A Great Big Sled

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“A Great Big Sled”
“A Great Big Sled” cover
Single by The Killers
Released December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05)
Format iTunes download
Recorded November 2006 (2006-11)
Genre Rock, holiday music
Length 4:15
Label Island - ISLR 16690-2
Producer Alan Moulder
The Killers singles chronology
"Bones"
(November 2006)		 "A Great Big Sled"
(December 2006)		 "Read My Mind"
(February 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 December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05), 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.

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[edit] Chart performance

"A Great Big Sled" entered the UK Official Download Chart the week of December 18, 2006 at number eleven.[2] The song also charted in the Billboard Hot 100 at number fifty-four.[3]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD: Island / ISLR 16690-2

  1. "A Great Big Sled" - 4:29
  • US promo CD

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Killers Record Christmas single. NME (2006-11-23). Retrieved on 2006-11-23.
  2. ^ Music Charts - The Official UK Top 40 Downloads: Week of Mon 18 Dec - llYahoo! Music UK. UK Official Download Chart. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
  3. ^ Hasty, Katie (2006-12-14). Beyonce's 'Irreplaceable' Secures Second Week At No. 1. Hot 100. Billboard. Retrieved on 2006-12-24.

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