Little Big Problem (song)

Little Big Problem is the lead single off German-Luxembourgish duo Fire Sauce’s extended play of the same name. Featuring guest vocals from German pop group 3Debt, the original German version was released on 24th April, 2009. The English version was released on 1st May that year. The English version is the version that appears on the EP, though the original German version is on a few compilation albums released in Germany.

Little Big Problem was produced by Fire Sauce member DJ Vomit and German DJ Klaas Gerling. It reached number 8 in Germany, remaining on the chart for ten weeks. It also reached number 2 in Jetania and topped the charts in Kuboia.

Background
DJ Vomit and Klaas produced the instrumental of Little Big Problem, titled "Mansion", in November 2007. Vomit was planning on releasing it as a solo project in early 2008 until, Hy-Par, the other member of Fire Sauce, believed that the song’s structure felt lacking without vocals, so the two agreed to make a vocal song out of the original Mansion instrumental.

Whilst Vomit and Hy-Par were deciding who should sing the song, Nike, showed interest in performing the vocals of the song. As Father Said, a Fire Sauce song that already featured Nike, was in production at the time, it was decided that 3Debt would perform the song as a group to prevent the song from appearing too similar to Father Said.

Little Big Problem’s lyrics were written by 3Debt member Soulbro and Fire Sauce member Hy-Par. The title of the song is a reference to the 2008 video game LittleBigPlanet. Hy-Par and Soulbro were both interested in the game, which was in development when the song was in production.

In March 2008, during the song’s production, Mansion was leaked online. This allowed the song to reach number 37 on the Deutsche Black Chart and number 6 on the Karuboia Dance Chart.

Music video
The music video was filmed on both the 11th and 14th of March in 2009, and was uploaded to Fire Sauce’s VEVO account on 2nd April, 2009. It is the most viewed YouTube video for Fire Sauce, with 39 million views as of 2018.

Critical reception
BBC Music wrote a review of the song stating "Little Big Problem is a catchy, addictive piece of music. It isn't the most standout song on the radio, but if you need a good song to kick off your morning, or to dance to at night, Little Big Problem has you covered."

Track listing

 * 1) "Little Big Problem"
 * 2) "Little Big Problem" (Radio Edit)
 * 3) "Little Big Problem" (Klaas Megamix)
 * 4) "Mansion"
 * 5) "Mansion" (Club Mix)

German CD

 * 1) "Little Big Problem"
 * 2) "Mansion"
 * 3) "Scratch Notes"