Cheap Thrills (song)

"Cheap Thrills"
A male figure wearing a black-white wig while smiling into the camera. The title is portrayed above his head.
Single by Sia featuring Sean Paul
from the album This Is Acting
Released17 December 2015 (original)
11 February 2016 (remix)
Genre
Length
  • 3:44
Label
  • Inertia
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Kurstin
Sia singles chronology
"Bang My Head"
(2015) 		"Cheap Thrills"
(2015) 		"The Greatest"
(2016)
Sean Paul singles chronology
"Make My Love Go"
(2016) 		"Cheap Thrills"
(2016) 		"Lay You Down Easy"
(2016)
Music Videos
"Cheap Thrills" (Lyric Video) on YouTube
"Cheap Thrills" (Performance Edit) on YouTube

"Cheap Thrills" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Sia from her seventh studio album, This Is Acting (2016). It was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, and produced by Kurstin. It was originally released on 17 December 2015, and an official remix version of "Cheap Thrills" featuring Jamaican singer Sean Paul was made available for digital download on 11 February 2016 as the album's second single.[1][2] This version was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

In the United States, "Cheap Thrills" peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 becoming Sia's first number one single in the chart, and Paul's first since "Temperature" in 2006;[3] it also topped the national Mainstream Top 40 and Radio Songs charts. It reached the top position in many countries, including Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain; as well as the top-10 in Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number two on its UK Singles Chart. At the APRA Music Awards of 2018, "Cheap Thrills" won Most Played Australian Work Overseas for its songwriters, Sia and Kurstin.[4] It won the award again at the APRA Music Awards of 2019[5] and again at the APRA Music Awards of 2020.[6]

  1. ^ "Cheap Thrills (feat. Sean Paul) – Single". iTunes. 11 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ^ Weiner, Natalie (17 December 2015). "Listen to Sia's New Single, Rihanna-Reject 'Cheap Thrills'". Billboard. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ^ Trust, Gary. "Sia's 'Cheap Thrills' Takes No. 1 on Hot 100 From Drake". Billboard. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Full List of Winners". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Sarah Aarons wins Four APRA Awards The Complete Winners List". noise11. 30 April 2019. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. ^ Cooper, Nathanael (25 May 2020). "Tones and I, Hilltop Hoods dominate 2020 APRA Music Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.