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“Bigger than us” by White Lies
From the album Ritual (2011)
“Bigger than us” by White Lies appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2011 and 2013. It was first released in 2011 on the album Ritual. Its best result is #15 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #359 alternative song of 2011.
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"Bigger than Us" was the lead single from Ritual, the second album by English indie rockers White Lies, and it announced itself in November 2010, when Zane Lowe gave it its first spin on BBC Radio 1 and the video premiered on NME's website two days later. Charles Cave, Jack Lawrence-Brown and Harry McVeigh wrote it, Alan Moulder produced, and Fiction put it out; when it reached shops in January 2011, it entered the UK chart at 42.
French duo Jonas & François made the video as a homage to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, restaging the alien's apparent death in quarantine beside Elliott, with E.T. played by a giant candy bar with a young girl inside. The song also found a home in the video games Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit and F1 2011.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2011 | 40 |
| 2013 | 88 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2013 | 135 |
Also listed as: Bigger Than Us.
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