Bigger

Bigger
Released	November 17, 2009
Album	My World
Recorded	2009; by Chris Kraus at Icon Studios, Atlanta, GA
Genre	Dance pop / R&B / Teen Pop
Length	3:17
Written by	Justin Bieber / Waynne Nugent / Kevin Risto / Dapo Torimiro / Lonny Breaux
Produced by	Midi Mafia / Dapo Torimiro
Label
Additional information
Vocal production	Dirty Swift
Mixed by	Jaycen-Joshua Fowler / Dave Pensado / Giancarlo Lino (assistant)

“Bigger” is a song by Justin Bieber, included as the 4th track on his debut release, My World, released on November 17, 2009.

Background

According to Bruce Waynne Justin Bieber approached “Bigger” differently than Frank Ocean, who led vocals on the demo. “They both had two differnet swags. Frank knew what he wanted to do and how he wrote songs. It was all already in pocket… Justin just took that and did his own thing to it.”

In February 2020, the demo of Frank Ocean was for sale on LEAKTHIS.

Audio

Bigger

Performances

• My World
• My World 2.0
• Under the Mistletoe
• Tours

Date	Event	City
June 20, 2009	Mix 93.3 Red White & Boom 14	Kansas City
July 7, 2009	Alice Cooperstown	Cooperstown
July 18, 2009	Summer Smash	Tulsa
July 25, 2009	Z103.5 Summer Rush 2009	Halifax
July 26, 2009		Toronto
July 28, 2009	B937's Just Show Up Show	Easley
July 31, 2009	K104.7 SplashDown Beach	Fishkill
August 1, 2009	Family Frenzy	Syracuse
August 14, 2009	Rock the Rapids	Plainfield Township
August 15, 2009	Party 105FM Mega Jam	Medford
August 26, 2009	Back To School Bash	New Orleans
August 28, 2009	mtvU VMA Tour	Jackson
August 29, 2009	Arthur Ashe Kids' Day 2009	New York City
September 7, 2009	Six Flags New England	Agawam
September 24, 2009	Tiki Rocks The Square	New York City
September 25, 2009	Z100 private concert	New York City
October 9, 2009	Hofstra University	Hempstead
October 15, 2009	Carroll Middle School	Fort Wayne
October 23, 2009	MTV Artist of the Week	Philadelphia
October 24, 2009	98.5 KLUC's Private Session	Las Vegas
October 29, 2009	Microsoft Store Opening	Mission Viejo
November 6, 2009	Kool Haus	Toronto
November 12, 2009	Rave/Eagles Club	Milwaukee
November 17, 2009	My World Release Party	Universal City
November 23, 2009	Fearless Tour opening	Wembley
November 24, 2009		Manchester
December 1, 2009	107.9 The End's Jingle Ball	Sacramento
December 4, 2009	Johnjay and Rich's Strictly Tucson Phooson	Tucson
December 5, 2009	Channel 955 concert	Detroit
December 12, 2009	B96 Jingle Bash	Rosemont
December 14, 2009	Free concert at Citadel Outlets	Commerce
December 16, 2009	Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel	Providence
December 19, 2009	Radio Disney Concert	Orlando
December 20, 2009	106.9 K-Hits Jingle Ball	Tulsa
December 22, 2009	Live @ Much	Toronto

Date	Event	City	Notes
February 5, 2010	The Early Show	Los Angeles
February 14, 2010	Valentine's Day Special Concert	Hollywood
February 20, 2010	Pop-Con	Uniondale
March 21, 2010	Rodeo Houston	Houston
March 24, 2010	Special Concert at Rosemont Theatre	Rosemont
March 25, 2010
June 12, 2010	Justin Bieber at Atlantis	Bahamas
November 30, 2010	Showcase NRJ & Universal Mobile	Paris	Playback
June 11, 2011	Benefit concert for College Track	Saratoga

Date	Event	City
December 21, 2011	Home for the Holidays	Toronto	A cappella

Tour	Date	Performances
My World Tour	2010-2011 (All dates)	130

Lyrics

[Intro]
Mafia
The love, the love is bigger
The love, the love is bigger
The love, the love is bigger, big

[Verse 1]
Gotta believe in me (Gotta believe in me)
Believe me like a fairy tale
Your tooth under your pillowcase
No, I won’t, I won’t, ever, ever let you down (No)
Like a seesaw let you down (Oh)
You know why?
‘Cause we ain’t on the playground no more, baby

[Pre-Chorus]
We’re big enough to stand in the picture
We’re big enough to stand next to love

[Chorus]
I was a player when I was little
But I’m bigger, I’m bigger
A heartbreaker when I was little
But I’m bigger (I’m bigger) I’m bigger (Hey, hey)
And all the haters, I swear, they look so small from up here
‘Cause we’re bigger, our love’s bigger
I’m bigger and you’re bigger, whoa

[Verse 2]
Remember when my heart was young?
It was still bigger than me (Still bigger than me)
Is that the reason that you stayed?
Most would’ve got rid of me (Hey)
Now the bullies in the schoolyard can’t take our hugs and our kisses from us (No)
Because we ain’t pushovers, no more, baby

[Pre-Chorus]
We’re big enough to stand in the picture
We’re big enough to stand next to love

[Chorus]
I was a player when I was little
But I’m bigger, I’m bigger
A heartbreaker when I was little
But I’m bigger, I’m bigger
And all the haters, I swear, they look so small from up here
‘Cause we’re bigger, our love’s bigger
I’m bigger and you’re bigger, hey
I was a player when I was little
But I’m bigger (Hey), I’m bigger
A heartbreaker when I was little
But I’m bigger, I’m bigger
And all the haters, I swear, they look so small from up here
‘Cause we’re bigger, our love’s bigger
I’m bigger and you’re bigger, whoa

[Bridge]
Remember those stone washed jeans (I remember that)
Don’t knock your earrings (Like yesterday)
They shined on me (We were little then)
In class daydreaming of you (My baby)
(Just remember) You, wow wow
Since then all I can remember is the love’s only gotten bigger
It’s gone out of control

[Chorus]
I was a player when I was little
But I’m bigger, I’m bigger (Bigger)
A heartbreaker when I was little
But I’m bigger, I’m bigger
And all the haters, I swear, they look so small (So small) from up here
‘Cause we’re bigger, our love’s bigger (Our love’s bigger)
I’m bigger (I’m bigger) and you’re bigger (You’re bigger), hey hey, hey
I was a player when I was little
But I’m bigger, I’m bigger
A heartbreaker when I was little
But I’m bigger (I’m bigger), I’m bigger
And all the haters, I swear, they look so small from up here
‘Cause we’re bigger, our love’s bigger
I’m bigger (I ain’t small no more Ush), and you’re bigger, whoa

Credits

Credits adapted from Tidal.

• Producer: Bruce Waynne / Dirty Swift / dapo torimiro
• Composer: Justin Bieber / Kevin Risto / Lonnie Breaux / Waynne Nugent / dapo torimiro
• Lyricist: Justin Bieber / Kevin Risto / Lonnie Breaux / Waynne Nugent / dapo torimiro
• Assistant Mixer: Giancarlo Lino
• Mixer: Dave Pensado / Jaycen-Joshua Fowler
• Recording Engineer: Chris Kraus
• Studio Personnel: Chris Kraus / Dave Pensado / Giancarlo Lino / Jaycen-Joshua Fowler