Giants (Dermot Kennedy song)

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"Giants"
GiantsDermotKennedy.png
Single by Dermot Kennedy
from the album Without Fear
Released24 June 2020
Genre Indie pop
Length2:57
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Stephen Kozmeniuk
Dermot Kennedy singles chronology
"Resolution"
(2020)		"Giants"
(2020)		"Paradise"
(2020)
Music video
"Giants" on YouTube

"Giants" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter and musician Dermot Kennedy. It was released as a digital download on 24 June 2020 by Riggins, Interscope and Island. 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. [1] The song peaked at number one on the Irish Singles Chart. The song was written by Stephen Kozmeniuk, Scott Harris and Dermot Kennedy.

Contents

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…" [2]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [3]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [23] Gold35,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [24] Platinum30,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [25] Gold40,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [26] Gold200,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [27] Platinum20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] Platinum600,000‡
Streaming
Sweden (GLF) [29] Gold4,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Ireland24 June 2020 [1]

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