B-side "Magic" Genre Pop, folk pop, beach | Recorded 2007 | |
Released March 7, 2008 (Germany)
October 28, 2008 (U.S.) Format CD single, digital download Length 3:46 (Album version)
3:35 (Radio edit) | ||
"The Little Things" is the third single from Colbie Caillat's 2007 debut album, Coco. It is a pop, folk-pop, acoustic song written by Caillat and Jason Reeves. The single did not chart well in the US, and was her weakest charting single from her album Coco. In 2008, she recorded a French translated version of this song.
Contents
Composition
According to the sheet music published at musicnotes.com, "The Little Things" is composed in the key of G major (recorded a half step lower in G-flat major).
Track listing
US single
- "The Little Things" (Radio Edit) (C. Caillat, J. Reeves) - 3:35
- "Magic" (Piano Version) (C. Caillat, J. Reeves) - 3:20
Dutch and German CD single
- "The Little Things" (Album version) (C. Caillat, J. Reeves) 3:46
- "Circles" (C. Caillat) - 3:54
German Maxi single
- "The Little Things" (Album version) 3:46
- "Dreams Collide" 4:05
- "Bubbly" (Napster Live Session) 3:35
- "The Little Things" (Music Video)
French iTunes single
- "Ces petits riens" (C. Caillat, J. Reeves) 3:46
The Radio Edit shortens the song's intro.
European version
The video features Colbie Caillat and her love interest towards a man, Troy Dudley, the same man who appears in all of Caillat's videos. The video was for the European market and was shot in San Francisco and is separate from the storyline of the other videos.