Big Area

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{{About|the Then Jerico song|the album|The Big Area}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Big Area

| cover = Then Jerico Big Area 1989 single cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Then Jerico

| album = The Big Area

| released = 16 January 1989

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop rock, alternative rock, new wave

| length = 4:46

| label = London Records

| writer = * Mark Shaw

• Jasper Stainthorpe
• Steve Wren
• Scott Taylor
• Rob Downes
• Alex Mungo

| producer = Gary Langan

| prev_title = Muscle Deep

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = What Does It Take

| next_year = 1989

}}

"Big Area" is a song by English rock band Then Jerico, released on 16 January 1989 as the first single from their second studio album, The Big Area.{{cite magazine |editor=Robin Smith |title=News: Big Big Big |magazine=Record Mirror |date=12 January 1985 |page=4 |issn=0144-5804}} The song was their biggest UK hit, reaching No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1989.{{Cite news |title="Big Area" by Then Jericho |work=Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/then-jerico-big-area/ |access-date=September 6, 2023}} It featured on the soundtrack to the 1989 film Slipstream.