Original (Sia song)

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"Original"
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Single by Sia
from the album Dolittle
Released10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)
Genre Pop [1]
Length3:34 [2]
Label Back Lot Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jesse Shatkin
Sia singles chronology
"That's Life"
(2019)
"Original"
(2020)
"On"
(2020)

"Original" is a song performed by Sia for the original motion picture soundtrack of the 2020 film Dolittle . The song was released for digital download and streaming on January 10, 2020. [3] A lyric video was made available on YouTube on 17 January 2020. "Original" marks Sia's first solo release since "Out There", her collaboration with Hans Zimmer for Seven Worlds, One Planet . [4] [5]

Contents

Composition and reception

"Original" was written by Sia, Sean Douglas and frequent collaborator Jesse Shatkin, who also produced the song. [6]

According to Wren Graves of Consequence of Sound , the song begins with "Sia singing the word, 'Boom,' the sound of an epiphany. The song is about a metaphorical wakening, the moment a person decides to be totally and wholly themselves". [7] Vulture's Charu Sinha said "Original" is "the type of upbeat, anthemic pop that Sia does best". [1]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [6]

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [8] 20

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