Setting Sun (The Chemical Brothers song)


"Setting Sun" is a song by The Chemical Brothers with vocals by Noel Gallagher. It was released as a single in 1996 from their second album Dig Your Own Hole and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.
Pitchfork ranked it at number 43 in their list of the Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s. The Guardian called it, alongside Underworld's "Born Slippy.NUXX", the "most experimental and sonically extreme hit of the 90s".

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Gallagher used an old Oasis song, "Comin' on Strong", as the basis for the lyrics to "Setting Sun". Both songs are heavily influenced by the Beatles' Revolver track "Tomorrow Never Knows".

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The video was directed by Dom and Nic and features artist Lexi Strauss. In the video, it shows the prospect of a rave party through the eyes of a bewildered young woman. It can be seen the woman chasing a personification of her nightmare through the party. The video mixes a disturbing psychological confusion with moments of humoristic imagination. The Chemical Brothers briefly appear, leaving the party with their record cases.

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