"Together" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter
Sia
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler ( ; born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she rel ...
from the motion picture soundtrack of the musical film ''
Music
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'', co-written and directed by herself. It was released on 20 May 2020, by
Atlantic Records.
It is also the
lead single
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Release s ...
from Sia's ninth studio album, ''
Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
''Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture'' is the ninth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Sia. It was released on 12 February 2021 by Monkey Puzzle and Atlantic, in connection with the release of the musical film ''Mus ...
'', released in February 2021.
Background
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The song was first mentioned by Sia in a 2018 interview with ''
Rolling Stone
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'', where it was described as a "cheerful song that matches her personality much more than, say, "
Chandelier"." It is the
end title of the film ''Music'',
which was written and directed by Sia herself. Although ''Music'' was not a musical originally, Sia told ''Rolling Stone'' that she would be given "roughly $10 million more" to make it a musical film. ''Music'' was released in February 2021, along with Sia's album ''Music
– Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture''.
On 11 May 2020, "Together" was made available for pre-save on
Spotify
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and
Apple Music
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through the website ''wecantakeithigher''. Sia announced the release of the single through her
social media
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accounts on 13 May.
The song was written by Sia and American record producer
Jack Antonoff
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. It was produced by Antonoff, with additional production by Sia's frequent collaborator,
Jesse Shatkin
Jesse Samuel Shatkin (born 1979) is an American songwriter, producer and engineer. He has worked with Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, Fitz and the Tantrums and One Direction, among others. Shatkin was nominated in 2014 for Grammy Awards a ...
.
Antonoff was nominated for
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
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at the
63rd Annual Grammy Awards
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for his work on the track.
"Together" was featured in an advert for American retail chain
Target
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Physical items
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artillery, f ...
.
Release and music video
The
music video
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to the song was released on 20 May with the single.
The video stars ''Music''
's three principal cast members,
Maddie Ziegler
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,
Kate Hudson
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and
Leslie Odom Jr
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, with a troupe of dancing children, wearing outfits themed after clouds and rainbows. A one-take visual, it sees Ziegler leading a high-energy
dance around a technicolour room, dressed as a "praying"
emoji, and Hudson as a "peace hand" emoji.
"Together" was released to
adult contemporary radio
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in the United Kingdom on 30 May 2020
and in the United States on 29 June.
The
F9 radio and club remixes were released for download and streaming on 10 July 2020,
followed by the Initial Talk remix on 24 July.
An "80s
bootleg music video" for the Initial Talk remix was released on 30 July 2020. It has clips from Sia's previous music videos.
Commercial performance
"Together" saw fair commercial success in Australia, Sia's home country. It peaked at number 27 on the
ARIA Singles Chart there,
[ and reached number 1 on '']The Music Network
''The Music Network'' is an Australian magazine launched in 1994 by John Woodruff. In 2017, it was acquired by Jake Challenor, who serves as its publisher and editor.
History
''The Music Network'' was founded by John Woodruff in 1994, initi ...
'''s Hot 100, which tracks weekly radio spins of singles in Australia, becoming Sia's first solo number 1 on the chart.
In the UK, "Together" debuted and peaked at number 96 on the UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
dated 4 June 2020. Following substantial hot adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...
airplay in the US, "Together" peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Top 40
The Adult Pop Airplay (formerly known as Adult Pop Songs and Adult Top 40) chart is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine and ranks "the most popular adult top 40 as based on radio airplay detections measured by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems ...
chart.
Track listing
Digital download and streaming
# "Together" – 3:25
Digital download and streaming (F9 Remixes)
# "Together" ( F9 Radio Remix) – 3:20
# "Together" – 3:25
# "Together" (F9 Club Remix) – 7:49
Digital download and streaming (Initial Talk Remix)
# "Together" (Initial Talk Remix) – 3:18
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal
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Tidal may also refer to:
* ''Tidal'' (album), a 1996 album by Fiona Apple
* Tidal (king), a king involved in the Battle of the Vale of Siddim
* TidalCycles, a live coding environment for music
* Tidal (servic ...
.
* Sia Furler
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler ( ; born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she re ...
– writer, vocals
* Jack Antonoff
Jack Michael Antonoff (born March 31, 1984) is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. Antonoff is the lead singer of rock band Bleachers, and is the guitarist and drummer in the pop rock band Fun. He was pr ...
– writer, producer, background vocals, drums, keyboards, piano, programming, synthesizer
*Jesse Shatkin
Jesse Samuel Shatkin (born 1979) is an American songwriter, producer and engineer. He has worked with Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, Fitz and the Tantrums and One Direction, among others. Shatkin was nominated in 2014 for Grammy Awards a ...
– additional production, additional programming, bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards, synthesizer, engineer
*Laura Sisk – engineer
*Sam Dent – additional engineer
*John Rooney – assistant engineer
*Jon Sher – assistant engineer
*Serban Ghenea
Șerban Ghenea (born October 13, 1969) is a Grammy award-winning Romanian-Canadian audio engineer and mixer.
Early life and education
Ghenea was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1969. In 1976 he moved to Montreal with his family. He later attended ...
– mixer
*John Hanes – mixing engineer
*Chris Gehringer
Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered recordings such as Gwen Stefani's '' Love. Angel. Music. Baby.'' (2004), Rihanna's '' Loud'' (2010), Lady Gaga's '' Born This Way'' (2011) and Drake' ...
– masterer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2020 singles
2020 songs
Sia (musician) songs
Songs written for films
Songs written by Jack Antonoff
Songs written by Sia (musician)
Song recordings produced by Jack Antonoff
Atlantic Records singles