Taken for Granted

"Taken for Granted"
Single by Sia
from the album Healing Is Difficult
B-side"Waiting for You"
Released19 May 2000 (2000-05-19)
Genre
Length4:35
LabelLong Lost Brother
Songwriter(s)Sia Furler
Producer(s)Nigel Corsbie
Sia singles chronology
"Taken for Granted"
(2000)
"Little Man"
(2000)

"Taken for Granted" is a song by Australian singer Sia. Written by Sia and produced by Nigel Corsbie, it was released as Sia's debut single and as the lead single from her second studio album, Healing Is Difficult (2001), in May 2000. It heavily samples from Sergei Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets. "Taken for Granted" peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for five weeks, topping the UK R&B Chart on the week of its debut. In Australia, the song was not released until February 2002, peaking at number 100 on the ARIA Singles Chart the following month.

  1. ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Healing Is Difficult – Sia". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 17 February 2015. ...on the chiming trip-hop of 'Taken for Granted'...
  2. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (14 October 2024). "The Number Ones: Sia's "Cheap Thrills" (Feat. Sean Paul)". Stereogum. Retrieved 16 October 2024. ...she made it to #10 on the UK charts with "Taken For Granted", a sort of retro-loungey dance-pop track.