Big Time (Big & Rich song)

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"Big Time"
Single by Big & Rich
from the album Horse of a Different Color
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2005
Recorded2003
Genre Country
Length3:56
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s) Big Kenny
John Rich
Angie Aparo
Producer(s) Big Kenny
John Rich
Paul Worley
Big & Rich singles chronology
"Holy Water"
(2004)
"Big Time"
(2005)
"Comin' to Your City"
(2005)

"Big Time" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in February 2005 as the fourth and final single from their album Horse of a Different Color . The song was written by Big Kenny, John Rich and Angie Aparo.

Contents

Content

The characters in the song are presumably a band performing a gig at a bar, singing toward a wealthier patron. They thank him for his generosity in providing various items that can be used by others, such as boats and planes. They ask, however, that he be generous when tipping for their performance. Whether or not they receive any money from him, however, they are in the "big time," relative to some in their current status.

Music video

The video is set in and around Deadwood, South Dakota. At the start of the song, Kenny Alphin and John Rich are shown riding horses. They then are shown singing and playing guitar while sitting at the Moonshine Gulch Saloon in Rochford, South Dakota. A man in a cowboy hat walks in and they ask him for tip money; he refuses and walks on. They then perform a concert outside. It premiered in the week of April 25, 2005.

Personnel

From Horse of a Different Color liner notes. [1]

Chart positions

"Big Time" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 19, 2005.

Chart (2005)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [2] 3
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 20

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References

  1. Horse of a Different Color (CD). Big & Rich. Warner Bros. Records. 2004. 48520.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. "Big & Rich Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  3. "Big & Rich Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2011.