Bigger than Us (White Lies song)

"Bigger than Us"
Single by White Lies
from the album Ritual
Released3 January 2011 (2011-01-03)
RecordedMay–June 2010
Genre
Length4.43 (Album Version)
4.06 (Radio Edit)
LabelFiction
Songwriter(s)
  • Harry McVeigh
  • Charles Cave
  • Jack Lawrence-Brown
Producer(s)Alan Moulder
White Lies singles chronology
"Death"
(2009)
"Bigger than Us"
(2011)
"Strangers"
(2011)
Audio sample
  • file
  • help
Music video
"Bigger Than Us" on YouTube

"Bigger than Us" is a song by English Indie rock band White Lies from their second studio album, Ritual. It was released as the lead single on 3 January 2011 in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number 42. A live version of the track was made available by the band for download.

The single received its first airplay on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 16 November 2010. On 18 November 2010 the video premiered on the NME's website.

The song is featured on the soundtrack of the 2010 video game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, its 2020 remaster of the same name, and F1 2011.