"Guiding Star" is the seventh single by

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band

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, fronted by ex La's bassist John Power. Released on 16 June 1997 as the second single from Cast's second studio album, ''

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'' (1997), the song reached number nine on the

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Track listings

UK CD1 # "Guiding Star" # "Out of the Blue" # " Free Me" (live) # "Mirror Me" (live) UK CD2 # "Guiding Star" # "Keep It Alive" # "

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" (live) # "Guiding Star" (acoustic) UK 7-inch single and European CD single # "Guiding Star" # "Out of the Blue" UK cassette single # "Guiding Star" # "Out of the Blue" # "Keep It Alive"

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the ''

'' liner notes. Studio * Mixed at

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(London, England) Cast * John Power – writing, vocals, guitar * Liam "Skin" Tyson – guitar * Peter Wilkinson – bass * Keith O'Neill – drums Other personnel *

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– production *

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– mixing

Charts

References

1997 singles 1997 songs Cast (band) songs Polydor Records singles Song recordings produced by John Leckie Songs written by John Power (musician) {{1990s-UK-single-stub