Cheap Thrills (song)

"Cheap Thrills" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia Furler, taken from her seventh studio album This Is Acting (2016). It was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, and produced by Kurstin. The remix of the track featuring Sean Paul was released on 11 February 2016 as second single from This Is Acting.[1][2]

Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Critical reception 3 Promotion 3.1 Live performances 3.2 Videos 4 Track listing 5 Commercial perfomance 6 Charts 7 Certifications 8 See also 9 References

Background and composition
"Cheap Thrills" was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, and produced by Kurstin. It was originally intended to be performed by Rihanna, but was rejected by her and Icona Pop.[3]

Critical reception
"Cheap Thrills" received mostly favourable reviews. Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone called it a "bouncy party anthem",[4] whilst The Guardian wrote it to be "a perfectly serviceable party tune".[5] Nick Levine of NME praised the track's production "and there's no denying this is another superior slab of on-trend ear candy from one of pop's finest songwriters."[6]

Promotion
Live performances

Sia performed "Cheap Thrills" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 27 January 2016.[7] She also performed the song on American Idol.

Videos

A lyric video featuring Sean Paul performing a new verse was released on 10 February 2016. In the video, a faceless couple wearing wigs, (they are the dancers Minn Vo and Stefanie Klausman), that have become part of Sia's signature look to win a dance contest on a black-and-white television show reminiscent of American Bandstand.[3][8]

Sia and Daniel Askill directed a performance video featuring Maddie Ziegler dancing with two male dancers to Ryan Heffington's choreography, which was released on 21 March 2016. The three dancers wear beige, with black and blonde hairstyles and gloves in the half-and-half style used in most of Sia's videos for This Is Acting. They dance on a bare stage, with Sia at a rear corner singing into a microphone while wearing a similar bobbed two-toned wig, a large bow and a white dress. Billboard wrote that "the video features the same type of intense, captivating choreography as some of [Sia's] other work. This time, Ziegler is backed by two other dancers, and the trio seems to blend as one".[9] Teen Vogue said that Ziegler "delivers another powerful performance".[10]

Track listing
Digital download1."Cheap Thrills" (featuring Sean Paul) – 3:44 2."Cheap Thrills" (album version) – 3:30

Commercial perfomance
"Cheap Thrills" was commercially stronger than Sia's previous single "Alive", peaking inside the top 10 in over twenty countries, including Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. In Australia, it was eventually certified Platinum for shipments of over 70,000 copies, and reached number 6. In Ireland, the song reached number 1, becoming Sia's first chart topper song there. It also became a #1 hit in Israel. In New Zealand, the song reached number 6, and eventually certified Gold for sales of over 7,500 copies. In the UK, it was Sia's highest chart position as a solo artist, peaking at number 4. In the United States, the song has peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Charts
Chart (2016)

Peak position

Australia (ARIA)[11] 6

Australia Dance (ARIA)[12] 1

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 4

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[14] 19

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[15] 8

Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[16] 18

Colombia (Los 40 Principales)[17] 5

Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[18] 55

Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[19] 13

Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 4

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 4

France (SNEP)[22] 6

Germany (Official German Charts)[23] 4

Hungary (Single Top 40)[24] 8

Ireland (IRMA)[25] 1

Israel (Media Forest)[26] 1

Italy (FIMI)[27] 9

Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[28] 8

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[29] 12

Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30] 7

Greece Digital Songs (Billboard)[31] 2

New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[32] 6

Norway (VG-lista)[33] [34] 3

Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[35] 6

Scotland (Official Charts Company)[36] 2

Spain (PROMUSICAE)[37] 3

Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[38] 52

Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[39] 16

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[40] 3

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[41] 2

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[42] 4

Ukraine (FDR Music Charts)[43] 2

US Billboard Hot 100[44] 39

Certifications
Region

Certification

Sales/shipments

Australia (ARIA)[45] Platinum 70,000^

Italy (FIMI)[46] Gold 25,000double-dagger

New Zealand (RMNZ)[47] Gold 7,500*

Sweden (GLF)[48] Gold 20,000x

United Kingdom (BPI)[49] Silver 200,000double-dagger

^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone
 * sales figures based on certification alone