"Little Big Us" (

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: 偉大的渺小;

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: ''Wěidà de miǎoxiǎo'') is a song by Singaporean singer-songwriter

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, serving as the lead single for his thirteenth studio album ''

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''. Composed by JJ Lin and written by lyricist

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, the song was released on 25 November 2017. "Little Big Us" peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Radio China Top 10 Chart and was named the most popular song of the year in Taiwan by Hit FM. At the

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, "Little Big Us" was shortlisted for the Song of the Year award while

was

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for Best Songwriter. An English version of "Little Big Us", titled "Until the Day", was included on the track list of ''Message in a Bottle''.

Music video

On 14 December 2017, the music video for "Little Big Us", directed by Chen Yin-jung, premiered. It tells the story of four lost urbanites, capturing the essence of the album's conceptual

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, ''The Road Home'', and dissecting the state of mind of the four characters in the film, who seem to be from different backgrounds, but have the same essence. The film tries to find the essence of love, the road home, and return the heart to its purest and simplest state.

Live performances

On 25 November 2017,

sang for the first time at the

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, reinterpreting the classic " Cinema City" film songs and premiering his new song "Little Big Us", which is dedicated to all the film workers who bravely follow their dreams. On 30 December 2017, Lin performed "Little Big Us" at the 2018 New Year's Eve Concert of the

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China. During the 2018 New Year's Eve Concert, "Little Big Us" was sung as the opening of the event.

Commercial performance

"Little Big Us" was released to receive top airplay on

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and other platforms, earned the No. 7 spot on the 2018 KKBOX China Top 100 Singles of the Year, with 811,705 albums sold and $445,435 in album revenue as of 15 June 2023. "Little Big Us" ranked number one on the 2017 Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year chart.

Accolades

Charts

References

{{JJ Lin 2017 singles Mandopop songs