"Santa's Coming for Us" is a song written by
Sia 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 contributed to five songs that pe ...
and released on 30 October 2017 as the lead single from Sia's eighth
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
and first
Christmas album
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or in the case of carols, may employ lyrics about the nativity of Je ...
, ''
Everyday Is Christmas''.
Background and release
Sia wrote "Santa's Coming for Us" with her long-time collaborator
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 contributed to five songs that pe ...
, who also produced the song. In an interview with ''
Entertainment Weekly
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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
Kristen Bell
Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. List of Kristen Bell performances, Her work includes both film and television, and List of awards and nominations received by Kristen Bell, h ...
hosting a Christmas party. Guests include her real-life husband
Dax Shepard
Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker and podcaster. Since 2018, he has hosted '' Armchair Expert'', a podcast in which he interviews celebrities, journalists, and academics about their lives.
Shepa ...
as her husband,
JB Smoove as
Santa Claus
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Chris ...
,
Susan Lucci
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama ''All My Children'' during that show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. The character is considere ...
and
Henry Winkler
Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, producer, director, and author. Widely known as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the sitcom ''Happy Days'' (1974–1984), Winkler has distinguished himself as a character acto ...
as the grandparents, and
Sophia Lillis
Sophia Lillis (born February 13, 2002) is an American actress. She starred as Beverly Marsh in the horror films '' It'' (2017) and '' It: Chapter Two'' (2019), as well as a teenager with telekinesis in the Netflix drama series '' I Am Not Okay ...
,
Wyatt Oleff, and
Caleb McLaughlin
Caleb Reginald McLaughlin (born October 13, 2001) is an American actor. He gained international recognition playing Lucas Sinclair in the Netflix series ''Stranger Things'' (2016–present). He began his career playing young Simba in the Broadw ...
as the children.
Formats
;France 7" single
Sia* - Santa's Coming For Us
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''Side A''
#"Santa's is Coming For Us"
''Side B''
#"Santa & Cie" Musique Originale Matthieu Gonet
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
See also
* List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 2017 (U.S.)
References
{{Sia singles
2017 singles
2017 songs
American Christmas songs
Atlantic Records singles
Sia (musician) songs
Song recordings produced by Greg Kurstin
Songs about Santa Claus
Songs written by Greg Kurstin
Songs written by Sia (musician)