Cover Versions
The Philadelphia based alternative rock band The Low Road covered "Gigantic" on their 1996 album Fidelity. The California ska punk band Reel Big Fish produced a better known cover of "Gigantic" for 1999's Where Is My Mind?: A Tribute to the Pixies. Reel Big Fish chose to break away from their traditional sound for this cover, producing a very poppy, highly produced dance track sounding nothing like the original song and because of its unexpected but appealing sound, Reel Big Fish's cover remains one of the most popular and widely distributed Pixies covers. Other bands such as Belle & Sebastian, The Frames, Pavement, Gemma Hayes, The Katies, The Miserable Rich and The Hippos have also covered the song.
The song was parodied by Self on the album Feels Like Breakin' Shit with a track titled "Titanic". The chorus mimics "Gigantic" with "Titanic, Titanic, Titanic / A big, big boat".
In 2007, OK Go covered the song for album Dig for Fire- A Tribute to Pixies.
In November 2009, Brighton-based indie band The Miserable Rich covered the song on their Covers EP, alongside three other eighties covers.
Swell Season vocalist Glen Hansard covered "Gigantic" live for the deluxe digital edition of their 2009 album Strict Joy.
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