Something Big (song)

"Something Big"
Single by Shawn Mendes
from the album Handwritten
Released November 6, 2014
Format Digital download
Genre Pop
Length 2:41
Label Island
Writer(s)
  • Shawn Mendes
  • Ido Zmishlany
  • Scott Harris
Producer(s) Ido Zmishlany
Shawn Mendes singles chronology
"Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)"
(2014)		 "Something Big"
(2014)		 "Stitches"
(2015)

"Something Big" is a song by Canadian singer Shawn Mendes from his debut studio album Handwritten (2015). It was released November 6, 2014 as the second official single from the album. Something Big became the #1 single in the Canadian charts, as well as #80 ranked in the US Billboard Top 100 charts of 2014, lost to I'm an Albatraoz by AronChupa and offended Happy by Pharrell Williams.

Music video

The music video for "Something Big" was released on November 11, 2014 on Vevo and YouTube.

Chart performance

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart of November 22, 2014, at number 92. The song re-entered on chart on January 10, 2015, at number 92, and eventually the song came to number 80 on January 17, 2015.[1][2][3]

Charts

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[4] 11
Canada AC (Billboard)[5] 11
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[6] 6
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[7] 5
scope="row"Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[8] 69
scope="row"Scotland (Official Charts Company)[9] 52
scope="row"Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[10] 66
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[11] 109
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 80

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[13] Platinum 80,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] Platinum 1,000,000double-dagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Ireland January 23, 2015 Digital download Island
United Kingdom

References

  1. ↑ Billboard Hot 100 Week of November 22, 2014
  2. ↑ Billboard Hot 100 Week of January 10, 2015
  3. ↑ Billboard Hot 100 Week of January 17, 2015
  4. ↑ "Shawn Mendes – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Shawn Mendes. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Shawn Mendes – Chart history" Billboard Canada AC for Shawn Mendes.
  6. ↑ "Shawn Mendes – Chart history" Billboard Canada CHR/Top 40 for Shawn Mendes.
  7. ↑ "Shawn Mendes – Chart history" Billboard Canada Hot AC for Shawn Mendes.
  8. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201450 into search. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-01-31". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201450 into search. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart: CLUK Update 31.01.2015 (wk4)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Shawn Mendes – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Shawn Mendes. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Shawn Mendes – Something Big". Music Canada. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  14. ↑ "American single certifications – Shawn Mendes – Something Big". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 25, 2015. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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