Gigantic (song)

"Gigantic"
Single by Pixies
from the album Surfer Rosa
A-side	"Gigantic" (New Version)
B-side	"River Euphrates" (New Version) "Vamos" (Live) "In Heaven (The Lady in the Radiator Song)" (Live)
Released	August 22, 1988 (1988-08-22)
Recorded	December 1987 Q Division Somerville, Massachusetts
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:58 (album version) 3:13 (single version)
Label	4AD
Songwriter(s)	Kim Deal, Black Francis
Producer(s)	Steve Albini (album), Gil Norton (single)
Pixies singles chronology
"Gigantic" (1988) "Monkey Gone to Heaven" (1989)
"Gigantic" This sample contains the first bridge and chorus.

"Gigantic" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, co-written by bassist Kim Deal and lead vocalist/guitarist Black Francis. The song appeared on the band's first full-length studio album, Surfer Rosa, released in 1988. One of the longest songs on the album, "Gigantic" was released as the band's first single later that year.

Featuring Deal on lead vocals, the song is one of Pixies' biggest hits and a crowd favorite at concerts, often played as the encore.^[1] The melody line comes from Deal's simple but effective bass playing—the same bassline is repeated throughout the song.

"Gigantic" never achieved a ranking on any major charts and was their only single release from Surfer Rosa. However, it was a fairly successful first hit for Pixies and maintains radio play to this day. The single version of the song appeared on Pixies' 2004 best-of compilation, Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies.