Big for Your Boots

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"Big for Your Boots"
Single by Stormzy
from the album Gang Signs & Prayer
Released3 February 2017
Genre Grime [1]
Length3:59
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Stormzy singles chronology
"Scary"
(2016)
"Big for Your Boots"
(2017)
"5ive"
(2017)
Music video
"Big for Your Boots" on YouTube

"Big for Your Boots" is a song by English rapper Stormzy. It was released as the lead single from his debut studio album, Gang Signs & Prayer , on 3 February 2017, by #Merky Records. The song was written by Stormzy and produced by Sir Spyro and Fraser T. Smith. It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Stormzy's highest-charting single at the time of its release.

Contents

Music video

The accompanying music video, directed by Daps, was released on YouTube on 3 February 2017. [2]

Chart performance

On 10 February 2017, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number eight, [3] and later peaked at number six. [4]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [11] 2× Platinum1,200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
Worldwide3 February 2017#Merky Digital download

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