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Track listings

UK and Australian CD single # "Sun Hits the Sky" # "

" # "Sun Hits the Sky" ( Radio 1 Evening Session) UK cassette and limited-edition 7-inch single # "Sun Hits the Sky" (radio edit) # "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" Japanese mini-album # "Sun Hits the Sky" (radio edit) # "

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Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the ''

'' album liner notes. Studio * Recorded at

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– writing * Satin Singh – percussion *

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Charts

References

1996 songs 1997 singles EMI Music Japan singles Parlophone singles Songs written by Rob Coombes Supergrass songs {{1990s-rock-song-stub