Courage to Change (song)

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"Courage to Change"
Courage to Change Sia.jpg
Single by Sia
from the album Music
Released24 September 2020 (2020-09-24)
Genre Pop
Length4:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Sia singles chronology
"Let's Love"
(2020)		"Courage to Change"
(2020)		"Cold"
(2020)

"Courage to Change" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, released on 24 September 2020 through Monkey Puzzle and Atlantic Records. It is taken from her album, Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture , which features songs from musical film Music , co-written and directed by herself. It is the second single from the album, following "Together". [1]

Contents

Release and promotion

"Courage to Change" is the second single released from Sia's ninth studio album, Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture , which features songs written, by Sia, for and inspired by musical film Music . The album was released on 12 February 2021 in connection with the release of Music. [2] [3]

The single was announced on Sia's social media accounts on 23 September 2020, the day before its release. [4] Sia performed "Courage to Change" at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards on 14 October 2020 [5] and at the NRJ Music Awards on 5 September. [6] A lyric video for the track premiered on 11 January 2021. [7] The Michael Calfan remix of the song was released on 10 June 2022. [8]

Composition

"Courage to Change" was written by Sia, Pink and frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin, and production was handled solely by Kurstin. [9] [10] At a length of 4:52, it interpolates Pink's song "Courage", from her album Hurts 2B Human , also co-written by Sia. [11] The song is composed in the key of B minor. [12] Opening with an intro of "moody" strings, "Courage to Change" builds into an "enormous", [13] "soaring" chorus [14] that has simple, repetitive but inspirational lyrics, with a "driving message of empowerment; [15] "Have I the courage to change?/ Have I the courage to change today?". [1] [16]

Wongo Okon of Uproxx described the song as "another graceful effort, aiming to empower its listeners to be their most [courageous] selves". [17]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Courage to Change"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [27] Platinum200,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [28] Gold25,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for "Courage to Change"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various24 September 2020Original
 [29]
10 June 2022 Michael Calfan remix [8]

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