"Big Wheels" is a single by Canadian rap rock

Rap rock

Rap rock is a cross-genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip hop with various forms of rock. Rap rock is often confused with rap metal and rapcore, subgenres that include heavy metal-oriented and hardcore punk-oriented bands, respectively....

 band, Down with Webster

Down with Webster

Down with Webster, or DWW, is a 7-man Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto, Ontario who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. During live shows the band occasionally uses a 3-piece horn section....

. It is the second single off their album, Time to Win, Vol. 2

Time to Win, Vol. 2

Time to Win, Vol. 2 is an album by Canadian rap rock band Down with Webster. It was released digitally on October 31, 2011 while physical versions of the album were released on November 1, 2011. The album was released through Universal Music Canada. This is the band's first major label full-length...

. 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

Canadian Hot 100

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

 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

Time to Win, Vol. 2

Time to Win, Vol. 2 is an album by Canadian rap rock band Down with Webster. It was released digitally on October 31, 2011 while physical versions of the album were released on November 1, 2011. The album was released through Universal Music Canada. This is the band's first major label full-length...

. The newer version has a changed second verse and a bridge

Bridge (music)

In music, especially western popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section which also prepares for the return of the original material section...

 was added to the newer version.

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 Down with Webster

Down with Webster

Down with Webster, or DWW, is a 7-man Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto, Ontario who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. During live shows the band occasionally uses a 3-piece horn section....

 and Aaron A. The music video premier for "Big Wheels" was shown on September 19, 2011 on the MuchMusic show, New.Music.Live. The music video debuted on the MuchMusic Countdown at #28 on September 23, 2011 and has peaked at #6 on the week November 11, 2011.

The music video has a retro 8-bit video game theme. Video games featured throughout the video include Paperboy

Paperboy (video game)

Paperboy is a 1984 arcade game by Atari Games. The players take the role of a paperboy who delivers newspapers along a suburban street on his bicycle. This game was innovative for its theme and novel controls.-Gameplay:...

, Mario Kart

Mario Kart

is a series of go-kart-style racing video games developed by Nintendo as a series of spin-offs from its trademark Mario series of platformer adventure-style video games...

, Duck Hunt

Duck Hunt

is a video game for the Nintendo Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System game console system in which players use the NES Zapper to shoot ducks on screen for points. The game was developed and published by Nintendo, and was released in 1984 in Japan...

, NBA Jam

NBA Jam

NBA Jam is a basketball arcade game developed by Midway in 1993. It is the first entry in the NBA Jam series, and was written entirely in assembly language. The main designer and programmer for this game was Mark Turmell...

 and Super Mario World

Super Mario World

, subtitled Super Mario Bros. 4 for its original Japanese release, is a platform video game developed and published by Nintendo as a pack-in launch title for the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System , and is the fourth game in the Super Mario series...

.

Chart performance

The song debuted on the Canadian Hot 100

Canadian Hot 100

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

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 eight weeks on the chart.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Canadian Hot 100	51

Track listing