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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
Released 11 February 2016
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:44
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Greg Kurstin
Sia singles chronology
"Bang My Head"
(2015)
"Cheap Thrills"
(2016)
"The Greatest"
(2016)
Sean Paul singles chronology
"Make My Love Go"
(2016)
'"Cheap Thrills"
(2016)
"Lay You Down Easy"
(2016)

"Cheap Thrills" is a song recorded by Australian recording artist Sia for her seventh studio album, This Is Acting (2016). It was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, while solely produced by Kurstin. An official remix version of "Cheap Thrills" features vocals by Jamaican performer Sean Paul and was made available for digital download on 11 February 2016 as the record's second single. This version was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The song is a "bouncy", "reggae-tinged" synthpop song that incorporates "a constant tropical beat and electropop-style synth layers". Paul added his own lyrics to the remix of the song.

In the United States, "Cheap Thrills" became Sia's first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Paul's first since "Temperature" in 2006; it also topped the national Mainstream Top 40 and Radio Songs charts. Among other countries, it also reached the top position in France, Germany, Canada and Italy, whilst going top ten in Australia. In the United Kingdom, the song reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, marking Sia's highest peak as a lead artist in the region.

"Cheap Thrills" was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, and produced by Kurstin. It was originally intended to be performed by Rihanna for her album Anti (2016), but was rejected by her. It is a "bouncy", "reggae-tinged" synthpop song. The song features "a constant tropical beat and electropop-style synth layers".


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