Big Time (Whigfield song)

"Big Time" is a song by Italian Eurodance project Whigfield which was performed by Danish-born Sannie Charlotte Carlson.[1] It was released in July 1995, by X-Energy Records as the fifth single from her first album, Whigfield. It peaked at number 21 in the UK, giving her another big hit in that country. For the British market the song was released as a double A-side single together with "Last Christmas", a cover of the English duo Wham!. In other countries, "Big Time" peaked within the top 20 in Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached number 54.

"Big Time"
Single by Whigfield
from the album Whigfield
B-side"Remix"
Released31 July 1995
Genre
Length3:21
LabelVarious Labels Internationally
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Whigfield singles chronology
"Close to You"
(1995)		 "Big Time"
(1995)		 "Last Christmas"
(1995)
Music video
"Big Time" on YouTube

Critical reception

Music & Media wrote: "When the cat's away—that's Ace Of Base—the mice will play. And they're having a big time with a pop reggae song ready for summer chart domination."[2]

Music video

In the music video for "Big Time" Whigfield walks in a deserted countryside with a shopping cart with foods. She wears a red dress. A white cabriolet with three girls are passing by and Whigfield goes with them. Other scenes show Whigfield singing while standing on a wrecking ball. She and the girls also stops at a car repair shop to get the car fixed. Then they drive on. At the end the shopping cart is being emptied from a rock crush.

Releases
  • Mexico: CD-Maxi: Musart
  1. Big Time (Version Album) 3:21
  2. Big Time (Summer Zone Remix) 5:18)
  3. Big Time (MBRG Remix) 4:50
  4. Big Time (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) 6:54
  5. Big Time (Extended Version) 4:32
  • Italy: CD-Maxi: X-Energy Records
  1. Big Time (Album Version) 3:21
  2. Big Time (Summer Zone Remix) 5:18
  3. Big Time (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) 6:54
  4. Big Time (M.B.R.G. Remix) 4:50
  5. Saturday Night (U.S. Classical Vocal Remix) 9:15
  • Canada: CD-Maxi: Quality Records
  1. Big Time (Summer Zone Remix) 5:21
  2. Big Time (Extended Version) 4:35
  3. Big Time (MBRG Remix) 4:52
  4. Big Time (Dancing Divaz Mix) 7:01
  5. Big Time (Album Version) 3:21
  • Australian EP
  1. Big Time (Single Version)
  2. Big Time (Summer Zone Remix)
  3. Big Time (Extended Version)
  4. Big Time (MBRG Mix)
  5. Big Time (Dancin Divaz Club Mix)

Charts
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References
  1. "Italian Acts (page 75)". Billboard. 1 July 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media (1995-08-19, page 14). Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  3. "Ultratop.be – Whigfield – Big Time" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Whigfield – Big Time" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  5. "RPM Dance (Nov 13, 1995)". RPM. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  6. Billboard Magazine: June 17, 1995, Page 57
  7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Whigfield – Big Time". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  8. "Think of You", in Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved August 11, 2007)
  9. "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: W". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Whigfield" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Whigfield – Big Time" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  12. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  13. "I singoli più venduti del 1995" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  14. "Jaarlijsten 1995" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
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