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Big Sur (The Thrills song)

"Big Sur"
Single by the Thrills
from the album So Much for the City
B-side"No-One Likes to Be Upstaged"
Released9 June 2003 (2003-06-09)[1]
RecordedOctober 2002–March 2003
Studio
  • Sound Factory (Los Angeles)
  • Strongroom (London, England)
  • Area 51 (Dublin, Ireland)
Length3:07
LabelVirgin
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.

Track listings

All tracks are written by the Thrills and Conor Deasy except "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me", written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr

UK and European CD single[2]
No.TitleLength
1."Big Sur"3:07
2."No-One Likes to Be Upstaged"3:24
3."One Horse Town" (demo)3:12
4."Big Sur" (video)3:07
UK 7-inch single[4]
No.TitleLength
1."Big Sur"3:07
2."Your Love Is Like Las Vegas" (acoustic version)3:09
Australian CD single[5]
No.TitleLength
1."Big Sur"3:07
2."No-One Likes to Be Upstaged"3:24
3."One Horse Town" (demo)3:12
Japanese EP[6]
No.TitleLength
1."Big Sur" 
2."No-One Likes to Be Upstaged" 
3."Your Love Is Like Las Vegas" (acoustic version) 
4."Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" 
5."Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)" 

Credits and personnel

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

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 57
Ireland (IRMA)[3] 9
Italy (FIMI)[9] 44
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 55
Scotland (OCC)[11] 12
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 17

References

  1. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 9 June 2003: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 7 June 2003. p. 23. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b Big Sur (UK & European CD single liner notes). The Thrills. Virgin Records. 2003. VSCDT 1852, 7243 5 47177 0 3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Thrills". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. ^ Big Sur (UK 7-inch single sleeve). The Thrills. Virgin Records. 2003. VS1852.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Big Sur (Australian CD single liner notes). The Thrills. Virgin Records. 2003. 7243 5 52748 2 3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Big Sur (Japanese EP liner notes). The Thrills. Virgin Records. 2003. VJCP-61072.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ So Much for the City (UK CD album booklet). The Thrills. Virgin Records. 2003. CDV 2974, 7243 5 84968 2 6.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 21, no. 27. 28 June 2003. p. 12. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  9. ^ "The Thrills – Big Sur". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  10. ^ "The Thrills – Big Sur" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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