A Great Big Sled | |
Cover: | A-Great-Big-Sled.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | The Killers featuring Toni Halliday |
Album: | (Red) Christmas EP |
Recorded: | November 2006 |
Genre: | Rock, holiday music |
Length: | 4:15 |
Label: | Island - ISLR 16690-2 |
Producer: | Alan Moulder, The Killers |
Chronology: | The Killers |
Prev Title: | Bones |
Prev Year: | 2006 |
Next Title: | Read My Mind |
Next Year: | 2007 |
"A Great Big Sled" is a song by Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers. It was recorded in mid-November 2006 with record producer Alan Moulder as a one-off track and the band's Christmas 2006 single. Moulder's wife Toni Halliday, the former lead vocalist of Curve, features on backing vocals.
The song was released, as a download from the iTunes Store.[1] All of the proceeds from this song went to AIDS charities as part of Bono's RED campaign. A music video was released for the single, containing "candid" clips of the band members participating in various holiday celebration.
"A Great Big Sled" entered the UK Official Download Chart the week of December 18, 2006 at number 11.[2] The song also charted in the Billboard Hot 100 at number 54.[3]
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 54 |
UK Download Chart | 11 |