"Big Sur" is the third

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released by Irish band

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, taken from their debut album, ''

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'' (2003). The song contains elements from the 1966 song "

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". "Big Sur" was released on 9 June 2003 and reached number 17 on the

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, 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". Elsewhere, the song reached number 44 in Italy and number 55 in the Netherlands.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the ''

'' album booklet. 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

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Mastering (Hollywood, California) Personnel * The Thrills – music, arrangement ** Conor Deasy – song, vocals, guitars ** Kevin Horan – backing vocals, pianos, organs, synthesizers ** Pádraic McMahon – backing vocals, guitars, bass ** Daniel Ryan – backing vocals, guitar, banjo, bass ** Ben Carrigan – drums, percussion *

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– production, engineering * John Paterno – engineering * Steven Rhodes – engineering * Michael H. Brauer – mixing * Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering

Charts

References

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