Sia feat. Sean Paul: Cheap Thrills - Lyric Video (2016) Online
- Original Title :
- Sia feat. Sean Paul: Cheap Thrills - Lyric Video
- Genre :
- Creative Work / Short / Music / Musical
- Year :
- 2016
- Directror :
- Lior Molcho
- Cast :
- Matthew Stolarz,Minn Vo,Stefanie Klausmann
- Type :
- Creative Work
- Time :
- 4min
- Rating :
- 8.0/10
A lyric video featuring Sean Paul performing a new verse was released on 10 February 2016. In the video, a faceless couple wearing wigs (the dancers Minn Vo and Stefanie Klausman), which have become part of Sia's signature look, win a dance contest on a retro 1960s black-and-white television show reminiscent of American Bandstand or The Buddy Deane Show, using visual effects to recreate the look of early 1960s TV cameras. The video, directed by Lior Molcho, has been viewed more than 1.1 billion times.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Matthew Stolarz | - | Dance Competition Host |
 | Minn Vo | ||
| Stefanie Klausmann | ||
| Allison McHaney | ||
 | Eva Fleur | ||
| Janet Fischietto | ||
| Scott Russell | ||
| Chanel Hogue | ||
| Danielle Oneill | ||
| Eduardo Navarro | ||
| Juliet Frew | ||
| Vanessa Navarro | ||
| Monique Chavez | ||
| Minquell Ramone | ||
| Floris Bosveld |
The song is a "bouncy", "reggae-tinged" synth-pop song that incorporates "a constant tropical beat and electropop-style synth layers".
"Cheap Thrills" became Sia's first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The track topped the national Mainstream Top 40 and Radio Songs charts.
The song reached the top position in France, Germany, Canada, Italy and Slovenia whilst going top ten in Australia.
In the United Kingdom, the song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart.
At the APRA Music Awards of 2018 it won Most Played Australian Work Overseas for the song's writers Sia and Kurstin.
The remix of the track features a toast from Jamaican reggae recording artist Sean Paul.
"Cheap Thrills" is written in common time in F minor.
Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone called it a "bouncy party anthem".
The Guardian described it as "a perfectly serviceable party tune".
Nick Levine of NME praised the track's production "and there's no denying this is another superior slab of on-trend ear candy from one of pop's finest songwriters."
A CBS affiliate's critic wrote that the song was the No. 3 song that "saved 2016", calling it a "formidable hit".
In Australia, it was eventually certified Quadruple Platinum for shipments of over 280,000 copies, and reached No. 6.
In New Zealand, the song reached No. 3, and was certified Double Platinum for sales of over 30,000 copies.
The song was awarded Quadruple Platinum in Sweden.
The song was awarded Five time Platinum in Spain.
The song was awarded Double Diamond in Poland.
In the UK, it peaked at No. 2 for four weeks, and was certified double platinum for shipments of over 1.2 million copies.
The song became the best selling and highest certified single of all time in Italy, reaching 9x platinum status, with sales of over 450,000 copies.
On September 25, 2017, the song received a Diamond certification in Italy, making Sia the first female singer to ever achieve such status.
In the United States, the song debuted at No. 81 and peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated 6 August 2016.
The song became Sia's first number-one single in the USA, and Sean Paul's fourth; he returned to the top 10 after ten years.
With "Cheap Thrills," Sia became the first woman over 40 to top the Hot 100 since Madonna topped the Hot 100 with "Music" in 2000.
It sold 1.7 million copies in the US in 2016, becoming the tenth best-selling song of the year in the country.
It has sold 1.9 million copies in the US as of May 2017.
Sia has performed "Cheap Thrills" on various television shows and concerts, with a group of dancers.
The song is featured on the soundtrack of the movie Pitch Perfect 3.
United States (RIAA) 8×Platinum certification with 8,000,000 sales.
Spain (PROMUSICAE) 5×Platinum certification with 200,000 sales.
Russia Airplay (Tophit) peak position 3, 2016.