
    • Parlophone
  • EMI
  • [14]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1997". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 564. ISBN 9781493064601.
  • ^ 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)
  • ^ 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)
  • ^ 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)
  • ^ 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)
  • ^ 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)
  • ^ In It for the Money (UK CD album liner notes). Supergrass. Parlophone. 1997. CDPCS 7388, 7243 8 55228 2 6.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  • ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 14, no. 26. 28 June 1997. p. 18. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  • ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (10.7. '97 – 16.7. '97)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 11 July 1997. p. 22. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  • ^ "Supergrass – Sun Hits the Sky" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  • ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  • ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  • ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 7 June 1997. p. 33. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  • ^ "サン・ヒッツ・ザ・スカイ(ジャパン・オンリー・ミニ・アルバム) | スーパーグラス" [Sun Hits the Sky (Japan Only Mini Album) | Supergrass] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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