Big Sur (The Thrills song)

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

Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the So Much for the City 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 Bernie Grundman 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


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