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Giant (Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man song)
"Giant"
Single by Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man
Released11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)
Recorded2018
Genre
Length3:49
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"I Found You / Nilda's Story"
(2018)
"Giant"
(2019)
"I'm Not Alone 2019"
(2019)
Rag'n'Bone Man singles chronology
"Photographs"
(2018)
"Giant"
(2019)
"All You Ever Wanted"
(2021)
Music video
"Giant" on YouTube

"Giant" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris and English singer Rag'n'Bone Man. The song was released through Columbia Records on 11 January 2019, and included on Harris' first compilation album, 96 Months (2024).[1] It was written by Rag'n'Bone Man alongside Jamie Hartman and Troy Miller and produced by Harris.

"Giant" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart for five consecutive weeks.[2] According to figures released by PPL, the track was the most played song in the UK in 2019.[3]

The song topped the charts in Belgium and Scotland and reached the top 10 in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland; as well as the top 20 in Australia, Denmark, France, Italy, Lebanon, Norway and Romania.

In 2020, "Giant" was nominated for Song of the Year at the Brit Awards,[4] closely losing out to Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved".[5] In the same year the song won the Ivor Novello award for PRS for Music Most Performed Work.[6]

It was later used in a Lloyds Bank TV advert,[7] which was released in February 2022.

Composition

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"Giant" is a gospel-inspired dance[8] and house song.[citation needed] It was called a "soulful number" by Lincoln Journal-Star, with the snippet posted online featuring Rag'n'Bone Man singing "I understood loneliness/Before I knew what it was/Saw the pills on the table/For your unrequited love/I would be nothing".[9]

Promotion

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Harris announced the song on 7 January through social media posting a preview.[1] He and Rag'n'Bone Man performed it on The Graham Norton Show and at the 2019 Brit Awards.[citation needed]

Music video

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A lyric video for "Giant" was released on 10 January 2019 on YouTube.[10]

The official music video for "Giant" was released on 25 January 2019 on Harris's YouTube channel. The video features a man wearing a blue jacket and trousers in his room where he walks outside of his house and starts running through the suburbs all the way to a forest where he encounters a group of people riding on horses wearing red jackets and pants, and starts dancing with them, and ends with him looking above the sky. Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man also appear in the video.[11]

Track listing

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  • Digital download[12]
  1. "Giant" – 3:49
  1. "Giant" (Audien Extended Remix) – 4:03
  1. "Giant" (Robin Schulz Remix) – 3:13
  2. "Giant" (Purple Disco Machine Remix) – 3:26
  3. "Giant" (Weiss Remix) – 3:54
  4. "Giant" (Michael Calfan Remix) – 3:21
  5. "Giant" (Audien Remix) – 3:33
  6. "Giant" (Laidback Luke Remix) – 2:33

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications and sales for "Giant"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[99] 3× Platinum 210,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[100] Platinum 30,000
Belgium (BRMA)[101] Platinum 40,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[102] Diamond 160,000
Canada (Music Canada)[103] 2× Platinum 160,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[104] Platinum 90,000
France (SNEP)[105] Diamond 333,333
Germany (BVMI)[106] Platinum 400,000
Italy (FIMI)[107] 2× Platinum 140,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[108] 2× Platinum+Gold 150,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[109] 2× Platinum 60,000
Poland (ZPAV)[110] 3× Platinum 60,000
Portugal (AFP)[111] Platinum 10,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[112] Platinum 60,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[113] 3× Platinum 1,800,000
United States (RIAA)[114] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various 11 January 2019 Digital download Original Columbia [12]
Italy Contemporary hit radio Sony [115]
United Kingdom 12 January 2019 Hot adult contemporary Columbia [116]
United States 21 January 2019 [117]
22 January 2019 Contemporary hit radio [118]
Dance radio [119]
Various 1 March 2019 Digital download Audien Extended Remix [13]
8 March 2019 Remixes EP [14]

Cover versions

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The song has been covered by English singer Rick Astley as a non-album single in 2019 with Astley's version reaching number 78 on the UK Singles Chart.

See also

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References

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