"Giants" is a song recorded by Canadian singer and songwriter

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for her fourth studio album, ''Skin & Earth'' (2017). Lights co-wrote the song with

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and the track's producer,

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. It was released on June 23, 2017 as the album's

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. "Giants" was serviced to American

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radio on July 24, 2017. In January 2018, four new versions of the song, recorded in

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and Tagalog, were released.

Content

The title and

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for the song were inspired by a phrase featured on British currency: "And we will ride on the shoulders of giants." The

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and verses for the song were developed separately and are set to different tempos; according to Lights, this created a "challenging structure" to deal with, but the writers were determined to mesh the two parts.

Chart performance

"Giants" debuted at number 41 on the

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chart dated August 12, 2017 and has since reached a peak of 14. "Giants" also debuted at number 39 on the ''Billboard''

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chart dated August 19, 2017. This made it Lights' first song to chart in the United States.

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Giants" was directed by Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and premiered June 23, 2017. It takes place in the dystopian world created for the ''Skin & Earth'' comic series connected with the album, and introduces characters and events that takes place in the series' fifth issue. In the video, Lights plays En, the protagonist from her ''Skin & Earth'' comics, as she meets a mysterious being and is transported to another dimension.

Charts

Release history

References

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