"Santa's Coming for Us" is a song written by

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 ...

and

Greg Kurstin Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He has won nine Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2017 and 2018, and written and produced four songs ...

and released on 30 October 2017 as the lead single from Sia's eighth studio album and first

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, '' Everyday Is Christmas''.

Background and release

Sia wrote "Santa's Coming for Us" with her long-time collaborator

, who also produced the song. In an interview with ''

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'', Kurstin said that writing the song "took me back to when we used to get into jazz chord changes", referencing Sia's early career.

Music video

The music video for "Santa's Coming for Us" was released on 22 November 2017 and stars

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hosting a Christmas party. Guests include Dax Shepard as the husband,

JB Smoove Jerry Angelo Brooks (born December 16, 1965), commonly known by his stage name J. B. Smoove, is an American actor, comedian and writer. After beginning his career in 1995 on ''Def Comedy Jam'', he was a writer and performer on NBC's ''Saturday Ni ...

as Santa Claus,

Susan Lucci Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress, television host, author and entrepreneur, best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama ''All My Children'' during that show's entire network run from 1970 ...

and Henry Winkler as the grandparents, and Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, and

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as the children.

Track listing

# "Santa's Coming for Us" – 3:26

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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