Big Girls Cry

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"Big Girls Cry"
File:Sia - Big Girls Cry.png
Single by Sia
from the album 1000 Forms of Fear
Released 25 June 2014 (2014-06-25)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2013
Genre
Length 3:31
Label
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • RCA
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Greg Kurstin
Sia singles chronology
"Chandelier"
(2014)		 "Big Girls Cry"
(2014)		 "Guts Over Fear"
(2014)
Music video
"Big Girls Cry" on YouTube

"Big Girls Cry" is a single by Australian singer-songwriter Sia from her sixth studio album 1000 Forms of Fear (2014). The single was not released internationally; it was only released in Australia and some parts of Europe. It charted in Belgium and hit the top 40 in Australia and France.

Electronic duo Odesza released a "choppy, chillwave" remix of "Big Girls Cry" on 5 December 2014.[1][2] On 15 October 2014, Sia performed "Big Girls Cry" at The Recording Academy.[3] On 2 April 2015, "Big Girls Cry" was released as the third single in the United Kingdom. Sia performed "Big Girls Cry" live on Australian television show, Sunrise on 21 April 2015.[4]

Music video

On 2 April 2015, a video for the song was released on Sia's Vevo YouTube channel. The video features Maddie Ziegler in her trademark flesh-coloured leotard and blonde Sia bob facing the camera, in front of a black background, contorting her face and using her hands to express a slew of emotions. At one point a pair of hands come into the frame (shown in behind-the-scenes footage to be Sia's own hands) manipulating Ziegler's face and covering her mouth, they appear to lift Ziegler by the throat into the air until only her kicking feet are shown, then Ziegler drops back into the frame to resume her emotive facial contortions.[5]

Sia revealed, in a behind-the-scenes video for "Elastic Heart", that she would be making a trilogy of videos with Ziegler. As in the first two videos in the series ("Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart"), the clip for "Big Girls Cry" was directed by Sia and Daniel Askill and choreographed by Ryan Heffington.[6] As of February 2016, the video had received more than 100 million views.[5]

Charts

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 16
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[8] 54
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 29
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 64
France (SNEP)[11] 18
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 60
Israel (Media Forest)[13] 7
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[14] 51
Serbia (IFPI)[15] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] 77
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[17] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[18] Platinum 70,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Belgium[19] 25 June 2014 Digital download
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • RCA
Finland[20]
Portugal[21]
Spain[22]
Sweden[23]
Switzerland[24]
France[25] 27 April 2015 Digital download (Remix EP)
United States[26] 28 April 2015
United Kingdom[27] 4 May 2015
United Kingdom[28] Mainstream radio

References

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  7. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Sia – Big Girls Cry". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sia – Big Girls Cry" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sia – Big Girls Cry" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sia – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Sia. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Sia – Big Girls Cry" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 20, 2015". Irish Singles Chart.
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  14. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-05-23". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
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  16. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-05-23" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Sia – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Sia. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
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External links

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