"Giants" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter and musician

Dermot Kennedy Dermot Joseph Kennedy (born 13 December 1991) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 2019 single " Outnumbered", his 2020 single "Giants" and his feature on the 2020 Meduza single "Paradise". He is signed to Interscope Records i ...

. It was released as a digital download on 24 June 2020 by Riggins, Interscope and

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. The track peaked at Number 12 in the UK Chart and was the lead single from Dermot Kennedy's Number 1 Album (UK, Scottish and Irish Charts) 'Without Fear' and his only single on vinyl - released on a blue 7" in 2020. The song peaked at number one on the Irish Singles Chart. The song was written by Stephen Kozmeniuk, Scott Harris and

Background

In an interview with George Godfrey on '' Radio X'', Kennedy said, "This is a song that I've had on me for a little while, but just the way things currently are things that have taken place in the world, it feels like there’s a massive shift taking place everywhere in the world so its meaning kind of grew and are and grew for me. And certainly now it feels like it’s a delicate time to release music right? You don't want to bring out something insipid and seem kind of tone deaf. You don't want people to think you're not thinking about things and so the meaning of the song ��It's ultimately just about being comfortable with letting go of the past and moving on and being comfortable with change and moving forward in that sense…"

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Stephen Kozmeniuk – producer, composer, lyricist, associated performer, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards *

– composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist, vocalist * Scott Harris – composer, lyricist * Ben Jones – associated performer, guitar * Dave Cohen – associated performer, organ, piano * Todd Clark – associated performer, background vocalist * Matty Green – mixer, studio personnel * Matt Snell – recording engineer, studio personnel

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