ALIVE
SIA
COMPOSER: SIA FURLER; ADELE ADKINS &
TOBIAS JESSO JR.
COUNTRY:
AUSTRALIA
ALBUM: THIS IS
ACTING
LABEL: RCA
RECORDS
GENRE: TRIP-HOP
YEAR: 2015
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler (/ˈsiːə/SEE-ə; born 18 December 1975)
is an Australian singer, songwriter, voice actress and director. She started
her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s in Adelaide.
In 1997, when Crisp disbanded, she released her debut studio album,
titled OnlySee, in Australia. She moved to London, England, and provided vocals
for the British duo Zero 7. Sia
released her second studio album, Healing
Is Difficult, in 2000, and her third studio
album, Colour
the Small One, in 2004.
Sia
relocated to New York City in 2005 and toured in the United States. Her
fourth and fifth studio albums, Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born,
were released in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Each was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association and attracted wider notice than her earlier albums. Uncomfortable
with her growing fame, Sia took a hiatus from performing, during which she
focused on songwriting for other artists, producing successful collaborations
"Titanium"
(with David Guetta),
"Diamonds"
(with Rihanna) and
"Wild Ones"
(with FloRida).
In 2014, Sia broke through as a solo
recording artist when her sixth studio album, 1000
Forms of Fear, debuted at No 1 in the U.S. Billboard 200 and generated the top-ten single "Chandelier"
and a trilogy of music videos co-directed by Sia and starring child dancer Maddie Ziegler.
Since then, Sia has usually worn a wig that obscures her face to protect her
privacy. Her seventh studio album, This Is
Acting (2016), spawned her first Billboard Hot 100 number one single, "Cheap
Thrills". The same year, Sia gave her Nostalgic for the Present Tour, which
incorporated dancing by Ziegler and others and other performance art elements.
Her eighth studio album, Everyday Is Christmas, was
released in 2017 and reissued in 2018 with three bonus tracks. In 2018, she collaborated with Labrinth and Diplo in the
group LSD,
and they released their self-titled debut album in April 2019.
Sia wrote and directed a feature film, titled
Music,
set to be released in early 2021 alongside an album, Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion
Picture. Among the accolades received by Sia are nearly a dozen ARIA Awards,
9 Grammy Award nominations and an MTV
Video Music Award.
"Alive" is the lead single from Australian singer and songwriter Sia's
seventh studio album This Is Acting (2016). It was co-written by Sia, Adele, and Tobias Jesso Jr. The song was produced by Jesse
Shatkin. "Alive" was released on 25 September 2015. The
song was originally intended for Adele's third studio album, 25,
along with "Bird Set Free".
However, since Adele
decided not to use the songs, she let Sia use them for her seventh studio
album. Musically, it is a midtempo pop and synth-pop song.
On 22 September 2015, Sia posted a tweet on Twitter which hinted that the single would be released on 25 September. The
next day she released a 15-second preview of the music video on her Vevo account.
The song
achieved moderate commercial success, reaching the top 40 in over 15 countries,
including Spain, Belgium and France. In the UK, the song 30 on
the UK Singles Chart.
The song reached number 56 on the US Billboard
Hot 100, failing to reach the upper half of the
chart. The music
video for the song was released on 5 November 2015. It has received over 200
million views.
The
song received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Sia's powerful,
electrifying vocals. Sia has performed the song
multiple times on camera, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Saturday
Night Live, and The X Factor.
I was
born in a thunderstorm
I grew up overnight
I played alone
I played on my own
I survived
Hey
I wanted everything I never had
Like the love that comes with life
I wore envy and I hated it
But I survived
I had a one way ticket to a place where all the demons
go
Where the wind don't change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
And you're taught to cry into your pillow
But I survived
I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I found solace in the strangest place
Way in the back of my mind
I saw my life in a stranger's face
And it was mine
I had a one way ticket to a place where all the demons
go
Where the wind don't change
And nothing in the ground can ever grow
No hope, just lies
And you're taught to cry into your pillow
But I survived
I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
You took it out, but I'm still breathing
You took it out, but I'm still breathing
You took it out, but I'm still breathing
You took it out, but I'm still breathing
You took it out, but I'm still breathing
You took it out, but I'm still breathing
You took it out, but I'm still breathing
You took it out, but I'm still breathing
I had made every single mistake
That you could ever probably make
I took and I took and I took what you gave
But you never noticed that I was in pain
I knew what I wanted; I went in and got it
Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't
I told you that I would never be forgotten
And all in spite of you
And I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing
I'm still breathing
I'm alive (You took it out, but I'm still breathing)
(You took it out, but I'm still breathing)
I'm alive (You took it out, but I'm still breathing)
(You took it out, but I'm still breathing)
I'm alive (You took it out, but I'm still breathing)
(You took it out, but I'm still breathing)
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
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