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Down with Webster Down With Webster is a Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. Down with Webster was originally formed for a middle school talent show. The band released their first official EP, '' ...

. It is the second single from their album, Time to Win, Vol. 2. The song was released to radio on September 9, 2011 and released to digital download on September 13, 2011. The song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at #94.

Background

A 2:22 minute demo of Big Wheels was released in April, 2009. A 3:14 minute version was rerecorded and released as the second single from Time to Win, Vol. 2. The newer version has a changed second verse and a

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was added to the newer version. A live version of the song was also featured in the band's iTunes Session.

Music video

A music video for the song was filmed on August 14, 2011. The music video was directed by Aaron A, making it the fourth collaboration between

and Aaron A. The music video premiere for "Big Wheels" was shown on September 19, 2011 on the MuchMusic show '' New.Music.Live.'' The music video has a retro 8-bit

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theme, and pays homage to the band members' childhood favourite video games including ''

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'' series. The video peaked at #6 on the '' MuchMusic Countdown'' during the week of November 11, 2011. At the

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, it won ' Post-Production of the Year'

Chart performance

The song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at No. 94 on the week of October 15, 2011. "Big Wheels" has peaked at #51 on the week of November 19, 2011. It has spent a total of thirteen weeks on the chart. Big Wheels - Down with Webster Chart History

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Charts

Track listing

References

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