"Giant" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer

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and English singer-songwriter

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. The song was released through

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on 11 January 2019. It was written by Rag'n'Bone Man alongside

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and Troy Miller and produced by Harris. "Giant" peaked at number two on the

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for five consecutive weeks. According to figures released by PPL, the track was the most played song in the UK in 2019. 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

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, closely losing out to

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's "

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". In the same year the song won the

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for PRS for Music Most Performed Work. It was later used in a Lloyds Bank TV advert, which was released in February 2022.

Composition

"Giant" is a

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-inspired

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and

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song. It was called a "soulful number" by ''

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'', 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".

Promotion

Harris announced the song on 7 January through social media posting a preview. He and Rag'n'Bone Man performed it on ''

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'' and at the 2019 Brit Awards.

Music video

A lyric video for "Giant" was released on 10 January 2019 on

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. 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.

Track listing

* Digital download # "Giant" – 3:49 * Audien extended remix # "Giant" (Audien Extended Remix) – 4:03 * Remixes – EP # "Giant" (

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Remix) – 3:13 # "Giant" (Purple Disco Machine Remix) – 3:26 # "Giant" (Weiss Remix) – 3:54 # "Giant" (

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Remix) – 3:21 # "Giant" (Audien Remix) – 3:33 # "Giant" (

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Remix) – 2:33

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Covers

This song has been covered by

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References

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