"Together" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia from the motion picture soundtrack of the musical film '' Music'', co-written and directed by herself. It was released on 20 May 2020, by

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. It is also the lead single from Sia's ninth studio album, '' Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture'', released in February 2021.

Background

The song was first mentioned by Sia in a 2018 interview with '' Rolling Stone'', where it was described as a "cheerful song that matches her personality much more than, say, "

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"." 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

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Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture''. On 11 May 2020, "Together" was made available for pre-save on Spotify and Apple Music through the website ''wecantakeithigher''. Sia announced the release of the single through her social media accounts on 13 May. The song was written by Sia and American record producer Jack Antonoff. It was produced by Antonoff, with additional production by Sia's frequent collaborator,

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. Antonoff was nominated for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for his work on the track. "Together" was featured in an advert for American retail chain Target.

Release and music video

The music video to the song was released on 20 May with the single. The video stars ''Music'''s three principal cast members, Maddie Ziegler, Kate Hudson and Leslie Odom Jr, with a troupe of dancing children, wearing outfits themed after clouds and rainbows. A one-take visual, it sees Ziegler leading a high-energy

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around a technicolour room, dressed as a "praying"

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, and Hudson as a "peace hand" emoji. "Together" was released to

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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

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there, and reached number 1 on '' The Music Network'''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 dated 4 June 2020. Following substantial hot adult contemporary airplay in the US, "Together" peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Top 40 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. * Sia Furler – writer, vocals * Jack Antonoff – writer, producer, background vocals, drums, keyboards, piano, programming, synthesizer *

– 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 – mixer *John Hanes – mixing engineer * Chris Gehringer – masterer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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