Giants (Bear Hands song)

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"Giants"
Bear Hands Giants.jpg
Single by Bear Hands
from the album Distraction
ReleasedOctober 22, 2013
Genre Indie rock, electronic rock, rap rock, dance-punk, experimental rock
Length3:08
Label Cantora
Songwriter(s) Ted Feldman, Val Loper, TJ Orscher, Dylan Rau
Bear Hands singles chronology
"High Society"
(2011)
"Giants"
(2013)
"Agora"
(2014)

"Giants" is a song by American experimental rock band Bear Hands. The song was released in late 2013 as the lead single from the band's second album, Distraction , and peaked at number eight on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. The song is featured in the 2014 ice hockey video game NHL 15 .

Contents

Commercial performance

The song was the first song by the band to chart, reaching number eight on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [1] 20
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 33
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [3] 15
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)Position
US Rock Airplay (Billboard) [5] 42
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) [6] 21

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United States [7] October 22, 2013 Digital download Cantora Records

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