Eye of the Needle (song)

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"Eye of the Needle"
Sia - Eye of the Needle single cover.png
Promotional single by Sia
from the album 1000 Forms of Fear
Released3 June 2014 (2014-06-03)
Recorded2013
Genre Pop
Length4:09
Label
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Greg Kurstin
Audio video
Eye of the Needle on YouTube

"Eye of the Needle" is a song recorded by Australian recording artist Sia for her sixth studio album, 1000 Forms of Fear (2014). The song was released on 3 June 2014 as a promotional single by Inertia in Australia and Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records globally. It appeared on record charts of Australia, France and the United Kingdom.

Contents

Background and composition

"Eye of the Needle" was released as streamed audio as a promotional tool for Sia's album 1000 Forms of Fear on 2 June 2014. [1] [2] The song was written by Chris Braide and Sia, while production was handled by Greg Kurstin. [3]

Collaboration

In 2015, Adult Swim released a remix of the song featuring Big Freedia as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program. [4]

Track listing

Digital download [5]
  1. "Eye of the Needle" – 4:09

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes of 1000 Forms of Fear and Tidal . [6]

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 36
France (SNEP) [8] 71
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [9] 181

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Australia [5] 3 June 2014 Digital download Inertia
Belgium [10]
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • RCA
Finland [11]
Germany [12]
Portugal [13]
Spain [14]
Sweden [15]
Switzerland [16]

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