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Bic Runga Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976), recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist. Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40 Album charts. Runga ...

. The song was released in September 1997 as the fourth single from her debut studio album ''

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Track listing (New Zealand)

; New Zealand CD single (Columbia – 664940.2) # "Suddenly Strange" # "All Fall Down" # "Welcome to My Kitchen" ; Australian CD single (Columbia – 666689.2) # "Suddenly Strange" - 4:20 # "Welcome To My Kitchen" - 4:02 # "Ordinary Girl" - 2:40

Personnel

Personnel adapted from the liner notes of ''Drive''. *

– vocals, arrangements, backing vocals, guitar,

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, production * Tom Banghart –

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assistance * Sally-Anne Brown – cello * Davey Fargher – bass *

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– drums * Duncan Haynes – string arrangement * Niall Macken – additional arrangement *

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– additional arrangement * Simon Sheridan – engineering * Matt Tait – engineering assistance * Matt Wallace – percussion, engineering, mastering, mixing * Kate Walshe – violin

Weekly charts

References

External links

Bic's official website
1997 singles 1997 songs Bic Runga songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by Bic Runga {{1990s-rock-song-stub